Active de longue date dans le domaine de la securite nucleaire (notamment par l'intermediaire de certaines activites du Centre Commun de Recherche), la Commission a juge utile de mettre en contact et de regrouper les specialistes europeens des problemes de surete et de fiabilite : ces problemes apparaissent dans un tres grand nombre de domaines industriels et technologiques : chimie, petrole, aeronautique, electronique, telecommunications, etc.
Long active in the field of nuclear safety (mainly through the work of the Joint Research Centre), the Commission decided that it would be of value to bring together European safety and reliability specialists dealing with problems common to a great many fields such as chemistry, the oil industry, aeronautics, electronics and telecommunications.
