Co-ordinated Research Project

The primary means of generating new data is through Coordinated Research Projects (CRP). A typical CRP is a three to five year project with a specific focus. The CRPs are established in response to a specific need. The topic is frequently suggested through the IFRC Subcommittee meeting. 

Once a topic has been identified, a meeting of experts in the area will be convened for a one-time planning meeting. At that meeting the potential scope of a CRP will be outlined and potential participants identified. A specific proposal for the CRP will be formulated. This proposal will be 

Upon approval the CRP is formally established. The participants are invited to enter into a formal contract to participate in the CRP. A small number of participants with financial needs may be offered limited financial support the bulk of the researchers are supported by their home institution, with the exception of travel support for meetings at Agency Headquarters. 

Normally the Unit has two to four CRPs active at any time. A normal CRP spans a three year interval, but it is possible to extend this in some circumstances to an additional one or two years. Topics of current CRPs include tritium inventory in fusion reactors, atomic and molecular data for fusion plasma diagnostics, and data for molecular processes in edge plasmas. Tables 15.3-15.5 identify the participants of the current CRPs. Recently completed CRPs include the topics of charge exchange cross-section data for fusion plasma studies, radiated power, and plasma-interaction data for mixed materials, with results now available in the APID series [1-3]. 

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MoEF (1994). Ethnobiology in India - A status report. All India Co-ordinated Research Project on Ethnobiology (AICRPE). Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt, of India, New Delhi. 

IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) (2001) Co-ordinated research project on validation and application of plants as biomonitors of trace element atmospheric pollution, analyzed by nuclear and related techniques. NAHRES-63, Vienna. 

Start the preparation of the planned Co-ordinated Research Project (CRP) on Generalization and Analyses of Operational Experience with Fast Reactor Equipment and Systems (narrow down scope and objectives of the CRP, propose a detailed work plan). 

REVIEW OF FAST REACTOR OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE GAINED IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. APPROACHES TO THE CO-ORDINATED RESEARCH PROJECT... 

With aluminium clad fuel corrosion issues starting to appear in wet spent fuel storage basins around the world, the IAEA formulated a corrosion surveillance programme in late 1994. This scientific investigation was implemented in 1996 as part of an IAEA Co-ordinated Research Project (CRP) on Corrosion of Research Reactor Aluminium Clad Spent Fuel in Water. Scientists from countries worldwide were invited to participate [1.2]. The results of the CRP were presented at a final research co-ordination meeting (RCM) in Bangkok, Thailand, in October 2000 and are documented in Chapters 5-13. 

This report documents the work performed in the IAEA Co-ordinated Research Project (CRP) on Corrosion of Research Reactor Aluminium Clad Spent Fuel in Water. The project consisted of the exposure of standard racks of corrosion coupons in the spent fuel pools of the participating research reactor laboratories and the evaluation of the coupons after predetermined exposure times, along with periodic monitoring of the storage water. The project was overseen by a supervisory group consisting of experts in the field, who also contributed a state of the art review that is included in this report. 

These new models were validated through the participation in a Co-ordinated Research Project (CRP) of the International Atomic Energy Agency [5], This CRP, called FUMEX Program, facilitates the validation by sharing the experimental information on operating conditions and requirements to a certain fuel and by comparing blind simulation results with experimental measurements. 

The first phase of the Co-ordinated Research Programme was carried out from 1984 to 1987. The scope of the programme was mainly oriented towards decontamination. However, selected decommissioning projects were included so that the participants could see how their work related to overall decommissioning activities. The salient features and achievements of the co-ordinated research work performed were summarized in IAEA-TECDOC-511 (1989). It was the recommendation of the participants that the IAEA should extend such initiative and undertake another phase of the CRP on decontamination and decommissioning. 

The projects undertaken as part of the Co-ordinated Research Programme on Decontamination and Decommissioning involve the decontamination of metals by chemical or electrochemical methods. Specifically, the projects were undertaken to address the following issues ... 

Nash, C. et al. (2007). Generalisation of Research on Accounts and Cost Estimation (GRACE). Ongoing project funded under the European Commission s 6th RTD programme, project co-ordinator ITS, University of Leeds. 

Under COST 68 bis, five Working Parties were established to co-ordinate the various areas of research. As a Concerted Action , no direct funding was available from the European Commission to finance research projects on sewage sludge, each country being expected to contribute its own publicly-funded projects to the common pool . 

CRYOPLANE "Liquid Hydrogen Fuelled Aircraft-System Analysis". Coals A large consortium of companies, research institutions and universities of 11 European countries, co-ordinated by Daimler-Chrysler Aerospace Airbus CmbH, in which the Spanish participation was held by CASA and the Polytechnics University of Madrid, run this project. The project objective considered liquid hydrogen as the only known fuel suitable for aviation to be produced from renewable energy sources and offering extremely low pollutant emissions. 

All technical work reported on the development of MIPs for clenbuterol and [3-lactam antibiotics was carried out on a recent European-funded project (FAIR CT96-1219), involving partners from University of Lund, University of Rome, Merck Eurolab (Prolabo), UNIR Association and Leatherhead Food Research Association Ltd (LFRA, Co-ordinator). The technical work on application of clenbuterol and /Mactam-MIPs to foods was carried out by Mr John Haines and Miss Francesca Aulanta of LFRA Ltd. 

Much use of the CRAY-1 computer has been made by the S.E.R.C s Collaborative Computational Projects (C.C.P.s). These projects aim to co-ordinate the development of sophisticated software in various fields of research within the U.K. The first of these projects is concerned with electron correlation effects in molecules, and is of particular interest to Quantum Chemists. 

This is the full report of the Natural Step in the UK research project which was initiated by the PVC Co-ordination Group. The Natural Step framework evaluates the challenges needed to make PVC truly sustainable across its entire life cycle. The key questions explored in this study are whether the PVC industry is currently sustainable or is it moving towards increased sustainability and what steps are needed to make PVC sustainable ... 

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