Scientists at the European Commission's Joint Research Centre simulate the effects of explosions on buildings, analyse innovative materials and contribute to guidelines and standards for safer public infrastructure.
Find out more:
https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/laboratories-z/european-laboratory-structural-assessment-reaction-wall_en
Maria works at the Nuclear Safeguards and Forensics Laboratory. She studies seized nuclear or other radioactive material and tries to uncover its origin. Her work supports the police and border controls and helps to fight crime.
Fire protection at nuclear installations
Take this quiz to learn about the many types of soil you can find in Europe, how humans interact with it, and much more.
Find out more on EU action on soil health.
Examine the JRC Petten and Ispra smart grid interoperability laboratories from the inside and outside. Meet the scientists and discover how they use advanced real-time simulators to develop intelligent digital solutions for EU policy and the community. To test your knowledge, take one of the electricity quizzes.
Find out more on smart grids and e-mobility. This tour is also available in Italian and Dutch
Take a look at the European crisis management laboratory in Ispra, which provides a valuable overview of what happens during an emergency situation.
Find out more on crisis management. This tour is also available in Italian.
Discover the environmental and mechanical materials assessment laboratories based in JRC Petten. Here we test the safety of nuclear components and the performance of the materials they are made of.
Find out more on nuclear safety. This tour is also available in Italian and Dutch
These technologies can dramatically reduce CO2 emissions and are critical to meeting Europe's ambitious energy and climate policy goals, as well as helping to scale up renewable and low-carbon hydrogen supply.
Find out more on fuel cells and electrolysers. This tour is also available in Italian and Dutch.
Find out more on EURL ECVAM. The tour is also available in Italian.
PVGIS can be used to calculate how much energy different kinds of photovoltaic systems can be generated at any location in Europe and Africa, as well as a large part of Asia and America.
Find out more about the PVGIS Tool.
