NO9600038 Organization Chart/Department Heads: January 1996 Board Halden Board Managing Director Haiden Ass. Managing Programme Group Director Adm. and Tech. Support Project Manager Ass. Project Manager Process Adm. and Physics Simulation Tech. Support Arne Skjeltorp Arild Ek Man-Machine Test Rig Design Energy Isotope Communication and Production Systems Laboratories Kjell Haugset Olav Aarrestad PerO. Finden Per 0. Bremer Control Room Experiment Reservoir- and Materials Systems Engineering Exploration Technology Technology Thorbjorn J Bjorlo Yoji Minagawa Tor Bjornstad Knut Lunde Simulation and Data Production Fluid Flow- and Health System Engineering and Evaluation Corrosion Technology and Safety Age Sten Solie Erik Kolstad Liv Lunde Gordon Christensen Electric Reactor Operation Power Systems and Engineering Reactor Operation Kjell Caspersen Knut H. Johansen Rune Oyan Radiation Protection Evelyn Foshaug IFEs Board of Management and Executives Tlie Board Arve Jolinscn (Chairman) Page Lawyer I/A I Roll Wicdswaiifj; (I ice Chairman) from the Board 4 Manaptiji Director Eurokraft iSor^e a.s and lo-s account 16 Anna In^cr Kidc Section Head Oljedirektoratet activities Ellen Morch lhialand in ll 20 Special Advisor Saga Petroleum a.s IU">'*;arrh am vide* Trond T. Olscn .si hjHSf*r 26 Section Head, HE Jon P. Ramba'k a\ publications and Section Head, HE 32 John Rokstad Professor, I i() Management Kjell TT. Bemliksrn Managing Director A me Raheim Assistant Managing Director ''$.,•< >i.-!ff- WvrncUM KieJl H. Bendiksen, flalden Froiect Jtiii Olav Ber}; war- Mnna};iiifl Director i <si<i \;\H\,/.U 4»vi»tari| Managing Dirucior Arne Raheim. till lie (lied in april I')1*,"). The Halden Project Carlo Vitanza l^oject Manager Iridtjov Owre Assistant Project Manager Information Roll 0. Safety and Quality Assurance Hel<j;e Smklt Olsen of this work in Norway has grown from NOK 38 million in the three year period 1988-1990, to around NOK 80 million in the last three years (1994-1996). A central part of this work is the develop- ment and application of a laboratory for process control research in Halden. This simulator-based control room, HAMM- LAB (Halden Man-Machine Laboratory), is now being used actively in a range of projects to develop and test new decision-support, information-sup- port and management-supprt systems for the process industry. A thorough review of the Halden Project and its value for Norway and Norwegian industry was carried out in 1995 through a committee appointed by the Research Council of Norway. The com- mittee's main conclusions were that the DESIGN OF MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS Halden Project is very cost effective for REQUIRE KNOWLEDGE ABOIT HI MAN Norway, that the research and develop- FACTORS. TRACKING OF THE OPERA- ment work maintains a high technical TORS' EYE-MOVEMENTS IS PART OF THE iNsrrriTK FOR ENERGY Technology standard, that the Project should be ex- THE RESEARCH IN THIS FIELD. (IFE) is Norway's research institute for tended for a new nuclear and other energy-related tech- nologies. Slightly more than half of the Institute's total research activity revolves around its two research reactors at Halden and Kjeller. IFE's remaining ac- tivities are in the areas of petroleum technology (30%) and other energy technologies (15%). The Institute has had a very successful year in 1995, strengthening its technical and economic position. This is especially the case with the Halden site, which generated increa- sed turnover and produced a very positi- ve financial result The OECD Halden Reactor Project rese- arch programme focuses on safety and operational reliability in nuclear power stations and other complex process plants. There is a strong and increasing international interest in this work. During 1995 two East European coun- tries (Slovakia and Hungary) became members of the Halden Project, as did South Korea. This brought the total Project membership to 19 by the close of the year. IFE continues to collaborate actively in the international effort to im- prove safety in Russian nuclear installa- tions, particularly the nuclear power plants on the Kola Peninsula. This was the subject of a new initiative, whereby IFE entered into an agreement within a NOK 20 million budgetary framework. This work will involve close collaborati- on with the Norwegian authorities, in- cluding the Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, and with other Nordic countries. The Halden research campus provides an interface with leading international technological research institutes and with industry, giving IFE access to tech- nologies and research data that form the basis of an increasing amount of contract work for Norwegian industry. The scope three-year period, and that die Institute should begin preparing an application for a licence to continue operating the Halden reactor after the year 2000. The Research Council's governing body con- curred with these conclusions, and parti- cularly emphasised the significance of the Project for Norway and its neigh- bours. Further, the Research Council stressed that "the Halden Project, judged by research criteria, is a very successful project, and is the only international re- search project of significant size based in Norway." In Autumn of 1995, based on these positive recommendations from die Research Council, the government and the Norwegian Parliament approved extension of the Project for a new three- year period (1997-99) provided an agre- ement is established with the other member countries. in Norwegian industry. IFE is also parti- Most of IFE's nuclearrelated activities at cipating in a number of large develop- Kjeller continue to be related to, and to ment projects for various IT systems, ai- depend on, the operation of the JEEP II research reactor. These activities are pre- med at the process industry and the souuy the subject of a thorough restruc- electrical power system. turing process, resulting partly from die transfer of responsibility for IFE's basic The Institute's 1995 programme in pe- finance from the Ministry of Industry troleum technology centred on large and Energy to the Research Council. projects carried out in close collaborati- 1995 was a productive year for the on with oil companies and die service groups working in basic research in phy- sector. IFE's research in corrosion and sics, and in the supply and control of ra- multiphase flow is central to the joint dioactive medicines, with good technical StatoU-Norsk Hydro-Saga development and economic results. programme on multiphase transport technology. Together with IKU, NGI and several oil companies, IFE contributed In 1994 the Norwegian Parliament deci- to establishing the Research Council's ded that a combined store and repo- PRODUCTION OF RADIOPHARMA- "Lete" programme in 1995. This pro- sitory should be construc- CEUTICALS AT KJF.LLKR. gramme aims specifically at the develop- ted for low- and inter ment of improved methods and compu- nediate active nu- ter tools to make hydrocarbon explorati- | clear waste, to be on simpler and more effective. located in Himdalen (Aurskog-Holand The Board would like to stress the im- area). Pre-projects are portant role that international collabora- now underway, and the facility is tion plays in the Institute's activities. The planned to be ready for use early in export earnings from the Halden Project 1997. It was agreed by parliament that alone amounted to NOK 150 million in the Institute should have responsibility 1995. In Kjeller too, virtually all the for running die facility, and for transfer work is characterized by extensive inter ring to it all existing radioactive waste national collaboration with research from Kjeller. groups and industry. IFE has put much effort into developing a strong presence in the El's new common research initi- Much of the petro- ative, the so-called 4th framework pro- leum-related and gramme for research and development , energy systems In 1995 the Institute was involved in work in 1995 was about 50 project proposals, wiuS a provi- affected by changes sional 40% success rate after 2/3 of the in the market place applications had been processed. A prac- and in the authorities' tical demonstration of quality assurance reference frame for research and is the way in which the Institute's rese- development In response, die Institute arch results are in demand internatio- has now reorganised and consolidated nally. A particular goal for IFE has been its activities in energy efficiency, energy to encourage the participation of systems analysis and renewable energy Norwegian industry, commerce and the resources into a new Energy Systems authorities in EL' projects. Department During 1995, the Institute secured a large three-year project for the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy IFE has strengthened its already healthy Administration (NVE) on the implemen- collaborative finks with Norwegian uni- tation of energy conservation measures versities, technical colleges and other re- search groups in 1995. Such links have appb'ed commercially. The most impor- been promoted positively through the tant commercial rewards from IFE's ac- Research Council's strategic and applied tivities come in the form of value created programmes, and through direct colla- for our clients in their own businesses boration with Oslo I niversity, NTNli through the focused application of the and Ostfold College. IFE has also partici- Institute's research results. IFE also con- pated actively in establishing several of tributes actively to industrial develop- the Research Council's basic research ment and renewal through a range of programmes, including those in materi- initiatives whereby new successful pro- als research, energy research and radiati- ducts, systems and methods are brought on protection. to a larger market. For example, during 1995 the lastitute participated in the es- Research at IFE in 1995 produced very tablishment of the SND-Research pleasing results, reflected in the form of Council FORNY project for Norway's successful research projects, new pro- Ostland region.