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Building European Nuclear Competence through continuous Advanced and Structured Education and Training Actions

Project description

Integrative education and training for European nuclear specialists

Development, construction, operation, decommissioning, waste management and oversight of nuclear power and non-power technologies require nuclear specialists who can work in multidisciplinary, multicultural and competitive environments. The EU-funded ENEN2plus project represents the broader and most integrative nuclear education and training (E&T) efforts until now, attracting excellent new talents and delivering E&T through cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary activities. The project will perform dedicated career-related events and competitions for secondary school pupils and teachers, undergraduates, postdocs and lifelong learners. ENEN2plus will develop detailed insight into the EU supply and demand of human resources for nuclear power and non-power applications, including industries, academia, technical safety organisations and regulators.

Objective

"Nuclear power and non-power technologies are technically very complex facilities that operate in the increasingly challenging regulatory framework and market conditions. Development, construction, operation, decommissioning, waste management and oversight of these facilities require personnel with excellent education, skills and motivation: nuclear specialists, that are equipped to work in multidisciplinary, multicultural and competitive environments. ENEN# stands for the largest and most integrative nuclear Education and Training (E&T) efforts up to date. Attraction of excellent new talents followed by outstanding development through E&, cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary activities are the overarching objectives. Excellent workforce should remain the basic enabler of safe long-term operation of existing and development of advanced facilities. A detailed insight into the EU supply and demand of nuclear human resources for power and non-power applications will be developed. This will include industries, academia, technical safety organizations and regulators.
Higher number of nuclear talents will be achieved through dedicated career related events and competitions for high school pupils and teachers, students (BSc, MSC, PhD), postdocs and lifelong learners. A strong mobility program will support over 100 person-years of nuclear career enhancing experience to about 1.000 learners with over 2,5 million EUR. Cross-border and cross-disciplinary mobility within and beyond EU will be promoted in cooperation with JRC, OECD/NEA and partners from USA, China, Korea and Japan. A single hub will be established to provide information on available educational, training and job opportunities. Appropriate connections with the complementary NRT-12 project facilitating access to research infrastructures will be maintained.
A centralized platform with coherent information on vocational training programs, developed during the project, will be established."

Coordinator

EUROPEAN NUCLEAR EDUCATION NETWORK
Net EU contribution
€ 3 451 875,00
Address
EGMONTSTRAAT 11
1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
Belgium

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Region
Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad
Activity type
Research Organisations
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Total cost
€ 3 451 875,00

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Partners (12)