The 8th Nuclear Science training course on Radioactivity, Radionuclides and Radiation with Nuclides.net was held at the Milan Čopič Nuclear Training Centre in collaboration with the Jožef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana, Slovenia from the 13th to 15th of September, 2006.
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 on Environmental Radioactivity were given by Dr. Bogdan Pucelj from the Jozef Stefan Institute, Dr. Paolo Peerani, JRC Ispra on Safeguards and Non-Proliferation, and Dr. Tomaž Žagar from GEN-energija, Slovenia on Nuclear Science with High Intensity Lasers. The lectures were complemented by a visit to the TRIGA reactor and the Jožef Stefan nuclear training centre. 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 Germany, Russia and Spain. Among them were students, academics and industry professionals from fields such as nuclear medicine, radiation protection, environmental radioactivity and reactor physics. Following the course, an article was published in the main Slovenian newspaper DELO entitled (Nuclides.net…) "The Valuable Assistant for the Nuclear Profession" (see downloads for this article).