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New Nuclear Science Training Course with Nucleonica
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Date and Place
The next nuclear science course with NUCLEONICA will take place from the 12th-15th October 2010 in Monaco. The course will be jointly organised by the JRC/ITU and the IAEA/MEL (Marine Environment Laboratory). The training course will be held at the IAEA/MEL. More details to follow. If you are interested in taking part in this course, please contact us as soon as possible.
Download general information flyer about Nucleonica:
Costs and Accommodation
The course fee, including lunches, coffee breaks, the banquet and teaching material, will be 75 €. Lodging will be at the Hotel ............. which can be easily reached by public transport. Accommodation will be € xx for a single room or € xxx for a double room per night per person, including breakfast.
More info: for further information contact the course secretary Ms. Elena Dekanove: elena.dekanova@ext.ec.europa.eu
Application and Registration
Application
Please fill out the application form below and send it to the course secretary by e-mail: Ms. Elena Dekanova. Applications can be accepted until end of August 2010. After approval of your application you will be informed as soon as possible.
Registration checklist
1.) As soon as you have filled out the application form, please register for free access. Go to www.nucleonica.net and click on "Free Access" and "register as a nucleonica user". You will be sent an email with your login and password. For more information:
2.) Once you have logged in, please change your login and password in "Edit Preferences" (for more details go on the link above)
3.) Please activate your profile and upload a photo of yourself in "My profile". This makes the community pages much more personal (for more details go on the link above).
4.) Go to "My Groups". Join the "Joint EC/IAEA Training Course" group (make sure you have activated your profile first - otherwise you can't be "seen" in the group)). Get to know other participants and lecturers.
join the Joint EC/IAEA Training Course (for logged in users)
5.) The latest information will be posted on the forum.
Who should attend
The course is aimed at persons who provide technical support (measurements, interpreting results, drawing conclusions, making recommendations) for the actions in response to environmental radiactivity and nuclear security issues. The course is suitable, for example, for physicists, radio-chemists, health physicists, technical experts etc. from the nuclear industry, nuclear research organizations, universities, regulatory authorities and nuclear medicine institutes. Completion of this course will enhance and support nuclear related decision-making as well as provide formal academic principles in nuclear science. Course requirements are a basic knowledge on physics and chemistry.The course will be held in English.
What makes this course unique is the emphasis on interactive and hands-on learning through the use of NUCLEONICA - a suite of powerful and versatile web-based applications for calculations on radio-nuclides and their radiation. With examples, exercises and dedicated case studies, a whole variety of core and topical issues in nuclear science and technology will be presented by experts in their respective fields.
Participants from Candidate Countries, Potential Candidate Countries, and ENP Countries
As part of its "Enlargement and Associated Initiatives" activity, the European Commission will sponsor participants from Candidate Countries (Turkey, Croatia, the former Republic of Macedonia), Potential Candidate Countries (Serbia, Montenegro, Albania and Bosnia-Herzegovina) as well as European Neighbourhood Partner (ENP) Countries. The ENP covers Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Egypt, Georgia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Republic of Moldova, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, Syria, Tunisia and Ukraine.
For such participants there is a budget available to cover travel and hotel costs. Further details can be obtained from the course secretary.
Previous Training Courses
November 2009 Karlsruhe
ITRAC-2: 2nd Advanced Training Course on Illicit Trafficking and Radiological Consequences with NUCLEONICA, Karlsruhe, November 4-6th, 2009.
The ITRAC-2, 2nd Advanced Training Course on Illicit Trafficking and Radiological Consequences with NUCLEONICA took place at the Institute for Transuranium Elements, Karlsruhe, Germany, from the 4-6th November 2009. This was the second course devoted specifically to the use of Nucleonica within the fields of Illicit Trafficking and Radiological Consequences. The course was aimed at persons who provide technical support (measurements, interpreting results, drawing conclusions, making recommendations) for the actions in response to illicit trafficking incidents and radiological events. The participants included physicists, radio-chemists, health physicists, technical experts from national law enforcement agencies and regulatory authorities, who may be involved in the assessment of such events.
Guest speakers included Dr. G. P. Lasche from Sandia National Labs., Dr. A. Sharon from NCRN, Dr. R. Arlt (formerly IAEA), Dr. A. Berlizov KINR, Dr. H.- W. Wiese (formerly KIT), Dr. P. Peerani from JRC IPSC, and Dr. J. Kestens from the BfS. ITU speakers included J. Magill, Z. Soti, K. Mayer, M. Wallenius, V. Kleinrath and M. Srncik.
In total, 24 participants from Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Romania, Russia, Turkey together with colleagues from the Institute for Transuranium Elements took part in the course.
Training Course Flyer, Nucleonica, Final Agenda 3rd Nov. 2009
Links to the presentations and exercises:
Nucleonica Overview (J. Magill)
Nucleonica Data Center (J. Magill)
- Hands on Exercises: Mass Activity Calculator, Dosimetry & Shielding, Decay Engine, Nucleonica Data Centre
webKORIGEN for fuel cycle calculations (H.-W. Wiese)
A first encounter with Nucleonica (Z. Soti)
Gamma Spectrum Generator + eMC (A. Berlizov)
Interference Situations in Gamma Spectrometry (V. Kleinrath)
Experiences with the Library Creation Module (M. Srncik)
Cambio File Translation Application (G. Lasche)
Detection & Forensic Analysis of Uranium Materials (K. Mayer)
Cloud Rise Model for RDD Scenario Analyses (A. Sharon)
Plutonium: An Anthropogenic Element under Nuclear Forensic Investigation (M. Wallenius)
Radiological Exposure Devices (E. Hrnecek)
Detection of Radiological/Nuclear Materials for Nuclear Security (P. Peerani), Exercises
Management of the 210Po Case in Hamburg (J. Kestens)
Stay in Touch with Nucleonica Networking (V. Kleinrath)
Testimonials
"Excellent training, prima organised. Many thanks to the organising commitee." (Christian Wille)
"Excellent & super helpfull course. The best chioce of speakers! The combinations of the excersises with the lectures was great." (Avi Sharon)
"This training course was really tutorial, informative and efficiently organized." (Matteo Rini)
"...And I hope Nucleonica will be like a key word for nuclear chemists and nuclear physics" (Zeynep Talip)
"Very usefull course, a lot of interesting presentations. I met here many experts and high qualification specialists" (IIgor Maliuk)
"Very interesting lectures and exercises, I have learnt a lot!! Thank you very much to all speakers!" (Michaela, Srncik)
"First of all I would like to thank all of the people who had put effort to this workshop and developing nucleonica. It was great to hear all those knowledgefull talks from specialist all around the world. Sharing ideas and connecting with colleagues from other institutions was an excellent experience. When I get back to Turkey I will share all my experience with my colleagues in Turkey..." (Tolga Inal)
"I found the course was very helpfull to learn how the nucleonica works and what it is capable of doing. The different seminars were positive. They linked the theory with real life, so that it was possible to get a filling of dangers and the security needed." (Marika Vespa)
"I deeply appreciated the wise combination of high quality lectures and exercises, as well as the efficient organization of the various activities." (Francesca Quinto)
"...Congratulatioms! great and modern platform, which deserves attention.." (Rolf Arlt)
"This course was very educational and usefull for my investigations" (Banu Özden)''
April 2009 Karlsruhe
1st Advanced Training Course on Illicit Trafficking and Consequence Management with NUCLEONICA, Karlsruhe, April 22-24th, 2009.
The 1st Advanced Training Course on Illicit Trafficking and Consequence Management with NUCLEONICA
took place at the Institute for Transuranium Elements, Karlsruhe, Germany,from the 22 - 24th April 2009.
In contrast to the previous, more general Nucleonica training courses, this was the first course devoted specifically to the use of Nucleonica within the fields of Illicit Trafficking and Consequence Management.
The course was aimed at persons who provide technical support (measurements, interpreting results, drawing conclusions, making recommendations) for the actions in response to illicit trafficking incidents and radiological events. The participants included physicists, radio-chemists, health physicists, technical experts from national law enforcement agencies and regulatory authorities, who may be involved in the assessment of such events. In total, 24 particpants from Turkey, Macedonia, Russia, Ukraine, Moldove, Azerbaijan, Germany and Austria took part. Invited speakers included R. Abedin-Zadeh (IAEA), H.-W- Wiese, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, E. Kröger (Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz, BfS), P. Peerani, (IPSC, JRC Ispra), Mustafa Tufan (Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun).
ITRAC-1 Photo Gallery, Training Course Flyer, Final Agenda 22nd April 2009, List of participants
Links to the presentations and exercises:
Nucleonica Overview (J. Magill)
Mass Activity Calculator (J. Magill) Exercises
Nucleonica Data Center (J. Galy) Exercises
KarlsruheNuclideChart / Nuclide Explorer (C. Normand)
Dosimetry & Shielding (J. Galy) Exercises
Gamma Spectrum Generator (A. Berlizov)
Preliminary Validation of GSG Results (A. Berlizov)
Gamma Spectrum Generator for Nuclear Security, (V. Kleinrath/R.Arlt)
Detection and nuclear forensic analysis of uranium materials (K.Mayer)
Plutonium: an anthropogenic element under nuclear forensic investigation, (M. Wallenius)
Detection of radiological/nuclear materials for nuclear security (P. Peerani)
Radiological Dispersion Devices / Wedge Model (M. Tufan)
Radiological Exposure Devices (E. Hrnecek)
Management of the 210Po case in Hamburg (E. A. Kröger)
Additional Material
1. Screening People for External Contamination: How to Use Hand-held Radiation Survey Equipment. A new 18 minute training film from CDC on how to use radiation detection equipment to conduct radiological surveys for external contamination.
http://emergency.cdc.gov/radiation/screeningvideos/videos/Everything_480x360_441kps.wmv
October 2008 Izmir
10th Nuclear Science Training Course with Nucleonica, 8/10th Oct. 2008, Cesme, Izmir, Turkey
The 10th Nuclear Science training course on Radioactivity, Radionuclides and Radiation with Nucleonica took place in the Altin Yunus Hotel, Cesme (near Izmir), Turkey, from the 8th to 10th October 2008. It was jointly organized by the European Commission/ITU Germany and the Ege University, Institute of Nuclear Science, Izmir, Turkey. In total 27 participants from Turkey (20), Macedonia (3), Czech Republik (2) and Russia (2) took part in the training course. A welcome address was given by M. S. Anaç, the vice rector of Ege University, an agricultural engineer with experience in nuclear tracer methods.
Training Course Flyer (with organisation committee), Final Agenda 6th Oct. 2008, List of participants
Links to the presentations and exercises:
Nucleonica Overview (J. Magill)
Mass Activity Calculator (J. Magill) Exercises
Nucleonica Data Center (J. Galy) Exercises
Decay Engine (J. Magill) Exercises
Range & Stopping Power (M. Tufan) Exercises/Case Study
Gamma-Spectrum Generator (A. Berlizov) Exercises
Nuclear Power in Space (T. Zagar) Exercises
easyMonteCarlo (A. Berlizov) Exercises
webKORIGEN (J. Galy) Exercises
Nuclide Chart (C. Normand) Exercises
Nuclear Forensics & Illicit Trafficking (K. Mayer) Exercises
Testimonials:
"It was really great to meet some of the Nucleonica developers and experts in nuclear science who were really kind and willing to help us and show how to use this web nuclear science portal." (Sasho Nikolovski)
"I learned that I can do some laboratory applications without having a laboratory. So I will teach my subject more efficiently by nucleonica. I suppose that my students will enjoy, too." (Özlem Karadeniz)
"High professional level, very convenient study process and very good organization, patient teachers." (Alexander Shumakov)
"A big part of the applications are very usefull, and some of them need a little work, but all in all it was a very educational trainig course. I hope to participate again in the near future." (Goran Bogojevski)
"I think that this training was prepared on hiqh professional level using updated materials and was presented by qualifyed specialists." (Oleg Morozov)
"I`d like to thank very much everyone that worked on this special course to provide us very important information about nuclear sciences and Nucleonica applications, these calculations are really quite hard to do without computer and building a website and bringing all these calculations together on this website, it`s a real deal and thanks to everyone worked for Nucleonica." (Ümit Selahattin Öner)
October 2008 Karlsruhe
Nuclear Safeguards and Security: Messübungen Für Die Allgemeine Gamma-Spektroskopie, 7-9th Oct. 2008, ITU, Karlsruhe
Organiser Erich Hrnecek
Training course for measurement experts from BfS at ITU
Within the framework of cooperation between ITU and the German Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS), a training course for 6 BfS measurement experts was held at ITU on 07. - 09. 10. 2008. This regular training course focuses on gamma spectrometry methods for the measurement of nuclear materials and is part of BfS's technical improvement plan of preparedness for nuclear security situations.
October 2007 Karlsruhe
9th Nuclear Science Training Course with Nucleonica, 25/26th Oct. 2007, Ostendorfhaus, Karlsruhe
The 9th Nuclear Science training course on Radioactivity, Radionuclides and Radiation with Nucleonica was held at the Ostendorfhaus, Karlsruhe from the 25th to 26th October, 2007. The two-day course provided a general introduction to the recently released Nucleonica: the new science networking and applications portal. Nucleonica is a powerful and versatile web-based software package for the nuclear science community. With examples and exercises, a variety of core and topical issues in nuclear science and technology were presented by experts in their respective fields.
A total of twenty-nine participants, around half of them women, with a diverse range of backgrounds attended the course. There were participants from Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania and Turkey. In addition there were 10 participants form the Institute for Transuranium Elements. Among them were students, academics and industry professionals from fields such as nuclear medicine, radiation protection, environmental radioactivity and reactor physics.
How to get from the hotel to the conference training centre
Links to the presentations and exercises:
Networking with Nucleonica (J. Magill) Exercises
Nuclear Data (J. Galy) Exercises
Nuclide Charts (C. Normand) Exercises
Decay Engine (A. Berlizov) Exercises
Dosimetry & Shielding (J. Galy) Exercises
Nuclear Forensics & Illicit Trafficking (K. Mayer) Exercises
Overview of the Institute for Transuranium Elements (F. Wastin)
Advanced Nucleonica Features (J. Magill)
September 2006 Llubljana
8th Nuclear Science Training Course with Nuclides.net, 13th - 15th Sept. 2006, Milan Čopič Nuclear Training Centre and the Jožef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana, Slovenia
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".
April 2006 Karlsruhe
7th Nuclear Science Training Course with Nuclides.net, 26th - 28th April 2006, Institute for Transuranium Elements, Karlsruhe, Germany
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.
Downloads from Event, see April 2006 Karlsruhe
September 2005 Llubljana
6th Nuclear Science Training Course with Nuclides.net, 14th - 16th September 2005
The 6th nuclear science training course on Radioactivity - Radionuclides - Radiation with Nuclides.net, jointly organized by the Josef Stefan Institute and the ITU was held from the 14th 16th September, 2005, at the Milan Copic Nuclear Training Centre, Slovenia, organizational unit of the Josef Stefan Institute. The three day course covered a wide range of topics in the field of nuclear science and technology. What made this course unique was the emphasis on interactive and hands-on learning through the use of 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. The lectures were complemented by a visit to research reactor TRIGA and a demonstration in centre's radioactivity lab. A total of thirty-eight 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 Slovenia. Among them were students, academics and industry professionals from fields such as nuclear medicine, radiation protection, environmental radioactivity and reactor physics. This was the first time that the training course was held outside Karlsruhe and it proved to be a remarkable success.
April 2005 Karlsruhe
Radioactivity - Radionuclides - Radiation: 5th Multi-Media Training Course with Nuclides.net
The fifth training course on Radioactivity - Radionuclides - Radiation with Nuclides.net took place at ITU on the 14/15th April 2005. Some 31 external and 3 internal participants took part in the two-day training course. The external participants were from the new EU countries (the countries which have joined the EU in May 2004) and candidate countries. The course consisted of formal lectures and a series of Case Studies, which were given by ITU staff. The Case Studies were based on actual projects underway in ITU and ranged form the “Age” of uranium materials (dating of Haigerloch uranium), to laser transmutation experiments and the transport of radioactive materials. Dr. M. Wallenius from ITU gave a special lecture on "Nuclear Forensic Science". A visit to the ITU laboratories took place on the Friday afternoon.
This gave a first impression of ITU and the work done here and for most of the participants, this was their first time in Germany.
Links to selected presentations and exercises
Transportation of Radionuclides (C. Brossard)
Age determination of uranium materials (A. Morgenstern)
Photo-nuclear reactions on Pu-242 (T. Zagar)
October 2004 Karlsruhe
Radioactivity - Radionuclides - Radiation: 4th Multi-Media Training Course with Nuclides.net
The fourth training course on Radioactivity - Radionuclides - Radiation with Nuclides.net took place at ITU on the 14/15th October 2004. Some 35 external and 4 internal participants took part in the two-day training course. The external participants were from the new EU countries (the countries which have joined the EU in May 2004) and candidate countries.
The course consisted of formal lectures and a series of Case Studies, which were given by ITU staff. The Case Studies were based on actual projects underway in ITU and ranged form the “Age” of uranium materials (dating of Haigerloch uranium), to laser transmutation experiments and the transport of radioactive materials. Dr. M. De Cort from the Institute for Environment and Sustainability (EU-JRC-IES, Ispra, Italy) gave a special lecture on "Exchange of environmental radioactivity information within the EU: what has changed since the Chernobyl acident ".
This gave a first impression of ITU and the work done here and for most of the participants, this was their first time in Germany.
Introduction & Overview, J. Magill
Universal Nuclide Chart, V. Berthou
April 2004 Karlsruhe
Radioactivity - Radionuclides - Radiation: 3rd Multi-Media Training Course with Nuclides.net
The third training course on Radioactivity - Radionuclides - Radiation with Nuclides.net took place at ITU on the 1st /2nd April 2004. Some 36 external and 5 internal participants took part in the two-day training course. The external participants were from the Candidate Countries (the countries who join the EU in 2004).
The course consisted of formal lectures and a series of Case Studies, which were given by ITU staff. The Case Studies were based on actual projects underway in ITU and ranged form the “Age” of uranium materials (dating of Haigerloch uranium), to laser transmutation experiments and the transport of radioactive materials. Prof. L. Bruzzi from Bologna gave a special lecture on “Radioactivity: from the discovery to the recent applications”. A visit to the ITU laboratories took place on the Friday afternoon.
This gave a first impression of ITU and the work done here and for most of the participants, this was their first time in Germany.
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October 2003 Karlsruhe
Radioactivity - Radionuclides - Radiation: 2nd Multi-Media Training Course with Nuclides.net
The second training course on Radioactivity - Radionuclides - Radiation with Nuclides.net took place at ITU on the 23/24th October 2003. Some 28 external and 7 internal participants took part in the two-day training course. The external participants were from the Candidate Countries (the countries who will join the EU in 2004).
The course consisted of formal lectures and a series of Case Studies, which were given by ITU staff. The Case Studies were based on actual projects underway in ITU and ranged form the “Age” of uranium materials (dating of Haigerloch uranium), to laser transmutation experiments and the transport of radioactive materials. Dr. M. Wallenius from ITU gave a special lecture on "Nuclear Forensic Science". A visit to the ITU laboratories took place on the Friday afternoon.
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September 2003 Karlsruhe
Radioactivity - Radionuclides - Radiation: 1st Multi-Media Training Course with Nuclides.net
The first Nuclides.net training course at ITU took place on the 18/19th September 2003. Some 29 external and 3 internal participants took part in the two-day training course. The external participants were from the Candidate Countries (the countries who will join the EU in 2004). 10 were young women scientists. The course consisted of formal lectures and a series of Case Studies, which were given by ITU staff. The Case Studies were based on actual projects underway in ITU and ranged form the “Age” of uranium materials (dating of Haigerloch uranium), to laser transmutation experiments and the transport of radioactive materials. A visit to the ITU laboratories took place on the Friday afternoon. Judging by the answers given in the feedback and questionnaire forms, the participants were very satisfied with the course. This gave many a first impression of ITU and the work done here.
Age Determination, A. Morgenstern
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