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ACTINET: European Network for Actinide Sciences
ACTINET: a network of excellence dedicated to actinide sciences
ACTINET gathers European research institutions, ranging from large national laboratories to university departments, into a consortium. It has major experimental facilities, possibilities for education and training and capacities for applied and academic research at its disposal. The main aspiration of ACTINET is to improve European expertise in the broad field of actinide sciences.
Pooled facilities
A major objective of ACTINET is to pool major European facilities (from CEA, JRC-ITU, INE, SCK•CEN, FZR, PSI), and to operate this pool as multi-site user facility, accessible for selected joint research activities.
The pooled facilities are laboratories that allow handling radioactive material at various levels of activity and under controlled conditions with acces to analytical techniques and characterization methods.
Joint research
ACTINET supports collaborative research projects proposed bij teams from the member organisations. These research projects potentially address all the major fields of basic actinide sciences, keeping in mind the potential applications for the production of nuclear energy, from fuel management to safe storage of waste:
- Actinides in solution and solid state
- Geochemistry of actinides
Irradiated actinide materials
Education and Training
ACTINET supports education and training projects, in order to help the next generation of actinide scientists and engineers to gain hands-on experience, and to stimulate the exchange of knowledge and expertise, as well as the mobility for researchers and students. These projects range from lectures to workshops, and include an annual Summer School of large scope and a Specific School focused on the interaction between theoretical modelling and experimental studies.
Website: www.actinet-network.org
New website:www.actinet-i3.eu/
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