JRC activities in nuclear safety

Nuclear energy is today the largest single source of carbon free and base-load electricity in Europe. While highlighting its important role in the overall energy mix, it is necessary to address sustainability, safety, and security concerns, in particular nuclear safety and nuclear waste management issues, which influence the public acceptance of nuclear energy. The present paper describes the Joint Research Centre activities in support to the EU nuclear safety policy. It describes the Joint Research Centre role in the EU institutional context, identifies the various customers to which the Joint Research Centre delivers its services, and provides some results of the Joint Research Centre scientific work inherent to nuclear safety. Danas su u Evropi nuklearne elektrane najveci pojedinacni izvori elektricne energije koja se ne zasniva na uglju. Pored isticanja znacaja njihove uloge u ukupnom energetskom snabdevanju, potrebno je ukazati na pitanja odrzivosti, sigurnosti i bezbednosti, posebno nuklearne sigurnosti i upravljanja nuklearnim otpadom, koja uticu na prihvatanje nuklearne energije u javnosti. U ovom radu prikazane su delatnosti Centra zdruzenih istrazivanja koje podrzavaju politiku Evropske Unije u oblasti nuklearne sigurnosti. Opisana je institucionalna uloga Centra u Evropskoj Uniji, odredjeni razliciti korisnici njegovih usluga i prikazani neki rezultati naucnog rada u njemu koji se ticu nuklearne sigurnosti.