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The European Institute for Transuranium Elements (1986)
| Author | Joint Research Centre, KfK Karlsruhe |
| Date | 1986 |
| Classification | 2.01.9.50/06 (GERMANY - KARLSRUHE) |
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1 At a Glance Introduction On March 25th, 1957, the plenipotentiaries of the Heads of State of Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg, and The Netherlands met in Rome to sign the Treaties establishing a European Economic Community and a European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM). One of the provisions of the EURATOM Treaty was the creation of a Joint Nuclear Research Centre, to be operated in common by the six countries, dedicated to the peaceful development of nuclear energy. On this basis, laboratories were set up for community research at Ispra (Italy), Petten (The Netherlands), Geel (Belgium), and Karlsruhe (FRG). Whereas the large Italian centre at Ispra was multidisciplinary in nature with laboratories for reactor physics, chemistry, materials research, and biology, the three smaller centres were more specialised; Petten was chosen to operate a high neutron flux research reactor; a Central Bureau for Nuclear Measurements was set up at Geel. Karlsruhe, following an agreement between the EURATOM Comission and the Government of the Federal Republic, was selected to host the European Institute for Transuranium Elements, built on the site of the German Nuclear Research Centre. The original team that prepared the construction of the Institute comprised scientists and engineers who had worked in similar laboratories in Europe and in the United States. They were thus able to incorporate the experience gained in several earlier installations. The costs for construction and initial equipment of the laboratory amounted to about 50 million Deutschmark. The first research teams moved into their laboratories in May 1964. Today, the European Institute for Transuranium Elements numbers 210 staff from almost all countries of the Community. The European Institute for Transuranium Elements is doing research on the utilisation of transuranium elements. The research programme is proposed by the Commission and agreed by the Council of Ministers for a period of four years. The European Parliament expresses its opinion on its contents, and the Economic and Social Committee is informed on the outlines of the research programme.
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