UAinEuratom21 is 24 months project is addressed to support activities of the Ukrainian ‘National Contact Point to Euratom’ (UA Euratom NCP) and aimed to contribute to better integration of Ukrainian research entities (researchers) into European nuclear research networks. UAinEuratom21 project has the following specific objectives: • Strengthening the integration of Ukrainian stakeholders in pan-European initiatives and research relevant to all research areas covered by the Euratom Research and Training Programme 2021-2025, • Enhancing of UA Euratom NCP competence, • Euratom programme awareness raising among Ukrainian stakeholders. The UAinEuratom21 project audience is divided into several target groups: • Direct target groups: UA research community, EU research community, UA coordination and support bodies, EU coordination and support bodies, • Indirect target group: the general public. There are four work packages that are planned for project implementation. WP1 - STRENGTHENING OF NETWORKING ACTIVITIES BETWEEN UA AND EU RESEARCHERS; WP2 - UA EURATOM NCP COMPETENCE REINFORCEMENT; WP3 - DISSEMINATION, EXPLOITATION AND COMMUNICATION; WP4 - PROJECT MANAGEMENT. All activities of the UAinEuratom21 project are implemented by the National science center Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology that has been officially appointed by the Ukrainian authorities as UA Euratom NCP since 2017.

The PREDIS project targets the development and implementation of activities for pre-disposal treatment of radioactive waste streams other than nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. Member States will profit from measurable benefits including the further development and increase in Technological Readiness Level of treatment and conditioning methodologies for wastes for which no adequate or industrially mature solutions are currently available, including metallic material (WP4), liquid organic waste (WP5) and solid organic waste (WP6), and by testing and evaluating innovations in cemented waste handling and pre-disposal storage (WP7). These technical Work Packages align with priorities formulated within the Roadmap Theme 2 of EURAD and with those identified by the project’s industrial End Users Group (EUG), and follow the 50% co-funding principle. Furthermore, PREDIS will produce tools guiding decision-making on the added value of the developed technologies and their impact on the design, safety and economics of waste management and disposal (WP2). PREDIS will also liaise with EURAD to provide complementarity on areas including the adaptation and update of the reference founding documents of the EJP (vision, roadmap, governance and implementation mechanisms) (WP2), and the organisation of training courses and mobility training schemes to enhance sharing and transfer of knowledge and competences as part of knowledge management activities (WP3). The PREDIS consortium, which includes 47 partners from 18 Member States, and EUG, which specifically targets Radioactive Waste Producers (RWP) as a separate group within the radioactive waste management process. PREDIS also encompasses the wider European Community, allowing cross-fertilisation and interaction between different national programmes. Numerous dissemination activities (WP1), including with Nugenia, IAEA and NEA, will be undertaken to maximize PREDIS’s impact to all the identified Stakeholders in the field

The Association Agreement between Ukraine and Euratom was signed on 27 June 2016 and entered into force on 28 October 2016. Better integration of Ukrainian nuclear research entities into European nuclear research networks could be seen as mutually beneficial for the whole Euratom research community. “UA NCP for deeper integration of Ukrainian researchers to Euratom” project (Acronym: UAinEuratom) is initiated in order to provide deeper integration and improved participation of Ukrainian researchers and research entities in Euratom research activities with future aim to increase their participation in Euratom projects, thereby enabling a more broad and effective cooperation in the field of research on fission and fusion, and fully exploiting the potential of Ukrainian research entities regarding their infrastructures, capacities and research programmes. NSC KIPT was officially appointed by the Ukrainian authorities as National Contact Point to Euratom in 2017. UAinEuratom is an 18 months project that is initiated as support and coordination action for the NCP to Euratom in Ukraine (UA Euratom NCP) to integrate Ukrainian researchers and research centers to Euratom. UAinEuratom project specific objectives UAinEuratom project has the following specific objectives: • Strengthening of UA scientists participation to Euratom programmes; • Enhancing of Ukrainian - EU networking activities in Euratom research area; • Raising of Euratom programme awareness among representatives of Ukrainian research centers, SMEs, authorities and strengthening the link between Euratom and Ukrainian science communities; There are four work packages that include all project activities to achieve the objectives. All work packages will be managed and implemented by KIPT (Ukraine). • WP1. UA Euratom NCP skills and services improvement, • WP2. Enhancing of UA-EU networking activities in Euratom research area, • WP3. Communication and dissemination, • WP4. Project management.

The overall aim of the project is to create greater security of energy supply and contribute to the security of supply of nuclear fuel for Russian designed pressurized water reactors (VVER) operating in the EU by diversification of fuel sources in the short / medium term and in full compliance with nuclear safety standards. By that, the project addresses the topic NFRP 16 – 2015. The scientific objectives of the proposed project include increased knowledge concerning the behaviour of the VVER-440 fuel during operation. State-of-the-art methods will be verified against an extensive database, including operating experience from several VVER-440 reactors as well as a number of other reactor designs and a wide range of operating conditions. The ability to accurately predict the fuel behaviour will be improved and thereby also the safety margins. New knowledge as well as identification of needs of technology development and improvements will be created in the fields of technologies for mechanical design, thermo-mechanical fuel rod design, and safety analysis for VVER fuel. In addition to the technological advances, the project will identify the variation in licensing requirements between the authorities in the different countries. Through such identification, it will become clear that standardization would be beneficial and will foster a dialogue between the authorities/regulatory bodies. The new knowledge will be exploited through innovation processes but will also be used for further research and recommendation to policy makers as well as for creating impact among the target groups of the project. Results will be presented to the members of the VVER community, i.e. the utilities, universities and other organizations with close links to the nuclear energy industry. Articles and papers presenting the work and the results of the project will be targeted for nuclear industry, magazines and conferences.

A Roadmap to the realization of fusion energy was adopted by the EFDA system at the end of 2012. The roadmap aims at achieving all the necessary know-how to start the construction of a demonstration power plant (DEMO) by 2030, in order to reach the goal of fusion electricity in the grid by 2050. The roadmap has been articulated in eight different Missions. The present proposal has the goal of implementing the activities described in the Roadmap during Horizon 2020 through a joint programme of the members of the EUROfusion Consortium. ITER is the key facility in the roadmap. Thus, ITER success remains the most important overarching objective of the programme and, in the present proposal the vast majority of resources in Horizon 2020 are devoted to ensure that ITER is built within scope, time and budget; its operation is properly prepared; and a new generation of scientists and engineers is properly educated (at undergraduate and PhD level) and trained (at postdoctoral level) for its exploitation. DEMO is the only step between ITER and a commercial fusion power plant. To achieve the goal of fusion electricity demonstration by 2050, DEMO construction has to begin in the early 2030s at the latest, to allow the start of operation in the early 2040s. DEMO cannot be defined and designed by research laboratories alone, but requires the full involvement of industry in all technological and systems aspects of the design. Specific provisions for the involvement of industry in the Consortium activities are envisaged.