ITU´s Projects and Framework programme

Under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) and the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM), the JRC's multi-annual work programme is organised into five policy themes for which the funding over the seven-year period of the Framework Programmes is as follows:

1. Prosperity in a knowledge intensive society

2. Solidarity and the responsible management of resources

3. Security and freedom

4. Europe as a world partner

5. The EURATOM programme

ITU mainly participates in the EURATOM Programme.
The activity of ITU in the Seventh Framework Programme is divided into four core competences:

1. Basic Actinide Science and Applications

• Alpha-Immunotherapy / Radiobiology
• Analysis of Nuclear Traces in the Environment
• Fundamental and Applied Actinide Research

2. Safety of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle

• Nuclear Waste Dispossal
• Alternative Nuclear Fuel Cycles
• Safety of Conventional Nuclear Fuels
• Safety of Advanced Nuclear Fuels

3. Safeguards and Nuclear Forensics 

• Forensic Analysis and Combating Illicit Trafficking
• Nuclear and Trace Analysis for Safeguards

4. Education and User Facilities

• Knowledge Management, Training and Education