TRAINING COURSES
OPEN TRAINING COURSES
Field: RADIATION PROTECTION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT
Topic: FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF RADIATION PROTECTION
Date
From April 2023
Format
Massive Open Online Course
(MOOC)
Duration
4 × half days
Working through the course at own pace
Working language
English
Objective
This course provides trainees with basic knowledge and skills in radiation protection for the different radiation fields in order to prepare students for regular, more advanced courses related to radiation protection.
Target audience
This course is intended for young professionals aiming at understanding the main concepts needed to deal with more advanced topics radiation protection. Employees of Nuclear Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) and Technical Support Organizations (TSOs), preferably with responsibilities related to radiation protection or wishing to interact consciously and effectively with experts in this area, with little initial technical knowledge and skills but with potential for future direct involvement, are the ideal target audience.The fundamentals acquired here will be applicable not only in everyday work but the course, as an introductory methodological approach, will create a shared and common background and ensure that adequate knowledge is available to comprehend the regular, more advance courses on radiation protection.
Field: EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
Topic: FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF NUCLEAR AND RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE (EPR)
Date
From April 2023
Format
Massive Open Online Course
(MOOC)
Duration
4 × half days
Working through the course at own pace
Working language
English
Objective
Participants will be introduced to the fundamental physical and engineering concepts needed to understand the objectives, the working methods, and the procedures of nuclear and radiological emergency preparedness and response. These concepts will be further elaborated and expanded in regular, more advanced courses on emergency preparedness and response.
Target audience
This course is intended for young professionals aiming at understanding the main concepts needed to deal with more advanced topics in nuclear and radiological emergency preparedness and response. Employees of Nuclear Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) and Technical Support Organizations (TSOs), preferably with responsibilities related to emergency preparedness or wishing to interact consciously and effectively with experts in this area, with little initial technical knowledge and skills but with potential for future direct involvement, are the ideal target audience.The fundamentals acquired here will be applicable not only in everyday work but the course, as an introductory methodological approach, will create a shared and common background and ensure that adequate knowledge is available to comprehend the regular, more advance courses on emergency preparedness and response.
CLOSED TRAINING COURSES
Field: NUCLEAR SAFETY
Topic: FUNDAMENTALS OF SAFETY ASSESSMENT (FSA)
Objective
Participants will become familiar with the background knowledge on the safety assessment and with IAEA Safety Standards as well as they will obtain general knowledge in nuclear technology aspects important to safety, regulatory issue and processes, safety standards and requirements necessary to carry-out either the safety assessment or the safety assessment reviews.
Target audience
This course is intended to experts and professionals of Nuclear Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) and Technical Support Organisations (TSOs), and plant personnel involved in the process of the preparation and review of the safety documentations.
Field: NUCLEAR SAFETY
Topic: SAFETY AND LICENSING OF SMALL MODULAR REACTORS (SMRs)
Objective
Participants will become familiar with the current SMR designs as well as their safety and operation and purpose of use, and their expected licensing process in the future, including the regulatory issues concerning the deployment of SMRs and confirming their ultimate safety features.
Target audience
This course is intended to experts and professionals of Nuclear Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) and Technical Support Organisations (TSOs), preferably with knowledges on nuclear power.
Field: RADIATION PROTECTION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT
Topic: EU ACQUIS AND RADIATION PROTECTION, REGULATION, LICENSING AND ENFORCEMENT
Objective
Participants will become familiar with the system of European Union Acquis, the compound legal system, the role and scope of regulations, directives, and recommendations and their implementation into the national regulatory structures, with emphasis put on radiation protection related to the areas of nuclear and radiological safety.
Target audience
This course is intended to experts and professionals of Nuclear Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) and Technical Support Organizations (TSOs), preferably with responsibilities and experience related to emergency preparedness.
Field: EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
Topic: EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE OF THE GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING THE REGULATOR
Date
12 – 16 June 2023
Location
Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Working language
English
Objective
Participants will become familiar with the tasks of the stakeholders of the national emergency preparedness and response organization in case of a major nuclear emergency, with special emphasis on the regulatory issues as well as on the role of a technical competence center for other decision makers.
Target audience
This course is intended for experts and professionals of Nuclear Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) and Technical Support Organizations (TSOs), preferably with responsibilities and experience related to emergency preparedness.
Field: RADIATION PROTECTION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT
Topic: RADIATION PROTECTION IN INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS
Objective
Participants will become familiar with industrial applications of radioactive materials, with particular regard to regulatory issues. The training course will provide information on inspecting and assessing the radiation protection of industry actors with special emphasis on field applications of radiation sources in the framework of industrial activities.
Target audience
This course is intended to experts and professionals of Nuclear Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) and Technical Support Organizations (TSOs), preferably with responsibilities and experience related to emergency preparedness.
Field: EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
Topic: INSPECTING OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Objective
Participants will become familiar with the aspects of regulatory inspection of the emergency preparedness and response (EPR) plans, the harmonization of plans and preparedness on national, organizational, local and facility levels. Special emphasis will be put on the lessons learned from Fukushima accident and the consequential “stress tests” in European nuclear power plants.
Target audience
This course is intended to experts and professionals of Nuclear Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) and Technical Support Organisations (TSOs), preferably with responsibilities and experience related to emergency preparedness.
Field: RADIATION PROTECTION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT
Topic: REGULATION OF RADIATION PROTECTION IN MEDICAL APPLICATIONS
Objective
This course provides trainees with basic knowledge and skills in radiation protection for the different radiation fields of medical applications (radiotherapy, nuclear medicine and radiology), protection of healthcare staff and patients and thereby ensure the increase in competencies required for inspection and review tasks.
Target audience
This course is intended to experts and professionals of Nuclear Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) and Technical Support Organisations (TSOs) with responsibilities in the field of radiation protection.
Application deadline
31 July 2022
Field: EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
Topic: INSPECTING OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Objective
Participants will become familiar with the aspects of regulatory inspection of the emergency preparedness and response (EPR) plans, the harmonization of plans and preparedness on national, organizational, local and facility levels. Special emphasis will be put on the lessons learned from Fukushima accident and the consequential “stress tests” in European nuclear power plants.
Target audience
This course is intended to experts and professionals of Nuclear Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) and Technical Support Organisations (TSOs), preferably with responsibilities and experience related to emergency preparedness.
Application deadline
15 July 2022
TRAINING COURSES ON THE MARKET
Within the project, participation in training courses on the market from training providers other than the implementing Consortium may also be supported. The course participation fee, in addition to the travel and accommodation cost and subsistence allowances for accepted participants will be covered by the project, as for all courses provided under the project.
Further information about the training courses available on the market to which you can apply and, in case of accepted application, participate with financial support from the project can be found below and on the referenced pages. Please note that application conditions and process may vary from course to course in the light of the training provider’s specifications and requirements, always the ones described for the specific course apply.
Topic: 15th Central European Training School on neutron techniques
Details
The 15th Central European Training School on neutron techniques is organized by the Budapest Neutron Centre, Centre for Energy Research. For further information about the course visit https://www.bnc.hu/cets/ website.
Submission of application for this course has to be made in two separate steps, only those applications that are submitted in full on both platforms will be valid and taken into consideration.:
- Download the Application documents and submit all the documents filled in completely according to the Application instructions!
- Apply for the course through the course organizers website (https://www.bnc.hu/cets/registration/). In the application filled in there, indicate that you are applying through the INTPA project, i.e. at the Field of research section, write “I am applying through INTPA INSC Project MC3.01/20.” and also indicate that you are working for either a Nuclear Regulatory Authority or a Technical Support Organization. For the question about applying for a Student Grant (“Are you applying for a Student Grant?”), indicate “No”. Regarding the Status section, indicate “Senior researcher”.
Target audience
This course is intended to experts and professionals of Nuclear Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) and Technical Support Organisations (TSOs) with scientific (e.g. material sciences, physics) background.
Application deadline
19 March 2023
Topic: RADIATION PROTECTION IN NUCLEAR ENVIRONMENT
Date
27 – 31 March 2023
Location
- For in-person participation: Budapest, Hungary
- Online
Working language
English
Details
The GRE@T-PIONEeR course “Radiation protection in nuclear environment” held both in in-person and online participation format is coordinated by the Chalmers University of Technology of Sweden. Please see details of the training on the following website: https://great-pioneer.eu.
Download the Application documents and submit all the documents filled in completely according to the Application instructions!
Note that the course organisers have extended the application deadline exclusively for candidates applying under this project. As this exclusive application is done through this project platform, there is no need to contact the course providers directly and register for the course with them, as the Application documents you submit here will be forwarded to the course organizers.
Target audience
This course is intended to experts and professionals of Nuclear Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) and Technical Support Organisations (TSOs) with responsibilities in the field of radiation protection.
Application deadline
Extended to
9 February 2023