The European electricity sector is undergoing radical changes in every segment of the power industry, from generation to supply. Ambitious policy goals set at European level to enhance the competitiveness, security and sustainability of the EU's energy system have called for major changes in the...

In this technical report, a new approach for characterising powder of uranium ore concentrates (UOCs) is presented. It is based on image texture analysis and multivariate data modelling. Twenty-six different UOC samples were evaluated, applying the angle measure technique (AMT) algorithm to...

The technical report is based on an earlier research on material properties of the M5 structural material. Complementing this research with new M5 data found in open literature, a set of correlations has been developed for the implementation to the TRANSURANUS code. This includes thermal,...

Observational records from 1950 onwards and climate projections for the 21st century provide evidence that droughts are a recurrent climate feature in large parts of Europe, especially in the Mediterranean, but also in western, south-eastern and central Europe. Trends over the past 60 years show...

Loss assessment of critical infrastructures (CIs) subject to natural hazards is fundamental to stress tests. The systemic approach that lifelines require for performance modelling is an open research topic, given their logical and physical complexity. The Work Package 4 (WP4) of STREST focused...

The Mediterranean Sea is a semi-closed sea connected with the open sea through the Strait of Gibraltar. Due to the circulation pattern and the long residence time, the Mediterranean Sea is a sensitive environment to eutrophication pressures and it is put at risk from direct and indirect impacts...

This report presents the results of the inter-laboratory comparison (ILC) organised as a proficiency test (PT) by the European Union Reference Laboratory for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (EURL PAHs) on the determination of the four EU marker PAHs, benz[a]anthracene (BAA), benzo[a]pyrene...

The objective of the report is to detect steep declining trends in biomass and abundance, of anchovy and sardine from acoustic surveys in the Mediterranean Sea. Declining trends would give an early warning on the recent stock dynamics and potentially trigger a EC DG MARE request of priority...

This document presents some numerical tests for the verification of the coupling between 1D and 3D Cell Centred Finite Volume (VFCC) uid models in the EUROPLEXUS code (EPX). EUROPLEXUS is a computer code jointly developed by the French Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA DMT Saclay) and by...

The current design practice of precast buildings is based on a frame mode, where the peripheral cladding panelsenter only as masses without anystiffness. The panels are then connected to the structure with fastenings dimensioned with a local calculation on the basis of their mass for anchorage...