The present report intends to provide scientific evidence of the feasibility of defining extraction times for the dismantling of EEE and how the measurement method should be structured. The development of a standardised method for measuring the extraction time of a product's target parts should...

Different policy instruments at the macro and micro level coexist with the goal of reducing the energy consumption of the building sector. At the macro level, the Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe (EC, 2011c) and the Energy Efficiency Directive (EC, 2012a) highlight the importance of the...

This report describes the main conclusions of the STREST project (and associated guidelines) to evaluate hazard of Low-Probability High-Consequences (LP-HC) events used to define stress tests for non-nuclear Critical Infrastructures (CIs). Several new approaches have been developed to assess...

A collection of medium resolution gamma-ray spectra from well-characterized Pu certified reference materials has been recorded using LaBr3(Ce) (2.0" x 0.5") and CZT (500 mm3) detectors. Aiming to acquire the highest quality reference data, the spectra were measured for long acquisition times,...

A collection of medium resolution gamma-ray spectra from well-characterized U certified reference materials has been recorded using LaBr3(Ce) (2.0" x 0.5") and CZT (500 mm3) detectors. Aiming to acquire the highest quality reference data, the spectra were measured for long acquisition times,...

This science-for-policy report is the first deliverable of the OTG project. It provides an extensive study on the availability of the technologies required for the realisation of a High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) interconnection between the European and North American Alternating Current (AC)...

The Xaver storm affected in the first days of December 2013 (4th -7th) several Nordic countries, causing inundation and damages along its path. Severe storm alerts have been issued some days in advance by various European Meteorological Institutes indicating the possibility of large inundation...

This report describes the status and the results achieved under the Collaboration Agreement signed within the MoU between JRC and ENEA in the framework of "Environment" on the Technical Annex "AEROSOURCES". The annex was based on a common interest in establishing reliable studies from both...

After 15 years of operational service, the VGT instrument has reached its end-of-life in May 2014. Before this date, the PROBA-V satellite (PV) was launched in May 2013 by ESA, as a "gap filler", i.e., between the SPOT VGT and the future Sentinel 3 satellite, foreseen to be launched in mid-2015....

Agro-ecosystems supply provisioning, regulating and cultural services to human society. This study focuses on the agro-ecosystem provisioning services regarding the production of agricultural biomass. These services strongly respond to the socio-economic demands of human beings, and are...