Presented at the Panel on Education International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE26), London, UK, JUly 2018

1. Opportunities and challenges
for Nuclear Education and Training in EU
Leon Cizelj
President, ENEN Association
Head, Reactor Engineering Division, Jožef Stefan Institute
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2. Outline
• European Nuclear Education Network
• Challenges
• Opportunities
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3. May 23, 2018 IAEA HRD Conf., Gyeongju, Korea 3
Royal
Flemmish
Academy,
Brussels,
March 1, 2018

4. 75 Members from 25 Countries:
5 Research Centers, 9 Companies, 48 Universities, 1 TSO
and 8 international institutions
ENEN Members in 2018
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5. Approaching ENEN
– GIF
– EERA JPNM (joint programing nuclear
materials)
– OECD/NEA NEST initiative
– ESARDA (safeguards)
Beyond ENEN
– Nuclear regulators (WENRA, ENSREG…)
– …
Nuclear ETKM Communities within ENEN
Cooperating with ENEN
– Nuclear engineering (ENEN, NUGENIA,
SNETP)
– Radiation protection (ENETRAP)
– Geological disposal of radioactive waste
(PETRUS)
– Nuclear security (ANNETTE)
– Fusion Engineering (ANNETTE)
– VVER community (CORONA)
– Medical Physics (ENEN+)
– Decommisioning (ELINDER)
– TSO (nuclear safety assessment, ENSTII)
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6. Challenges
Education rarely in the center of stakeholder‘s strategies
– „survival mode“ for the last 20 years or more
Mobilisation of nuclear stakehoders
– Industry: vendors, service providers, utilities
– Government: European Commission, national governments
– Regulators: Tecnical Support Organisations, Regulators
– Professional societies: academic, R&D, industrial
– International: similar networks, IAEA, OECD/NEA
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7. Challenges
Education rarely in the center of stakeholder‘s strategies
– „survival mode“ for the last 20 years or more
Mobilisation of nuclear stakehoders
– Industry: vendors, service providers, utilities
– Government: European Commission, national governments
– Regulators: Tecnical Support Organisations, Regulators
– Professional societies: academic, R&D, industrial
– International: similar networks, IAEA, OECD/NEA
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8. Opportunities
ANNETTE project
• Coordination of nuclear E&T
• Catalogisation of courses
M.Sc. Nuclear Engineering
• EMSNE (ENEN)
• EMINE (KIC INO Energy)
• SARENA (ERASMUS MUNDUS)
ENEN+ project
Attract, develop, retain new talents
• Mobility support
http://plus.enen.eu
• European ETKM strategy
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9. SARENA (ERASMUS+)
2019-2022
2 year M.Sc.
Joint degree
4 universities:
– Student @ 2 or 3
Scholarships (partly)
Supervisors:
– Academic
– Research
– Iindustry
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10. Clear support from all stakeholders needed
without oxymorons
Education is long term activity - instrumental for long term
sucess of (any) technology.
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Jessica Hagy
http://thisisindexed.com/

11. www.enen.eu
Thank you for your attention
European Nuclear Education Network
Fundation Universitaire, Rue d‘Egmont 11
1000 Brussels, Belgium
Telephone: +32 484 20 15 04
Email: pedro.dieguez@enen.eu
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