Socio-economic issues related to nuclear technologies
EURATOM Coordination and Support Actions
Basic Information
- Identifier
- HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-14
- Programme
- Nuclear Research and Training
- Programme Period
- 2021 - 2027
- Status
- Closed (31094503)
- Opening Date
- July 7, 2021
- Deadline
- October 7, 2021
- Deadline Model
- single-stage
- Budget
- €10,000,000
- Min Grant Amount
- €30,000,000
- Max Grant Amount
- €30,000,000
- Expected Number of Grants
- 1
- Keywords
- HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-14HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01
Description
Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following outcomes:
- Analysis of total costs of nuclear energy, taking into account the nuclear fuel cycle and NPP construction and decommissioning, as well as assessment of nuclear energy’s contribution to a climate-neutral EU energy system by 2050;
- Analysis of the different dimensions of societal perception of nuclear energy and developing recommendations on stakeholder (including citizen’s views / civil society) engagement in the process of nuclear policy development and implementation;
- Engagement with key stakeholders (civil society organisations and nuclear industry) on the challenges and solutions for public acceptance of nuclear technology practices through the European participatory workshops and the Local Information Committees linked to Nuclear Power Plants and other nuclear installations.
Proposed action should examine the total costs of nuclear energy and make the comparison of costs for different energy technologies, taking into account the whole energy system, full lifecycle costs and sustainability criteria, i.e. internal and external costs.
The analysis of possible contribution of nuclear energy to EU climate neutrality by 2050 should consider all the options for how nuclear energy could contribute to meeting the climate target, while considering that some of the EU Member States do not share this view.
The analysis of the available and close to the market nuclear technologies should be performed, covering the full development cycle from research and development, to demonstration and early stage deployment (techno-economic evaluation). The analysis should cover options for the integration of reactor systems with the decarbonised energy system, covering also other energy needs than electricity generation and addressing energy supply to a wide range of sectors. Developing a technical and economic understanding of the role that different nuclear systems can play in an evolving low-carbon and low-emission market for some Member States will provide the insights for stakeholders for selection of proven technologies that can contribute to a cost-optimised energy system by 2050.
The action should also identify and assess societal, cultural and ethical dimensions of the use and development of nuclear technologies in different European countries and analyse how policies and practices in the nuclear field can be informed with insights on social and ethical factors affecting public perception of nuclear power. The recommendations for mechanisms of interaction between citizens, civil society, decision-makers and researchers (in particular in social sciences and humanities, SSH) should be developed. This would contribute to the understanding of factors triggering societal engagement and provide insights for stakeholders regarding interaction with civil society. Results of this action would also provide input to research how European citizens perceive the risks, benefits and potentials of advanced and innovative technologies.
Action should include a number of European participatory workshops and systematic interaction the Local Information Committees linked to Nuclear Power Plants and other nuclear installations. Such engagement with the key stakeholders (civil society organisations and nuclear industry) should allow for analysis of the challenges and possible solutions for public acceptance of nuclear technology practices.
Eligibility & Conditions
Conditions
Conditions
1. Admissibility conditions: described in General Annex A (Admissibility) of Euratom WP 2021-2022
Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. For CSA the limit for a full application is 30 pages. Please strickly abide by this page limit. Extension of proposal template by annexes is only allowed to describe specific issues (Financial support to third parties, Clinical trials and Calls flagged as security sensitive). The proposal is a self-contained document. Experts will be instructed to ignore hyperlinks or other information that is specifically designed to expand the proposal, thus circumventing the page limit.
2. Eligible countries: described in General Annex B (Eligibility) of Euratom WP 2021-2022
Eligible non-Euratom countries: Please note that as of the date of the publication of this call, there were no countries as yet associated to the Euratom Programme 2021-2025. Currently only Ukraine and United Kingdom are expected to become associated to Euratom programme, therefore entities established in those two countries will be treated as entities established in an Associated Country.
Please see the Horizon Europe Programme Guide for up-to-date information on the current list of and the position for Associated Countries.
3. Other eligibility conditions: described in General Annex B (Eligibility) of Euratom WP 2021-2022
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion: described in General Annex C (Financial and operational capacity and exclusion) of Euratom WP 2021-2022
- Submission and evaluation processes: described in General Annexes E (Documents) and F (Procedure) of Euratom WP 2021-2022 and the Online Manual
- Award criteria, scoring and thresholds: described in General Annex D (Award criteria) of Euratom WP 2021-2022
- Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement: described in General Annex F (Procedure) of Euratom WP 2021-2022
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants: described in General Annex G (Legal and financial set-up of grant agreements) of Euratom WP 2021-2022
Documents
Call documents:
Standard application form For information only. When applying use the application form available in the Submission System.
Standard evaluation form (It will be used with the necessary adaptations)
Decision on unit costs for HE and Euratom Research Infrastructure actions
Additional documents:
Euratom Work Programme 2021-2022
EU Financial Regulation 2018/1046
HE Framework Programme and Rules for Participation Regulation 2021/695
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR, Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
EU Grants AGA - Annotated Model Grant Agreement
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual
Support & Resources
For help related to this call, please contact: [email protected]
Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ – Submission of proposals.
IT Helpdesk – Contact the IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc.
Online Manual – Step-by-step online guide through the Portal processes from proposal preparation and submission to reporting on your on-going project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.
Latest Updates
CALL UPDATE: FLASH EVALUATION RESULTS
Published: 2 July 2021
Deadline: 7 October 2021
Available budget: EUR 99.35 million (EUR 47.40 million from 2021 budget and EUR 51.95 million from 2022 budget).
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Topic code = Panel identifier |
Topic short name |
Type(s) of action |
Budget (m EUR) 2021 2022 |
|
|
HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-01 |
Safety of operating nuclear power plants and research reactors |
EURATOM-RIA |
18.00 |
|
|
HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-02 |
Safety of advanced and innovative nuclear designs and fuels |
EURATOM-RIA |
10.00 |
3.50 |
|
HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-03 |
Multi-recycling of spent nuclear fuel from light water reactors (LWR) |
EURATOM-RIA |
6.00 |
|
|
HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-04 |
Advanced structural materials for nuclear applications |
EURATOM-RIA |
1.00 |
7.00 |
|
HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-05 |
Safety of high temperature reactors |
EURATOM-RIA |
3.00 |
|
|
HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-06 |
Harmonisation of licensing procedures, codes and standards for future fission and fusion plants |
EURATOM - CSA |
|
2.50 |
|
HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-07 |
Development of tritium management in fusion and fission facilities |
EURATOM-RIA |
1.00 |
2.00 |
|
HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-08 |
Towards a harmonised application of the international regulatory framework in waste management and decommissioning |
EURATOM-CSA |
2.40 |
0.60 |
|
HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-09 |
European Partnership for research in radiation protection and detection of ionising radiation |
EURATOM-COFUND |
|
10.00 |
|
HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-10 |
Safe use and reliable supply of medical radionuclides |
EURATOM-RIA |
|
4.00 |
|
HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-11 |
Cross-sectoral synergies and new applications of nuclear technologies |
EURATOM-IA |
|
10.00 |
|
HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-12 |
European facility for nuclear research |
EURATOM-CSA |
|
9.00 |
|
HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-13 |
Towards a European nuclear competence area |
EURATOM-CSA |
6.00 |
1.00 |
|
HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-14 |
Socio-economic issues related to nuclear technologies |
EURATOM-CSA |
|
1.50 |
|
HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-15 |
Support for Euratom national contact points |
EURATOM-CSA |
|
0.25 |
|
HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-16 |
Support for the Sustainable Nuclear Energy Technology Platform to address cross-sectoral challenges and non-power applications of ionising radiation |
EURATOM-CSA |
|
0.60 |
|
TOTAL |
47.40 |
51.95 |
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The results of the evaluation are as follows:
Number of proposals submitted: 51 (including 1 withdrawn)
Number of inadmissible proposals: 0
Number of ineligible proposals: 1
Number of above-threshold proposals: 46
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals: EUR 175.842.161,00
|
Topic code |
Topic short name |
N° Proposals Submitted |
N° Proposals Above threshold |
Budget requested for above-threshold proposals-EUR |
|
HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-01 |
Safety of operating nuclear power plants and research reactors |
19 |
18 |
53.252.062,00 |
|
HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-02 |
Safety of advanced and innovative nuclear designs and fuels |
5 |
5 |
14.632.451,00 |
|
HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-03 |
Multi-recycling of spent nuclear fuel from light water reactors (LWR) |
2 |
2 |
11.754.993,00 |
|
HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-04 |
Advanced structural materials for nuclear applications |
2 |
2 |
15.451.368,00 |
|
HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-05 |
Safety of high temperature reactors |
1 |
1 |
3.134.749,00 |
|
HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-06 |
Harmonisation of licensing procedures, codes and standards for future fission and fusion plants |
1 |
1 |
2.500.000,00 |
|
HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-07 |
Development of tritium management in fusion and fission facilities |
1 |
1 |
2.843.297,00 |
|
HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-08 |
Towards a harmonised application of the international regulatory framework in waste management and decommissioning |
1 |
1 |
3.000.000,00 |
|
HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-09 |
European Partnership for research in radiation protection and detection of ionising radiation |
1 |
1 |
29.660.639,00 |
|
HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-10 |
Safe use and reliable supply of medical radionuclides |
2 |
2 |
7.797.702,00 |
|
HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-11 |
Cross-sectoral synergies and new applications of nuclear technologies |
10 |
7 |
13.466.865,00 |
|
HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-12 |
European facility for nuclear research |
1 |
1 |
8.999.921,00 |
|
HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-13 |
Towards a European nuclear competence area |
1 |
1 |
6.999.459,00 |
|
HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-14 |
Socio-economic issues related to nuclear technologies |
1 |
1 |
1.498.656,00 |
|
HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-15 |
Support for Euratom national contact points |
1 |
1 |
250.000,00 |
|
HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-16 |
Support for the Sustainable Nuclear Energy Technology Platform to address cross-sectoral challenges and non-power applications of ionising radiation |
1 |
1 |
599.999,00 |
|
TOTAL |
50 |
46 |
175.842.161,00 |
|
We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.
For questions, please contact the Research Enquiry Service.
CALL UPDATE: PROPOSAL NUMBERS
Call HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01 has closed on the 7 October 2021.
51 proposals have been submitted.
The breakdown per topic is:
- HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-01: 19 proposals
- HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-02: 5 proposals
- HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-03: 2 proposals
- HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-04: 2 proposals
- HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-05: 1 proposal
- HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-06: 1 proposal
- HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-07: 1 proposal
- HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-08: 1 proposal
- HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-09: 1 proposal
- HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-10: 2 proposals
- HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-11: 10 proposals
- HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-12: 1 proposal
- HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-13: 2 proposals
- HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-14: 1 proposal
- HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-15: 1 proposal
- HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-16: 1 proposal
Evaluation results are expected to be communicated in February 2022.