Annex I Description of Work (April 2007) - ENEN Association

Euratom 2005-6 – Fixed deadline
Coordination Actions
ENEN-II
- Identification and development of solutions to specific problems and deficiencies which hinder
the attainment of the aims of the Network;
- Facilitating the exchange of information between the Members of the ENEN Association - on
course objectives, content, modes of presentation and other matters.
There are two types of Members in the ENEN Association, the Effective Members and the
Associated Members. Effective and Associated Members are institutions or corporate bodies.
The Effective Members are academic institutions or clusters of such institutions having a legal status
and meeting all following criteria:
- Provide high-level scientific education in the nuclear field -as full time teaching and providing the
basis for doctorate studies- based on internationally recognized research in nuclear engineering
and/or nuclear sciences, which is carried out jointly by the teaching staff, the students, and the
doctoral and post-doctoral researchers in the same geographic location or in association with a
nuclear research centre.
- Use selective admission criteria conforming to legal provisions and/or national practices.
- Be based in the European Union or in one of its candidate member countries.
The Associated Members are corporate bodies having a legal status, such as nuclear education and
research organisations, government institutions, nuclear companies, regulatory bodies, nuclear
learning societies, who conform to the following criteria:
- commit themselves to support the ENEN Association;
- have a firmly established tradition of relations with some of the members in the fields of
education, research and training;
- are based in the European Union or in one of its candidate member countries.
The legal entity “European Nuclear Education Network Association” with a current membership of
34 universities, one university consortium grouping six universities and six research centres located
in 18 European countries constitutes the consortium of the ENEN-II project. The Board of
Governors of the ENEN Association will act as the coordinator of the ENEN-II project, mainly
through the Office of the Secretary General for the everyday follow-up and management of the
project.
1-2 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL)
K.U.Leuven Research and Development is a branch of the "Katholieke Universiteit Leuven"
(K.U.Leuven; University of Leuven), Leuven, Belgium, that promotes and manages the research
contracts of the university research groups with third parties. The K.U.Leuven is the oldest and
largest university in Belgium (founded in 1425). The centre that will perform the work proposed in
this proposal is the K.U.Leuven Center for Nuclear Engineering. This interdepartmental centre offers
the Nuclear Engineering programme at the university (organised at the post-graduate level). Next to
its teaching activities, its members perform research work in subjects such as nuclear materials,
nuclear thermal hydraulics, nuclear safety, nuclear waste management and nuclear fusion. Over the
last six years, the Centre has successfully collaborated with the university of Ghent (Belgium) in
offering a common nuclear engineering program, and is presently heavily involved in the discussion
to construct one single Belgian programme. It is in this context that the Centre is interested to
broaden the scope even further in trying to participate in a European exchange network.
William D'haeseleer is a Full Professor at the University of Leuven (K.U.Leuven). He presently
teaches courses in the domains of Nuclear Engineering (Nuclear Reactor Physics, Nuclear Reactor
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