By Type

Radioactive Waste Mangement Organisations

The following radioactive waste agencies/end users participate in NF-PRO: ANDRA (France), BGR (Germany), ENRESA (Spain), NAGRA (Switzerland), NIRAS/ONDRAF (Belgium), NIREX (United Kingdom), POSIVA (Finland) and SKB (Sweden).

The role of the waste management organisations within NF-PRO is to:

• ensure as end-user that the outcome of the IP is apllied in the implementation programme and can be used for communication with different stakeholders involved in the national radioactive waste management programmes;
• integrate or apply results from NF-PRO in the national radioactive waste management programmes;
• set priorities in research and identify key issue that shall be further investigated;
• manage research performed in Underground Research Laboratories;
• perform parts of the proposed R&D within their field of competence.

Nuclear Research Organisations

The following large nuclear research organisations take part in NF-PRO: SCK•CEN (Belgium), CEA (France), CIEMAT (Spain), the EC Joint Research Centre ITU (European Commission), FZK INE (Germany), GRS (Germany), IRSN (France), NRG (The Netherlands), NRI (Czech Republic), PSI (Switzerland), Serco (United Kingdom), STUDSVIK (Sweden), VTT (Finland).

The role of these Nuclear Research Organisations is to:

• bring together a multidisciplinary and complementary expertise in laboratory experiments, including the capacity to work with actinides, long-lived fission products and real high level waste, in situ testing in Underground Research Facilities, modelling, and safety assessments for the different research domains;
• ensure the dissemination of knowledge and technology within the scientific community;
• communicate results from NF-PRO to the end-users;
• manage and preserve the knowledge and expertise acquired by NF-PRO.

Universities, Industrial Partners and Consultancy Companies

The following organisations, including universities, industrial and governmental partners and consultancy companies including SME’s will contribute to NF-PRO's work programme: AITEMIN (Spain), ARMINES (France), BUTEC (Germany), Chalmers University (Sweden), CIMNE (Spain), CNRS DR10 (Centre de Géochimie de La Surface, France), ENVIROS SPAIN, Charles University (Czech Republic), Forschungszentrum Rossendorf (Germany), The University of Nîmes (France), The Geoenvironmental Research Centre Cardiff (United Kingdom), Galson Sciences Ltd. (United Kingdom), The Institute for Rock Mechanics Leipzig (Germany), INERIS (France), the British Geological Survey (United Kingdom), QUINTESSA (United Kingdom), the Technical University Clausthal (Germany), the Catalunia University (Spain), the University of Sheffield (United Kingdom), Utrecht University (The Netherlands) and Uppsala University (Sweden).

These organisations will complement skills and experience of the core partners. Specific competences of these organisations include:

• high-tech “state of the art” analytical techniques and (in situ) monitoring techniques;
• high-tech “state of the art” experimental set-ups;
• advanced (coupled) modelling;
• engineering.

This broad participation of organisations is a decisive factor for the success of the project given the large number of complementary scientific disciplines that are required in investigations related to near-field processes, i.e. nuclear chemistry and physics, geochemistry, hydrogeology, mineralogy, geomechanics of clay, hard rock and rock salt, thermomechanics, mining engineering, in situ instrumentation and modelling concerning all these disciplines.