INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY Report of the TM on "Enhancing Education Programmes on Radiation Sciences in Cooperation with IAEA Collaborating Centres" Vienna, Austria 06-10 July 2015 1 FOREWORD Radiation technologies have long been recognized as a valuable energy efficient and environmental friendly technology, which form the base for multibillion dollar industry. This technology is equally important both for developed and developing countries. However, the full potential of the technology is still remain to be realized, and one of the critical requirements to achieve this is the continued availability of adequately qualified personnel both in research&development, as well as at the irradiation facilities. Additionally, the decision makers as well as the end-users need to get reliable information about the potentials of this technology. The Technical Meeting on "Enhancing Education Programmes on Radiation Sciences in Cooperation with IAEA Collaborating Centres" was held from 6 to 10 July 2015 at the IAEA, and was aimed at reviewing the present status of education on radiation sciences relevant to radiation processing in Member States, and the assistance the IAEA is giving to Member States Institutions. The participants identified the needs and gaps, suggested appropriate methodologies, especially taking into account the role of the IAEA and its network of Collaborating Centres, in meeting the objective of providing adequately trained professionals in radiation sciences and technology. This report of the meeting is divided into two main parts: the first part gives a summary of the talks by the participants, as well as the identified educational needs and gaps for various target audience, followed by a projected roadmap of possible actions. The sceond part of the report contains a more detailed contribution by the meeting participants. The IAEA acknowledges the immense contributions of all the participants of this Technical Meeting. The IAEA officer responsible for this publication was A. Safrany of the Division and Physical and Chemical Sciences. 2 CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .....................................................................................................................5 1. BACKGROUND .................................................................................................................................5 2. MAIN OBJECTIVES AND COUNTRIES INVOLVED ...................................................................5 3. SUMMARY OF PARTICIPANTS REPORTS ...................................................................................7 4. SUMMARY OF IAEA CONTRIBUTIONS .....................................................................................25 5. RECOGNIZED PROBLEMS AND GAPS/NEEDS IN EDUCATION PROGRAMMES IN MEMBER STATES ON RADIATION SCIENCES .............................................................................26 6. CONCLUSION ..................................................................................................................................28 7. RECOMMENDATIONS ...................................................................................................................29 REPORTS BY PARTICIPANTS IN THE TECHNICAL MEETING .................................................31 Present status of education programmes on radiation sciences in Argentina …………………………32 M. Grasselli Radiation Sources education in Brazil ………………………………………………...………....……37 A.A. Da Silva Enhancing Education Programmes on Radiation Sciences in Cooperation with IAEA Collaborating Centre (Canada)…………………………………………………………………….....……………….42 M. Lacroix Present Status of Education on Radiation Sciences in Cuba ……………………………….................52 Alejandro Hernández Saiz Enhancing Education Programmes on Radiation Sciences in Cooperation with IAEA Collaborating Centres (Egypt)……………………………………………………………………………...…………55 Ghada A. Mahmoud A status report on educational research on radiation / nuclear science and technology in France…….62 X. Coqueret Education Programmes on Radiation Sciences in Hungary ………………………………………......67 A. Kovacs Status of Education & Research on Radiation Sciences in India ……...…………………………….72 K. Indira Priyadarsini 3 Review of the Present Status of Education on Radiation Sciences related to Radiation Processing Applications in Italy ………………………………………………………………………….............76 Clelia Dispenza Radiation Sciences at Universities in Japan and Contribution of Takasaki Advanced Radiation Research Institute to Education ……………………………………………..……………………….81 M. Tamada Current status on education and training program for radiation technology in Korea ……...……….94 Keun-Bae Oh The status of education on radiation sciences related to radiation processing application in Malaysia…………………………………………………………………………………………........103 Khairul Zaman Hj Mohd Dahlan The Status of Education on Radiation Science Related to Radiation Processing Applications in Thailand ……………………………………………………………………………..……………….110 W. Pasanphan, T. Piroonpan History and Education of the Nuclear Science and Radiation Science & Technology in Turkey …..116 M. Sen LIST OF PARTICIPANTS ………………………………………………………………..…………134 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. BACKGROUND Radiation processing technologies are one of the available green production processes, which are being successfully applied in both developed and developing countries, and substantial industries are in place based on several mature radiation processing applications. The IAEA has been supporting Member States in their effort to utilize radiation based technologies for many different applications ranging from sterilization of single-use medical products to development of advanced materials for applications in medicine, agriculture and environmental remediation. The IAEA Technical Cooperation and Regional Cooperation Projects enable Member States in building necessary infrastructure as well as human capacity building to meet the challenges of development and deployment of processes and products based on radiation technologies. IAEA Coordinated Research Projects provide fertile ground for bringing together scientists from developing and developed countries to jointly focus on well-defined areas of research and exchange of knowledge, experience and ideas for their mutual benefits in the areas of emerging technologies. IAEA publications, guidelines and training modules complement these efforts. These programmes have played a key role in successful adoption of radiation technologies by the Member States and have brought significant socio-economic benefits to their respective societies. The potential of the technology however still remains to be fully realized. It is now well recognized that the continued availability of a reservoir of adequately qualified personnel in the areas of radiation technology is among the critical requirements to ensure sustained and enhanced growth of this technology in future. The purpose of this meeting was to provide a forum to review and discuss the status of education on radiation sciences in IAEA Member States, and the role IAEA can proactively play in meeting the objective of providing adequately trained professionals in radiation sciences and technology. The meeting assessed the adequacy of training courses currently being organized and suggested appropriate cost effective methodologies such as e-learning modules for online training materials, and identified focus areas of research to address the emerging avenues for radiation technology applications. 2. MAIN OBJECTIVES AND COUNTRIES INVOLVED The Technical meeting is aimed at reviewing the present status of education on radiation sciences in Member States and the assistance the IAEA is giving to Member States Institutions. 2.1. Main Objectives: Review of regular courses at the University in the Member State in the field of radiation sciences and technology, at what level, with what regularity; 5 Review of initiatives at the University in the Member State to introduce radiation science/technology courses; Review of the IAEA assistance to the Member States relevant to education; Review of needs for IAEA assistance, definition of problems and gaps; Discuss Solutions, future actions and implementation plan, with special emphasis on the role of IAEA Collaborating Centres. 2.2. Expected Outputs: The principal output of the meeting will be a meeting report summarizing the status of the education on radiation sciences in IAEA Member States, and a strategy for effective solution to meet the present needs and future expectations through identified actions and plans for their implementation. 2.3. Countries Involved: The following Member States were represented at the meeting: Argentina Brazil Canada Cuba Egypt France Ghana Hungary India Italy Japan Korea Malaysia Poland Thailand Turkey USA 2.4. Work done at the Meeting: Each participant reviewed the educational activities in their own country relevant to radiation processing applications, and discussed in debth the needs for education both for students, professonals as well as general public. It was concluded, that every facet of the society needs an educational or information outreach regarding radiation sciences and application. The form of the outreach should be adequately tailord to give the maximum benefit. The summaries of the participants contribution is given as follows: 6 3. SUMMARY OF PARTICIPANTS REPORTS 3.1. Argentina 3.1.1. Summary Educational activities and Human Resources development programs, related to radiation sciences and technology, are performed