JRC laboratories

The Fuels and Materials Research facility provides an objective assessment and modelling of the safety-related behaviour of nuclear materials.

The hot cell laboratory consists of 24 shielded hot cells where highly radioactive materials can be received, handled, examined and returned to their owners.

The Micro-Characterization Laboratory contributes to the development of materials performance assessment methodologies based on micrometer-sized specimens.

The JRC produces and characterises a variety of targets for high-precision measurements of neutron-reaction data at the GELINA and MONNET accelerators

These elements are the backbone of nuclear fission technologies for electricity supply, with important applications in other strategic fields, from water management to space exploration and human health.

The Radionuclide Metrology Laboratories are a cluster of instruments for both radiological characterisation of materials and high accuracy radioactivity measurements.

The Structural Materials Performance Assessment laboratories of the JRC Petten provides mechanical performance characterisation, life assessment and qualification of structural materials for present and next generation nuclear systems.

This high intensity neutron source is driven by a vertical 3.5 MV Tandem accelerator producing either continuous or pulsed ion beams.