Objective European organisations have been at the forefront in developing advanced plant life management methodologies, mainly at national level. Their overall impact has been reduced by fragmentation. NULIFE Network of Excellence will work over a 5-year period to create a single organisation structure in the form of a Virtual Institute, capable of providing harmonised R&D at European level to the nuclear power industry and the related safety authorities in the area of lifetime evaluation and management methods for structural components. The demand for such technology is driven by the need to maintain safety margins of nuclear power plants over extended operational lifetimes. NULIFE is an innovative approach to coordinate fragmented European R&D in this complex, multidisciplinary area, which requires a complete understanding of how the interaction between ageing mechanisms, environmental effects and loadings impacts safety relevant systems, structures and components. The Network's strategy is based on a Joint Programme of Activities comprised of carefully selected Work Packages, which will follow a step-wise process to create an integrated long-standing research environment to develop qualified procedures and best practices applicable to all reactors in operation in EU member, Associated and Candidate States. An Executive Group consisting of WP leader organisations will have responsibility for implementing the Network integration strategy and creating a Virtual Institute. Activities will be performed by Expert Groups and an Infrastructure Group. An End-User Group, comprising representatives of utilities and manufacturing industry, will prioritise the activities. This, together with strong links to safety authorities, will ensure a customer-driven programme, which can be sustained beyond the 5-year period of EC financial support, based on the created Virtual Institute, recognised as a worldwide pole of excellence in the field of plant life assessment and management. Fields of science engineering and technologyother engineering and technologiesnuclear engineering Programme(s) FP6-EURATOM-NUCTECH - Thematic priority - Other activities in the field of nuclear technologies and safety of the specific framework programme for the European Atomic Energy Community within the multi-annual framework programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) NUCTECH-2005/6-3.4.3.1-1 - Sustainable integration of European research in residual lifetime prediction methodologies Call for proposal EURATOM-2005-6-FIXEDDEADLINE See other projects for this call Funding Scheme NoE - Network of Excellence Coordinator TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS (VTT) Address Vuorimiehentie 5 Espoo Finland See on map Links Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all STUDIECENTRUM VOOR KERNENERGIE - CENTRE D'ETUDE DE L'ENERGIE NUCLEAIRE Belgium EU contribution € 0,00 Address Herrmann debrouxlaan 40-42 Bruxelles See on map USTAV JADERNEHO VYZKUMU REZ A.S. Czechia EU contribution € 0,00 Address Husinec - rez 130 Rez See on map Links Website Opens in new window COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE (CEA) France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 31-33 rue de la federation Paris See on map Links Website Opens in new window ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 22-30 avenue de wagram Paris See on map Links Website Opens in new window AREVA NP GMBH Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Freyeslebenstrasse 1 Erlangen See on map Links Website Opens in new window COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES - DIRECTORATE GENERAL JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE Belgium EU contribution € 0,00 Address Rue de la loi 200 Brussels See on map Links Website Opens in new window BRITISH ENERGY GROUP PLC United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Systems house, alba campus Livingston See on map Links Website Opens in new window SERCO LTD United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address 16 bartley wood business park Hook See on map Links Website Opens in new window FORSMARKS KRAFTGRUPP AB Sweden EU contribution € 0,00 Address Oesthammar See on map Links Website Opens in new window E.ON KERNKRAFT GMBH, KERNKRAFT GRAFENRHEINFELD Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Tresckowstrasse 5 Hannover See on map