Maintaining competence in nuclear safety and waste management research by BMBF
Abstract
Germany is to undertake a structured phasing-out of power generation from nuclear energy. Until the last nuclear power plant is shut down, safety must be guaranteed in line with the very latest developments in science and technology. The R&D work performed is in accord with the resolution for the structured phasing-out of the use of nuclear power.
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) with its “Basic Energy Research 2020+” funding concept supplements institutionally funded work of Helmholtz Institutes in a few core areas to further extend co-operation with universities. Close coordination between institutional and project funding will be ensured via the Alliance for Competence in Nuclear Technology in Germany (“Kompetenzverbund Kerntechnik”).
In the area of nuclear safety and disposal research, R&D is carried out on the scientific and technological aspects of safety in existing nuclear reactors, the safety of nuclear disposal, the minimisation of highly radioactive substances ultimately requiring disposal and radiation research. Special attention is to be paid within this concept to the funding of young scientists. In addition to doctorate posts in research projects, special funding instruments are to be offered to promote the next generation of scientists.
Kurzfassung
Deutschland nimmt sich den geordneten Ausstieg aus der Nutzung der Kernenergie vor. Bis zum Abschalten des letzten Kernkraftwerkes muss die Sicherheit auf dem jeweils neuesten Stand von Wissenschaft und Technik gewährleistet werden. Die FuE-Aktivitäten werden im Einklang mit dem vorgesehenen Ausstieg aus der Nutzung der Kernenergie durchgeführt.
Das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) ergänzt mit seinem Förderkonzept „Grundlagenforschung Energie 2020+“ die institutionell geförderte Arbeit der Helmholtz-Institute in einigen grundlegenden Bereichen, wobei die Zusammenarbeit mit den Universitäten ausgebaut werden soll. Über den „Kompetenzverbund Kerntechnik“ wird eine enge Abstimmung zwischen institutioneller und Projektförderung sichergestellt.
Im Bereich der nuklearen Sicherheits- und Entsorgungsforschung werden Forschungs- und Entwicklungsarbeiten zu wissenschaftlichen und technologischen Aspekten der Sicherheit der bestehenden Kernreaktoren, zur Sicherheit der nuklearen Entsorgung, zur Minimierung der endzulagernden hochradioaktiven Stoffe sowie zur Strahlenforschung durchgeführt. Besondere Aufmerksamkeit soll im Rahmen dieses Konzeptes der Förderung von Nachwuchswissenschaftlern gewidmet werden. Zusätzlich zu Doktorandenstellen in Forschungsvorhaben sollen daher weitere spezielle Förderinstrumente angeboten werden um die zukünftige Generation von Wissenschaftlern zu unterstützen.
References
1 “6th Energy Research Program of the Federal Government”Search in Google Scholar
2 “Basic Energy Research 2020+”, Funding announcement of July 14, 2011Search in Google Scholar
3 Schaffrath, A.; Krüssenberg, A.-K.: Seminar of the German research alliance CIWA on Condensation Induced Water Hammer in Hamburg, Kerntechnik76 (2011) 216–217Search in Google Scholar
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© 2012, Carl Hanser Verlag, München
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Articles in the same Issue
- Contents/Inhalt
- Contents
- Summaries/Kurzfassungen
- Summaries
- Editorial
- Pressure Surges in Nuclear Power Plants – selected contributions for the homonymous mini-symposium of the NURETH-14 in Toronto
- Technical Contributions/Fachbeiträge
- Maintaining competence in nuclear safety and waste management research by BMBF
- Computational models to dertermine fluiddynamical transients due to condensation induced water hammer (CIWH)
- Condensation-induced water hammer in a horizontal pipe
- Slug modeling with 1D two-fluid model
- Delayed equilibrium model and validation experiments for two-phase choked flows relevant to LOCA
- Tripartite mass transfer model: development, implementation in DYVRO, verification and validation
- Condensation induced water hammer – overview and own experiments
- A discussion of hyperbolicity in CATHENA 4: Virtual Mass and phase-to-interface pressure differences
- Pressure surge in Wendelstein 7-X experimental stellarator facility
- Condensation induced water hammer and steam assisted gravity drainage in the Athabasca oil sands
