RUNES
RUNES Completes Series of Visits to Major Tunnels in Europe

Teams of scientists from the RUNES project have recently completed a series of visits to major European tunnels as part of the task of linking the technical work in the project with the requirements of the tunnel infrastructure designers and users. Among the organisations visited are Centre d’Etudes des Tunnels (CETU), Tunnel du Mont Blanc, Oresund and London Underground.

This requirements capture exercise focused on installation and maintenance of the safety equipment in tunnels, information useful to first responders gathered both in advance and after the emergency has occurred, communications issues within tunnels especially after fire has broken out as well as current internal procedures and external regulations. The information collected is being incorporated into the functionaliy of the project's main demonstrator and will ultimately facilitate the commercial exploitation of the RUNES technology in this application domain.

Inside the Mont Blanc Tunnel.