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On 12 and 13 April 2023, the institute welcomed Cerema and BRGM experts to the Saint-Maximin experimental and educational platform for cavity risks.

In late 2022, a new standard was published under the IECEx international certification scheme for electrical and non-electrical devices installed in explosive atmospheres, for the certification of industrial systems using hydrogen as an energy source (IECEx OD 290). It specifies the safety requirements for devices, components and systems, including hydrogen distribution stations for businesses and individuals.

This Friday, 7 April 2023, Ineris and the National Centre for Electrochemistry and Environmental Technologies (Centre National en Electrochimie et en Technologies Environmentales – CNETE) signed a framework partnership agreement for a period of five years. Building on their complementarities in the field of safe, clean technologies applied in particular to bioprocesses and electrochemistry, the French institute and the Canadian research centre have decided to collaborate in order to share their know-how and skills, ensure the complementarity of their respective test resources and more generally develop new approaches to the sustainable development of technologies applied to the energy transition and the circular economy.

The France Exposome national research infrastructure, of which Ineris is a partner, unveils its website: missions, partners, expertise, technological and methodological range, etc.

Winner of the second wave of the “Priority exploratory research programmes and equipment” (Programmes et équipements prioritaires de recherche exploratoires – PEPR) call for projects, the SOUSSol PEPR (“Subsoil as a common good”) of which Ineris is a partner, started on 13 February 2023.

In the autumn of 2022, Ineris welcomed representatives from the scientific committee of the scientific interest group for infrastructure in biology, health and agronomy (Groupement d’intérêt scientifique des infrastructures en biologie santé et agronomie – GIS IBiSA) This visit was part of an application for certification of its toxicology platform following a call focused on the theme of the exposome. This was a successful application that led to certification of the platform at the end of 2022.

The President of the Republic reappointed Ms Nathalie Homobono last November as Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Institute for the Industrial Environment and Risks (Institut national de l'environnement industriel et des risques – Ineris) for a five-year term.

Ineris is participating in the European PEPPERONI project, which aims to assess the impact of the introduction and production of a new pervskite/silicon photovoltaic panel technology in the European market. The consortium will meet in Germany on 24 and 25 December to launch the project.

Raymond Cointe signed this new agreement on September 30 with Laurent Michel, Director of the French Directorate General for Energy and the Climate, Thomas Grenon, Director of the French National Metrology and Testing Laboratory (Laboratoire national de métrologie et d'essais), and Alain-Louis Schmitt, Director of IMT Nord Europe.

On Thursday, September 15, the Institute inaugurated its experimental and educational platform dedicated to the prevention of risks related to underground cavities.
Set up at the Maison de la Pierre in the former Parrain underground quarry in the commune of Saint-Maximin, this facility allows work to be carried out at full scale under real underground quarry conditions and in complete safety.