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Specific Challenge:Most of the nuclear power plants (NPPs) in operation in Europe are in the second part of their operational life. They have been designed with the technological knowledge established 30 to 40 years ago. Some of them might continue operating for a few more decades. In addition, they need to comply with increased safety requirements as defined by the Nuclear Safety Directive. It is therefore the right moment to promote implementation of the currently available innovative technology knowledge to the benefit of the safety of the Gen II nuclear reactors in operation but also to the Gen III and future nuclear systems. Innovative fuels, new materials and manufacturing processes, passive safety systems, on-line monitoring and analysis for early detection of abnormal behaviour, non-destructive methods for detection of embrittlement, scientific data sciences, machine learning, artificial intelligence, digitalisation and other new technological possibilities from the non-nuclear industry could support modernisation, optimisation and efficient implementation of the new safety requirements of the European nuclear industry supply chain.
Scope:Innovation acti...
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Specific Challenge:Most of the nuclear power plants (NPPs) in operation in Europe are in the second part of their operational life. They have been designed with the technological knowledge established 30 to 40 years ago. Some of them might continue operating for a few more decades. In addition, they need to comply with increased safety requirements as defined by the Nuclear Safety Directive. It is therefore the right moment to promote implementation of the currently available innovative technology knowledge to the benefit of the safety of the Gen II nuclear reactors in operation but also to the Gen III and future nuclear systems. Innovative fuels, new materials and manufacturing processes, passive safety systems, on-line monitoring and analysis for early detection of abnormal behaviour, non-destructive methods for detection of embrittlement, scientific data sciences, machine learning, artificial intelligence, digitalisation and other new technological possibilities from the non-nuclear industry could support modernisation, optimisation and efficient implementation of the new safety requirements of the European nuclear industry supply chain.
Scope:Innovation actions should take advantage of the recent developments in technology to contribute to safe operation of EU NPPs within a competitive environment. They may also target increased safety levels, in line with the principle of continuous improvement, as required by the Nuclear Safety Directive, including flexible operation. "Qualification" of new/modern tools, components or predictive methods and processes for nuclear applications could be also addressed.
The early involvement of regulators appears necessary for fast deployment of innovative technologies. Projects submitted under this topic are expected to focus on Technology Readiness Levels 5 to 7 (see General Annex F) and demonstrate European added-value.
The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the Euratom Programme up to EUR 3.0 million would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts.
Expected Impact:This action is expected to deliver new, innovative products, processes, methods or services, supporting increased nuclear safety for a safe, efficient and competitive European nuclear industry.
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Características del Proyecto
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La subcontratación en ayudas europeas no debe tratarse del core de actividades de I+D del proyecto. El contratista debe ser seleccionado por el beneficiario de acuerdo con el principio de mejor relación calidad-precio bajo las condiciones de transparencia e igualdad (en ningún caso consistirá en solicitar menos de 3 ofertas). En el caso de entidades públicas, para la subcontratación se deberán de seguir las leyes que rijan en el país al que pertenezca el contratante
Características de la financiación
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon 2020 projects. See the information in the Online Manual.
2. Eligibility and admissibility conditions: described in part B and part C of the General Annexes of the Work Programme.
Personnel costs related to the work performed on the action by PhD students, postdoctoral researchers and trainees is considered to be part of education and training activities.
Proposal page limits and layout: please refer to Part B of the proposal template in the submission system below.
3. Evaluation:
Evaluation criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in part G of the General Annexes of the Work Programme.
Submission and evaluation processes are described in the Online Manual.
4. Indicative time for evaluation and grant agreements:
Information on the outcome of evaluation (single-stage call): maximum 5 months from the deadline for submission.
Signature of grant agreements: maximum 8 months from the deadline for submission.
5. Proposal templates, evaluation forms and model grant agreements (MGA):
Research and Innovation Action:
Specific provisions and funding rates
Standard proposal template
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon 2020 projects. See the information in the Online Manual.
2. Eligibility and admissibility conditions: described in part B and part C of the General Annexes of the Work Programme.
Personnel costs related to the work performed on the action by PhD students, postdoctoral researchers and trainees is considered to be part of education and training activities.
Proposal page limits and layout: please refer to Part B of the proposal template in the submission system below.
3. Evaluation:
Evaluation criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in part G of the General Annexes of the Work Programme.
Submission and evaluation processes are described in the Online Manual.
4. Indicative time for evaluation and grant agreements:
Information on the outcome of evaluation (single-stage call): maximum 5 months from the deadline for submission.
Signature of grant agreements: maximum 8 months from the deadline for submission.
5. Proposal templates, evaluation forms and model grant agreements (MGA):
Research and Innovation Action:
Specific provisions and funding rates
Standard proposal template
Standard evaluation form
General MGA - Multi-Beneficiary
Annotated Grant Agreement
6. Additional provisions:
Horizon 2020 budget flexibility - part H of the General Annexes of the Work Programme
Classified information - part I of the General Annexes of the Work Programme
Technology readiness levels (TRL) - part F of the General Annexes of the Work Programme – where a topic description refers to TRL, these definitions apply
Members of consortium are required to conclude a consortium agreement prior to the signature of the grant agreement.
7. Open access must be granted to all scientific publications resulting from Horizon 2020 actions.
Where relevant, proposals should also provide information on how the participants will manage the research data generated and/or collected during the project, such as details on what types of data the project will generate, whether and how this data will be exploited or made accessible for verification and re-use, and how it will be curated and preserved.
Open access to research data
The Open Research Data Pilot has been extended to cover all Horizon 2020 topics for which the submission is opened on 26 July 2016 or later. Projects funded under this topic will therefore by default provide open access to the research data they generate, except if they decide to opt-out under the conditions described in part K of the General Annexes of the Work Programme. Projects can opt-out at any stage, that is both before and after the grant signature.
Note that the evaluation phase proposals will not be evaluated more favourably because they plan to open or share their data, and will not be penalised for opting out.
Open research data sharing applies to the data needed to validate the results presented in scientific publications. Additionally, projects can choose to make other data available open access and need to describe their approach in a Data Management Plan.
Projects need to create a Data Management Plan (DMP), except if they opt-out of making their research data open access. A first version of the DMP must be provided as an early deliverable within six months of the project and should be updated during the project as appropriate. The Commission already provides guidance documents, including a template for DMPs. See the Online Manual.
Eligibility of costs: costs related to data management and data sharing are eligible for reimbursement during the project duration.
The legal requirements for projects participating in this pilot are in the article 29.3 of the Model Grant Agreement.
8. Additional documents:
Euratom Work Programme 2019-20
Legal basis: Euratom Research and Training Programme 2019-2020
Legal basis: Horizon 2020 Rules for Participation
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