Acknowledgments

• We would like to thank especially the leadership of the JRC personally of Deputy Director General, Dr. Roland Schenkel, Dr.h.c.; Dr. Jiri Burianek, Enlargement Manager; Dr. Giancarlo Caratti, Head of JRC Enlargement Unit; the Coordinator for NUSES project from JRC part, Dr. Pascale Daures (ITU); Prof. Dr.h.c. Manfred Grasserbauer; Director of IES, JRC; Dr. Pierre Frigola, JRC, Directorate General and responsible for NUSES scientific officer Mr. Michele Genovese and financial manager Miss Régine Galas for the support needed for successful realisation of NUSES project and it’s development and transition to a more broader and complex INRNE – JRC NUSES Programme.

• We are very thankful to all participants from JRC and EC and to all other participants for professional presentations and discussions and especially the members of the International scientific and the Local organizing committee.

• Finally we would like to thank our sponsors – JRC, Bulgarian Nuclear Society, Nuclear Regulation Agency, NPP Kozloduy and the Ministry of Education and Sciences - National Science Fund of for financial and organizational support.