Summer School on Safe Uranium Production and Radiation Safety (SUPARS) 2026 is a unique four-week development program for professionals in all areas of UPC. It provides participants with a holistic view of the entire UPC, develops their capabilities, improves their communication skills, and enables them to become experts with broader knowledge of the entire field.
The training course is designed as a comprehensive set of interconnected professional lessons, technical visits and excursions with practical training to provide participants with the best possible overview of the issue of safe uranium mining. The comprehensive and extraordinary four-week training course addressing uranium geology, exploration, safe uranium production, environmental remediation and radiation safety consists of 40 expert lectures given by international experts and 9 full day field trips (uranium sites in the Czech Republic and Germany) and technical visits (leading institutions in geology, geophysics, radiation safety) with expert interpretation and practical training.
Lectures are given by the top international experts from the leading organizations from the Czech Republic, Germany and U.S.A. like Czech Geological Survey, DIAMO, s. e., Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering of Czech Technical University, Faculty of Sciences of the Charles University, Faculty of Sciences of Masaryk University, National Institute for Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection, State Office for Nuclear Safety, State Institute for Radiation Protection, Radioactive Waste Repository Authority, ÚJV Řež, USGS, WISMUT GmbH and other independent experts.
