International projects
REPREZENTATIVE PROJECTS
International Programmes
- PHARE Programme – “Detailed Engineering of Uranium Surface Liabilities near the Barzava Village, Arad County, Romania”;
- FP5 Programme – EURATOM – TENORMHARM – “New Approach to Assessment and Reduction of Health Risk and Environmental Impact Originating from TENORM according to Requirements of EU Directive 96/26: Harmonisation of Legislation and Mitigation Methods in EU and Candidate Countries”;
- PHARE Programme: “Assistance with Detailed Engineering of Uranium Surface Liabilities in Banat Region”;
- Leonardo da Vinci Programme – MinBioRest – “Vocational Training in Post-Mining Restoration of Environment” (Environmental Impact of Mining and Mineral Processing; Technical, Chemical and Biological Remediation; Prevention of Acid Drainage; Utilization of Underground Mining Works);
- TAILSAFE – “Sustainable Improvement in Safety of Tailings Facilities”;
- INTAS Programme – “New Technologies and Products to Clean the Environment and Prevent Pollution Due to the Processing Industry of Gold Ores”;
- FP 5 Programme – “Development of Control and Monitoring Systems for the Supervision of Pollution Levels of Water and Zones around Abandoned Uranium Ore Mining Sites” – COMOS;
- TENORMHARM – “Risk Analysis for the Management of Natural Aquatic Ecosystems: Fighting against Acute and Chronic Event of Technological Hazards” – RAMONA;
- FP 6 Programme – “Danube – a Clean River for a Zone Sustainable Development in a Clean Europe” – CLEANDAN;
- “Advanced Electrochemical Technologies for Environmental Remediation and Industrial Applications” – ELTERIA
- Some unfinished programmes with Greece, Malta, Hungary and Cyprus;
- Contracts with AIEA: ROM 3/003:
- “Restructuring of the Uranium Mining Industry”;
- “Characterization and Performance Studies and Demonstration in Underground Research Laboratories of Swelling Clays as Engineered Barriers of Geological Repositories”
- “Disposal Aspects of Low and Intermediate Decommissioning Waste”
Projects of bilateral cooperation – BRANCUSI – with France:
- with ALGADE: “Alternative Processes regarding Radioprotection of some Abandoned Uranium Sites”
- with CAREX: “New Methods of Rehabilitation and Ecological Integration of the Exhausted Uranium Sites”
A series of projects:
- ”Study Concerning the Recovery of Useful Heavy Minerals (Nb2O5, Ta2O5 and SnO2) from KIVUVU (Burundi) Deposit Owned by COMEBU Sarl Bujumbura Firm; Experiments to Assess the Flowsheet and Ore Dressing Equipment”;
- “Comparative Study of Sediments Contamination with Radionuclides as a Result of Chernobyl Failure and of Radioactive Ores Processing Industry” (Copbil Programme with the University of Urbino, Italy)”;
- “Exposure at Radon and Gamma Radiation inside the Houses Built on Sites with High Level of Radium” (Copbil Programme with the University from Ioanina, Greece);
- “Traitement des Matières Minérales – Application à la Valorisation des Resources Naturelles et à la Protection de l’Environement” (with the University of Liege – Belgium, project included in the agreement between Romanian Ministry of Research and Technology, and C.G.R.I. of Waloon District – Belgium);
- “Uranium and Salt Mine Closure Manuals” – Consortium MONTEC – WISUTEC – ICPMRR, project financed by the World Bank;
- ”Technical and Environmental Audit” – Consortium MONTEC – WISUTEC – ICPMRR, project financed by the World Bank;