European Metrology Research Programme (EMRP)

The science of measurement – metrology – is important for scientific research, industry and our everyday lives, as the demand for measurements with high accuracies and low uncertainties continues to increase.

The European Metrology Research Programme (EMRP) enables European metrology institutes, industrial organisations and academia to collaborate on joint research projects within specified fields.

These collaborative efforts will accelerate innovation in areas where shared resources and decision-making processes are desirable due to economic factors and the distribution of expertise across different countries and sectors.

The EMRP is implemented by EURAMET, organised by 22 National Metrology Institutes (NMIs), supported by the European Union and has a value of over 400 M€. The preceding project iMERA-Plus (implementing Metrology in the European Research Area) had a value of 64,6 M€.

EURAMET Joint Research Project – JRP

Society demands energy supplies that are secure, sustainable and of high quality. In the next decade, Europe is facing potential energy shortages as oil and gas supplies run down and nuclear power facilities age. Pressure to reduce the green house gas emissions has lead to a requirement for the development of a new generation of nuclear power plants in Europe.

This Joint Research Projects – JRP will develop the necessary infrastructure to enable measurement of the parameters associated with new generation nuclear power plants, in the area of materials, temperature, neutron fluence, nuclear data and radiometric methods to ensure that energy suppliers and regulators can work towards an energy secure future within a metrology framework.

Joint Research Projects (JRP); Each JRP is listed below:

• Gas Characterisation of Energy Gases
• Harvesting Metrology for Energy Harvesting
• LNG Metrology for Liquefied Natural Gas
• Smartgrids Smart Electrical Grids
• Lighting Metrology for Solid State Lighting
• Powerplants Metrology for Improved Power Plants
• HVDC Metrology for High-Voltage Direct Current
• Metrofission Metrology for New Generation of Nuclear Power Plants
• Biofuel Metrology for Biofuels.

The MetroFission → Metrology for New Generation Nuclear Power Plants (http://projects.npl.co.uk/metrofission) project has many topics around new generation nuclear power plants. Experts from Metrology for New Generation Nuclear Power Plants will organise five special sessions during the Symposium in Cavtat:

• Temperature measurements and sensors for the fission environment
• Thermo-chemical data and modelling for nuclear design
• Thermophysical properties of advanced materials
• Nuclear decay data
• Radionuclide Metrology for new generation of nuclear power plants.