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

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Euratom 2005-6 – Fixed deadline<br />

Coordination Actions<br />

<strong>ENEN</strong>-II<br />

Partner 17 Gesellschaft für Nuklear Service (GNS)<br />

Partner 18 Deutsche Gesellschaft zum Bau und Betrieb von Endlagern für Abfallst<strong>of</strong>fe (DBE)<br />

Partner 19 CEA-INSTN- Institut National des Sciences et Techniques Nucléaires (CEA-<br />

INSTN)<br />

The National Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology ("Institut National des Sciences et<br />

Techniques Nucléaires" (INSTN) is a higher education institution created within the French Atomic<br />

Energy Commission ("Commissariat a 1'Energie Atomique", CEA) in 1956 and placed under the<br />

joint supervision <strong>of</strong> the Ministry <strong>of</strong> National Education, Research and Technology and the Ministry<br />

<strong>of</strong> Industry.<br />

The INSTN provides students with high scientific qualifications or pr<strong>of</strong>essional engineers<br />

specialised education in all disciplines related to nuclear energy applications and has in charge the<br />

co-ordination <strong>of</strong> PhD programmes in CEA laboratories. Furthermore, an international co-operation<br />

has been set up through specific programmes.<br />

The INSTN has various equipment, training tools and different laboratories with a sophisticated<br />

instrumentation. For instance: an experimental reactor Ulysse (power 100 kW), a 2 MV Van de<br />

Graaff accelerator, new generation PWR simulators (SIREP for normal operation; SIPACT for post<br />

accidental situations), scanning and transmission electron microscopes fitted with an energy<br />

dispersive X-ray analyser, simulation work sites for radiation protection..., and nuclear physics,<br />

metallurgy, radiochemistry and biology laboratories where INSTN students, along with top French<br />

engineering school students, acquire experience every year.<br />

The Institute has an in-house academic and administrative staff <strong>of</strong> around 100, plus the backing <strong>of</strong><br />

some 1,300 collaborators. Its 2005 budget was approximately 33 million Euros.<br />

The different curricula are designed to put students in direct contact with specialists <strong>of</strong> each<br />

discipline immediately involved in their daily activity. The INSTN relies on the CEA's vast research<br />

potential. Intensive interaction with specialists from different pr<strong>of</strong>essional and scientific<br />

backgrounds is essential to the INSTN's learning approach. Pr<strong>of</strong>essors and lecturers come from the<br />

University, CEA centres, EDF (French Public Utility) and from French nuclear companies,<br />

particularly from AREVA.<br />

The curricula are divided into two categories: academic courses and training sessions.<br />

Academic courses, mainly intended for graduate students, academic courses include a specialisation<br />

in Nuclear Engineering, Master programmes, medical studies and training for technicians. Every<br />

year, around 800 students attend the lectures.<br />

Training sessions (continuous training) are short-term training programmes (lasting a few days to a<br />

few weeks) designed for pr<strong>of</strong>essional engineers and researchers to up-date knowledge for those who<br />

already have a strong background in the applied field and to initiate a discipline to those who have<br />

specialised in other fields.<br />

In 2005, the INSTN thus hosted about 8 000 specialists for some 30 000 man-days <strong>of</strong> training in<br />

various fields : Nuclear power plants. Materials - Fuel cycle, Environment - Health physics,<br />

Security - Safety, Immunoassay - Radioisotopes use in biology - Molecular biology. Chemistry<br />

Analysis, Radiation Protection, etc.<br />

<strong>Annex</strong> I <strong>Description</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Work</strong> - page 99 <strong>of</strong> 124

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