The 7th nuclear science training course on Radioactivity - Radionuclides - Radiation with Nuclides.net, organized by ITU was held from the 26th-28th April, 2005, at the Institute for Transuranium Elements, Karlsruhe. The three day course covered a wide range of topics in the field of nuclear science and technology. The unique feature of this course was the emphasis on interactive and hands-on learning through the use of the ITU software package Nuclides.net - a powerful and versatile web-based software package for calculations on radio-nuclides and their radiation. With examples, exercises and dedicated case studies in Nuclides.net, a whole variety of core and topical issues in nuclear science and technology were presented by experts in their respective fields.
Special lectures were held on the subjects of isotope paleoclimatology and radioactive dating methods by Dr. R. Bowen (UK) and on the history of nuclear science by Dr. L. A. Burchfield (Radiochemistry Society, USA).
The lectures were complemented by a visit to the ITU research laboratories.
A total of thirty-seven participants, around half of them women, from new EU member countries and candidate countries, and with a diverse range of backgrounds attended the course. In addition, there were participants from South Korea. Switzerland and the Ukraine. Among them were students, academics and industry professionals from fields such as nuclear medicine, radiation protection, environmental radioactivity and reactor physics.