NRC-8, EuCheMS International Conference on Nuclear and Radiochemistry

OPENING LECTURE - CINCH - Cooperation in education In Nuclear Chemistry

20 Sept 2012, 14:00

20m

Como, Italy

Invited Lecture Education in radiochemistry and dissemination of culture in nuclear and radiochemistry Session 11: Education and training in radiochemistry and dissemination of culture in nuclear and radiochemistry (session organized by CINCH consortium)

Speaker

Prof. Jan John (Czech Technical University in Prague, Brehova 7, 115 19 Prague, Czech Republic)

Description

The renaissance of nuclear power is already requiring a significant increase in the number of the respective specialists, amongst others are nuclear chemists. The project Cooperation In education in Nuclear CHemistry (CINCH) aims to coordinate the current fragmented and diverse activities in Nuclear Chemistry education and training in Europe both at Ph.D. and undergraduate levels, in collaboration with Russia. The system developed should enable formation of a long-term Euratom Fission Training Scheme (EFTS) and contribute to moving the education and training in nuclear chemistry to a qualitatively new level. The work has been coordinated also with activities of ENEN association, Division of Nuclear and Radiochemistry of EuChemMS, and the training modules of EUROATOM “chemical” IPs and NOEs. The main results of the project with the broadest impact to students, teachers, industries, and research community will be a set of compact joint modular courses in different branches of modern nuclear chemistry, an e-learning platform available for both education and training (both applicable at the Ph.D., life-long learning, and MSc. levels), and a long term sustainable strategy for nuclear chemistry education. In this presentation, examples of the structures of the courses developed will be given and other project activities will be reviewed.