To benefit from access to the infrastructure under the Transnational Access
programme, a user group must satisfy the following condition: both the user
group leader and the majority of the users must come from the EU Member States
or from Euratom Associated States.
The proposed experiments must fit to one of the thematic area addressed in the
7th Euratom Fission Framework Programme and fall under one of the following
areas:
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feasibility studies of waste transmutation concepts;
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accelerator-driven systems;
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improved reactor operation and fuel management (higher burn-up, plutonium
recycling);
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advanced innovative nuclear energy systems;
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nuclear reactor safety;
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advanced methods in nuclear technologies, safety and security.
Users of the facilities who are supported by the Euratom Transnational Access
programme must agree to disseminate the results of their work through
publications, seminars and other public presentations. Publishing in
peer-reviewed international scientific journals is preferred.
The sole exception to this rule shall be user groups from a small or medium
size enterprise (SME) that wishes to use the IRMM infrastructure for the first
time.
Performing experiments at one of the IRMM neutron data facilities generally
implies access of the users to controlled areas. Access to a controlled area
may only be granted when IRMM has received a copy of a valid medical
certificate. Access to controlled areas will not be granted to individuals
from particular countries (e.g. countries which are not members of the Non
Proliferation Treaty or countries for which the Commission has security
reservations).