Article 1
Open ↗The supplementary research programme on the operation of the HFR, the objectives of which are set out in Annex I, shall be adopted for a period of 4 years, starting on 1 January 2016.
Source
Council Decision (Euratom) 2017/956 of 29 May 2017 on the adoption of the 2016-2019 high flux reactor supplementary research programme to be implemented by the Joint Research Centre for the European Atomic Energy Community
Council Decision (Euratom) 2017/956 of 29 May 2017 on the adoption of the 2016-2019 high flux reactor supplementary research programme to be implemented by the Joint Research Centre for the European Atomic Energy Community
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Article 2
Open ↗The costs for the execution of the programme, estimated at EUR 30,2 million, shall be financed entirely out of contributions from France and the Netherlands, through the CEA and NRG, respectively. The breakdown of this amount is set out in Annex II. This contribution shall be considered as assigned revenue in accordance with Article 21(2) of Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 2 ) .
Article 3
Open ↗1. The Commission shall be in charge of the management of the programme. To that end, it shall call upon the services of the Joint Research Centre. 2. The Commission shall keep the Board of Governors of the Joint Research Centre informed of the implementation of the programme.
Article 4
Open ↗In the event that NRG officially notifies the definitive shutdown of the HFR to the Dutch national regulatory authority (prior to the declaration of safe conservation state), the obligations on the part of France and the Netherlands, through the CEA and NRG, respectively, to make further payments shall be suspended, as shall any calls for funds by the Commission under this Decision.
Article 5
Open ↗The Commission shall submit a final report on the implementation of this Decision to the European Parliament and to the Council after the end of the 2016-2019 HFR supplementary research programme.
Article 6
Open ↗This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union . It shall apply from 1 January 2016.
Article 7
Open ↗This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Supplementary provisions
ANNEX ISupplementary provisions
Open ↗ANNEX I SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES The main objectives of the supplementary research programme are the following: 1. To ensure the safe and reliable operation of the HFR, in order to guarantee the availability of the neutron flux for experimental purposes. 2. To allow the efficient use of the HFR by research institutes in a broad range of research areas: improvement of safety of nuclear reactors; health (including the development of medical isotopes); nuclear fusion; basic science; training; and waste management (including the safety behaviour of nuclear fuels for reactor systems of interest to Europe).
ANNEX IISupplementary provisions
Open ↗ANNEX II BREAKDOWN OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS The contributions to the supplementary research programme come from The Netherlands and France. The breakdown of those contributions is as follows: France: EUR 1,2 million The Netherlands: EUR 29 million Total: EUR 30,2 million. Those contributions shall be made to the general budget of the European Union and shall be assigned to this programme. Part of the contributions under this supplementary programme may also cover expenditure made to the operation of the HFR during the year 2016 in accordance with the work programme to be agreed among the contributing Member States and the Commission. Those contributions are firm and not revisable as regards variations related to operational, maintenance and decommissioning costs.
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