The European Underground Laboratories Association (EUL) is a registered non-profit organization that promotes science, research, technical development, innovation, education and various events at members’ underground laboratories.
EUL offers an innovation and business platform for individual companies, research centres and universities on regional, national and international levels. We help businesses develop concepts, processes, products and services that need an underground infrastructure. We also facilitate open cooperation between players operating in the public, private and third sectors. The platform environment enables the sharing of experience and supports long-term regional development.
The underground laboratories in the EUL
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The Baltic Sea region hosts multiple underground infrastructures that are actively used for research, innovation and tourism purposes. Underground environments are excellent for testing and educational activities because of their stable conditions in terms of geology, hydrogeology, temperature and climate.
In 2017, the EU funded the Baltic Sea Underground Innovation Network (BSUIN), a project focused on creating a network of underground facilities around the Baltic Sea. The BSUIN group had 13 members from eight Baltic Sea countries, running six underground laboratories. The goal was to make these laboratories more accessible for innovation, business development, science and tourism. Three years later, we are happy to announce the creation of the EUL network.
Results of the BSUIN project:
A database containing metadata and measured data related to the underground laboratories in the Baltic Sea region.
A web-based EUL tool that provides access to the database and information about the underground laboratories.
A transnational EUL network in the Baltic Sea region.
Partners
University of Oulu, Kerttu Saalasti Institute
Finland
Oulu University of Applied Sciences
Finland
University of Silesia in Katowice
Poland
Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co
Sweden
KGHM Cuprum Research & Development Centre Ltd.
Poland
TU Bergakademia Freiberg Technical University
Germany
German Research Centre for Geosciences
Germany
Vilnius University
Lithuania
National Center for Nuclear Research
Poland
Baltic ScientificInstruments
Latvia
Karelian Research Center of Russian Academy of Sciences
Russia
Joint stock company "Khlopin Radium Institute"
Russia
Sotkamo Silver AB
Sweden
Tallinn University of Technology
Estonia
Associated Partners
Główny Instytut Górnictwa
Poland
University of Tartu, Institute of Physics
Germany
Pyhäjärvi Municipality
Finland
M-Solutions Oy
Finland
University of Tartu, Institute of Physics
Estonia
Geological Institute of Karelia
Russia
University of Oulu, Department of Architecture
Finland
University of Jyväskylä, Department of Physics
Finland
Normet Oy
Finland
Kalmar regional Council
Sweden
DMT GmbH
Germany
Muon Solutions Oy
Finland
Kolmas Karelia LLC
Russia
Pyhäsalmi Mine Oy
Finland
University of Aarhus
Denmark
Amberg Group including Versuchsstollen Hagerbach (VSH)
Switzerland
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