Fraunhofer INT

The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, based in Germany, is one of the world’s leading applied research organizations. By prioritizing key technologies for the future and commercializing its findings in business and industry, it plays a major role in the innovation process and is helping shape our society and our future. Founded in 1949, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft currently operates 76 institutes and research units throughout Germany.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Technological Trend Analysis INT in Euskirchen provides scientifically sound assessments and counseling on the entire spectrum of technological developments. On this basis, the Institute advises and conducts research for domestic and international clients: both public bodies and industry.

With the support of a highly-versatile, state-of-the-art measurement infrastructure, the Institute also carries out theoretical work and experiments on electromagnetic and nuclear effects and conducts also experimental and theoretical research on the effects of ionizing and electromagnetic radiation on electronic components, as well as on radiation detection systems. The main laboratory and large-scale appliances are radiation sources, electromagnetic simulation facilities and detector systems that cannot be found in this combination in any other civilian body in Germany.

For the present calls especially of interest is the longstanding experience in non-destructive measurement techniques for the detection and identification of radioactive and nuclear material on-site, including the design and operation of mobile measurement systems (system integration), requirements definition, systematic testing (partly automated) and validation of detection equipment, also in cooperation with practitioners in several EU projects. Moreover, general evaluations of project results were performed in latest projects.

Relevant EU-Projects:

1. DECOTESSC1 (EU FP7 Demo Project phase 1, countermeasures against CBRNE incidents)

2. TACIS Ukraine (installation of radiation portal monitors at Ukrainian border crossing stations)

3. SCINTILLA (Development of gamma and neutron detector systems)

4. EDEN (EU FP7 Demo Project phase 2, countermeasures against CBRNE incidents)

5. C-BORD (Effective Container inspection at BORDer control points)

6. ITRAP+10 (Illicit Trafficking Radiation Assessment Program)

7. IN-PREP (An INtegrated next generation PREParedness programme for improving effective inter-organisational response capacity in complex environments of disasters and causes of crises)

8. STRATEGY (Facilitating EU pre-standardization process through streamlining and validating interoperability in systems and procedures involved in the crisis management cycle)

9. TeamUP ((Holistic Capability and Technology Evaluation and Co-creation Framework for Unskilled First Responders and Enhanced CBRN-E Response)