EPSRC: UK Japan civil nuclear research programme 2023

20/04/2023

15/06/2023

Apply for funding for research into accelerating and advancing nuclear science including decommissioning relevant to Fukushima and Sellafield. This programme aims to support two projects focussed on the decommissioning of Fukushima and Sellafield with a fixed start date of 1 November 2023 and a fixed end date of 31 March 2026. Projects can be up to £593,750 at 100% full economic cost (FEC). EPSRC will fund 80% of the FEC to £475,000. EPSRC will only fund the UK component of the research.

Your proposal must address one of these fields: radioactive waste treatment, packaging, and storage remote handling, robotic, and autonomous systems in decommissioning environmental behavior of radionuclide release and management of risk and degraded infrastructure

You must: be a UK-based researcher employed by an eligible research organisation collaborate with Japanese researchers