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In the framework of a Erasmus+ BIP and DIOS-UHasselt project, UHasselt (Diepenbeek, Belgium) will organise a new edition of the training school in Management of Radioactive Waste ‘MaRaWas’ (3ECTS) from 13-20 November 2024.
A maximum of 16-18 students, master in nuclear engineering from Cherne and Eureca Pro partners, can register for this course. The training comprises a week with expert lectures, experimental sessions, technical visits and presentations of the work done during lab sessions and prepared in the pretraining task. This pre-training will involve the preparation of a round table discussion dealing with radioactive waste in different aspects and contexts in view of the SDGs. Lab exercises will focus on techniques like HPGe, Rn exhalation, LSC and nuclear decontamination and GIS data treatment. Technical visits to the Euridice/Hades facilities, industrial partners for nuclear waste management will be organised.
The pretraining coaching and information sessions will be organised using google meets. Teams or a shared google drive folder will be used in order to distribute a study guide and background course material, subjects for groups tasks and practical information.
The enrolled students will be divided in groups of 4-5 students of at least 3 different nationalities. Next to the specialised radioactive waste management skills, communication and collaboration are key evaluation factors. The pretraining phase will be evaluated for 1 of the 3 ECTS.
A preliminary program will be presented. As Bilateral Agreements need to be established well in advance between the host and home universities the registration and administration will start in June 2024, moreover after selection of registered students all IDs of students and extra information needs to be collected for access approval to nuclear facilities.