Research and Test Facilities Required in Nuclear Science and Technology
Experimental facilities are essential research tools both for the development of nuclear
science and technology and for testing systems and materials which are currently being
used or will be used in the future. As a result of economic pressures and the closure
of older facilities, there are concerns that the ability to undertake the research
necessary to maintain and to develop nuclear science and technology may be in jeopardy.
An NEA expert group with representation from ten member countries, the International
Atomic Energy Agency and the European Commission has reviewed the status of those
research and test facilities of interest to the NEA Nuclear Science Committee. They
include facilities relating to nuclear data measurement, reactor development, neutron
scattering, neutron radiography, accelerator-driven systems, transmutation, nuclear
fuel, materials, safety, radiochemistry, partitioning and nuclear process heat for
hydrogen production.
This report contains the expert group’s detailed assessment of the current status
of these nuclear research facilities and makes recommendations on how future developments
in the field can be secured through the provision of high-quality, modern facilities.
It also describes the online database which has been established by the expert group
which includes more than 700 facilities.
Published on October 09, 2009
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