2. Examples of major experimental platforms for safety research

Experimental platforms for safety research generally require substantial investment, and the cost of operating them can be high. This is particularly true of facilities used for integral experiments, such as test reactors or mock-ups representing part of a nuclear installation on a reduced scale, but sufficient for representative simulation. For this reason, these facilities are often unique in the world, and international bodies such as the European Commission, as part of the Euratom component of its Framework Programs for Research and Technological Development (FP7), and the OECD/NEA [BN 3 835] , pay...