CIRTEN is active in several national and european R&D projects, through its competence areas:
- Nuclear safety
- Decommissioning, nuclear waste management and environmental remediation
- Innovation and technology development of nuclear fission (GenIII, GenIV, SMRs) and fusion reactors
- Nuclear fuel and fuel cycle
- Radiation protection
- Radiation measurement and instrumentation
- Medical and industrial applications of ionising radiations
National projects
European (EURATOM) projects
Moreover, CIRTEN is collaborating with Università di Pavia and its LENA lab (Laboratorio Energia Nucleare Applicata), which operates a TRIGA Mark II research reactor. Both R&D and education & training activities are carried out at the facility.