Projects and partners

• • European projects

    RADSAGA (2017 - 2022)
    	MOPERE was a Partner of the RADSAGA Innovative Training Network under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions. RADSAGA, coordinated by CERN, bring together industry, universities, laboratories and test-facilities in order to innovate and train young scientists and engineers in all aspects related to electronics exposed to radiation. Partners:   https://radsaga.web.cern.ch/content/beneficiaries-partners
    ADD ON (2018 - 2021)
    	MOPERE was coordinating the H2020 Clean Sky2 ADD-ON (Advanced Damage Detection through Optical sensor Network) project. Main objective of ADD-ON was to investigate the feasibility of developing a unique optical sensor network to control the various classes of distributed and point optical sensors. This solution can monitor, in a variety of profiles of use, the SHM measurands of interest: delamination, corrosion, cracking, loading and can simultaneously sustain data transfer. Partners: PhotonFirst; Airbus (as Topic Manager).
    RADNEXT (2021 – 2025)
    	RADNEXT is an H2020 INFRAIA-02-2020 infrastructure project coordinated by CERN with the objective of creating a network of facilities and related irradiation methodology for responding to the emerging needs of electronics component and system irradiation; as well as combining different irradiation and simulation techniques for optimizing the radiation hardness assurance for systems, focusing on the related risk assessment. MOPERE is a Partner of RADNEXT and is leading the research-oriented WP5 about radiation detection, dosimetry and beam instrumentation. Partners: https://radnext-network.web.cern.ch/main/#partners
    PHOTONHUB EUROPE (2021 – 2025)
    	PhotonHub Europe – a new pan-European photonics digital innovation hub –, coordinated by VUB (Belgium) has been awarded €19 million investment from the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme. PhotonHub Europe will help European SMEs and mid-caps become highly competitive digital businesses through faster and smarter deployment of photonics-based technologies. UJM is a member of the project and MOPERE contributes to PhotonHub through its irradiation platform and the local coordination for UJM. Partners: https://www.photonhub.eu/
    SWISSMODICS (2021 – 2024)
    	LabHC was partner of the H2020 Clean Sky 2 SWISSMODICS (Development of a Sensor with WIde Spectrum Sensitivity for MOnitoring of Damage and Defects In Composite Structures), managed by the CSEM (Switzerland). MOPERE contributed to Swissmodic through its irradiation platform, leading the WP2 and by ensuring the local coordination for UJM. Partners: CSEM, Almay
    RADMEP (2020 – 2026)
    	MOPERE team is coordinating the 2-year (120 ECTS) European Master in Radiation and its Effects on MicroElectronics and Photonics Technologies (RADMEP). RADMEP provides a multidisciplinary and innovative programme covering the interactions between Radiation and MicroElectronics and Photonics, two Key Enabling Technologies for the future of Europe. RADMEP objective is to educate students in those advanced technologies, providing methodologies and introducing practical applications for their implementation in a variety of natural or man-made radiation-rich environments. Partners: University of Jyväskylä, KU Leuven, Université de Montpellier  (35 associated partners)

    
    
    

  • Investments for the Future programme (PIA) Projects

    CERTYF (2017 - 2022)
    	MOPERE was coordinating the CERTYF (Combined effects of radiation, temperature and hydrogen on optical fibres and silica-based materials) project. CERTYF was a fundamental research project with the aim of improving the understanding of the basic mechanisms governing the degradation of optical fibers in complex environments combining the following stresses: temperature (ambient temp. - 300°C), radiation (doses up to the order of MGy) and hydrogen. Partners: UJM, Univ. Côte d’Azur, IRSN (ANDRA as Topic Manager)
    CAMRAD (2016 – 2022)
    	MOPERE was member of the CAMRAD (High-performance radiation-hardened imaging system for in-situ characterization of nuclear waste) project lead by ISAE SUPAERO.  The industrial research project, CAMRAD, seeked to develop and test, under real conditions, a high-performance (color camera, high sensitivity and high resolution) imaging system that is resistant to ionizing radiation (over 1MGy) for characterizing nuclear waste and general use in the nuclear industry.  Partners: ISAE SUPAERO, ORANO, CEA DAM, IRSN, OPTSYS (ANDRA as Topic Manager)
    SURFIN (2017 – 2022)
    	MOPERE was member of the SURFIN (New materials for the monitoring by fiber optics of nuclear facilities) project lead by University of Lille. SURFIN aims to characterize new luminescent vitreous materials, based on doped silica (intentional implantation of some elements to modify the properties of optical fibers), and to implement them in fiber solutions for in situ dosimetry of different radiation environments (X, γ, …). Partners: Univ. Lille, Univ. Côte d’Azur, Univ. Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne, UJM, (ANDRA  as Topic Manager)
    udd@ORANO (2021 – 2025)
    	udd@Orano (pour Usines De Demain sur les sites industriels d’Orano) is a development project designed to accelerate the deployment of the factory of the future at the heart of the Group's industrial sites. Coordinated by Orano, this 36-month project brings together 11 industrial partners: 6 SMEs (Aeraccess, Axionable, Diota, Ob'dO, Shark Robotics, Sileane), 2 large companies (Predict, Probayes) and 3 research organizations (CEA, Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne and Université Jean Monnet de Saint-Etienne).
    POTIC (2021 – 2026)
    	BPI project in the aeronautical field. Project details confidential.

    
    
    

  • National Research Agency (ANR) projects

    FIDELIO (2021 – 2025)
    	MOPERE is member of the FIDELIO PCRE ANR (Fiber-based In-vivo Realtime Dosimetry for Pulsed Radiotherapy) project led by Univ. Côte d’Azur and Fédération Claude Lalanne. FIDELIO aims to develop innovative real-time dosimeters that will be: (i) miniaturized; (ii) designed to measure high dose rates (at least 50 Gy s-1) and short pulses (down to 10 μs); (iii) immune to electromagnetic fields. (iv) as insensitive as possible to the linear energy transfer. Partners: Univ. Lille, Univ. Côte d’Azur, Exail, UJM
    APISS (2022 – 2025)
    	The APISS Project (Aircraft Photonic Interfaces Standardization for Sensing,) goal is to pave the way towards a standardized solution for the monitoring of future avionic platforms. Photonic sensing networks have the potential to achieving this objective at affordable cost and optimized performances. Partners: Airbus, Collins Aerospace, LAAS CNRS, Cailabs, Safran, Sentea, UJM, IRT Saint-Exupéry.
    LUMINA (2020 – 2026)
    	As part of CNES's national contribution to ESA's ALPHA mission, with French astronaut Thomas Pesquet, the Hubert Curien laboratory, in close collaboration with Exail and CERN, has been selected by CNES to lead the LUMINA project, aimed at deploying a fiber optic point dosimeter within the International Space Station.    Site web Press
    SPIRAD (2024 – 2027)
    	SPIRAD is a joint experiment between CNES and UJM to deploy radiation-sensitive optical fibers in space, outside the ISS, for dosimetry purposes. The two optical fibers, prepared as single-layer spiral coils were designed as part of LabH6. SPIRAD is part of Euro Material Ageing (EMA), a larger experiment developed by CNES, combining SESAME and IR-COASTER equipment. EMA was launched on November 5, 2024 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to the ISS to study the in-flight ageing of new materials and improves our knowledge of the space environment and its effects on materials.

    
    
    

  • Industrial projects (since 2015)

    MOPERE is involved in several industrial projects with the major players in the nuclear domains. In particular, several PhD theses from the MOPERE research group have been granted by industrial or agency partners: Exail (Marilena Vivona, Ayoub Ladaci, Camille Sabatier), CNES/Exail (Marine Aubry), CERN/CNES (Nourdine Kerboub), CERN (Gaetano Li Vecchi), ANDRA (Xavier Phéron, Chiara Cangialosi, Isabelle Planes), AREVA (Adriana Morana, Serena Rizzolo).

    
    
    

  • Partners

    National

    • Université de Lille, laboratoire PHLAM
    • Université de Nice, laboratoire INPHYNI
    • Université de Clermont-Ferrand, laboratoire ICCF
    • Université de Montpellier, laboratoire RADIAC
    • ISAE SUPAERO
    • CEA DAM
    • CEA DEN
    • CEA DRT
    • Exail
    • ORANO
    • ANDRA
    • CNES
    • IRSN
    • BCEN
    • OPSTYS
    • SIEMENS
    • SAFRAN
    • DEF
    • AIRBUS
    • AIRBUS DEFENSE AND SPACE
    • ONERA
    • IRT SAINT EXUPERY
    • THALES ALENIA SPACE
    • TRAD
    • VIAVI SOLUTIONS
    • ALMAY

    International:

    • CERN
    • European Space Agency
    • TRIUMF, Canada
    • University of Pavia, Italy
    • University of Brescia, Italy
    • University of Campania, Italy
    • University of Palermo, Italy
    • Politecnico di Bari, Italy
    • University of Napoli Federico II, Italy
    • University of Sannio, Italy
    • PhotonFirst, Netherlands
    • CSEM, Switzerland
    • SmartFibres, UK
    • ENEA, Italy
    • University of Michigan, USA
    • Oxford Technologies Limited, UK
    • Fusion for Energy, Spain
    • Fraunhofer Institute, Germany
    • SCK-CEN, Belgique
    • RADNEXT partners
    • RADMEP partners