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🎓The internship of PhD students Utepova Daniye and Smihan Ekerbulan of Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University took place at the Faculty of Physics and Technology of (Гродненский государственный университет имени Янки Купалы) Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno.

The purpose of the internship was to master the «Optical spectroscopy equipment and devices. Methods of studying the structure and features of metal oxides» course as well as «Practical aspects of the X-ray diffractometry» course. The internship took place in the radiation material science research laboratory and spectroscopy and optics of nanostructures scientific research laboratory.

ℹ More information on our website: https://radium.by/news/document-27233.html

💻Last Thursday 10th of March, we held the second in-depth session on Evaluation Criteria linked to learning outcomes for the Belarusian Professors of the future Radium Master.

During this session, each Belarusian partner Institution presented the schemes of Evaluation Criteria drafted for their courses, as a result of the group works carried on during the previous weeks. The results were then commented among partners and recommendations for further improvement were made by the activity leader University of Hasselt.

The final versions of the Evaluation Criteria schemes will then be integrated in the Syllabus.

ℹ️To learn more about our activities for Radium Master development, visit our website
https://radium.by/deliverables/educational-content-for-the-master

💐Happy International Women's Day!

Every life begins with a woman. Respect and encourage to every woman for what she is!

Year by year gender equality in the educational sphere is becoming stronger.
👩‍⚕️But women make up less than a quarter of the workforce in the nuclear sector worldwide, hurting not only diversity within the industry, but also competitiveness, experts have said. Many organizations, including the IAEA, are actively working to increase the share of women in all job categories.

Radium project supports and promote equal participation, especially among the future Master students.

✨Good wishes to every woman on this special day: always keep your face forward to the sunshine with pride and dignity!

💻Yesterday Monday 28th of February, we held our 5th Steering Committee meeting, organized by the Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna in virtual mode.

All Consortium partners were present, together with External Evaluators, and discussed about the advancements of Radium project: in particular, Radium Master Curriculum Development, Accreditation to the Ministry of Education, Laboratories equipment and main findings of the Internal Evaluation report.

ℹ️ For more information about Radium project, visit our website: https://radium.by/

💻Today the 16th of February, the Quality Assurance Committee virtually gathered for its 4th meeting.

📝During the session, the Universitat De Valencia (leader of the Quality Assurance Work Package) presented the final draft of the second Internal Formative Evaluation report. Further information about the project advancements were shared and discussed among Committee members, together with recommendations for future improvements. The conclusions will be presented during the next Steering Committee meeting.

ℹ For more information about Radium project, visit our website: https://radium.by/

📌France agreed last year to extend the life of the country's 32 oldest nuclear reactors by a decade, to 50 years. Nuclear power currently provides about 70% of France's electricity, more than in any other country, and it plans to build six new nuclear reactors and extend the life of its existing nuclear plants.

🔎These initiatives aim to "make France, within 30 years, the first major country in the world to stop depending on fossil fuels" and are part of the country's strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. Construction work would start around 2028 so that the first new reactor can be commissioned in 2035.

🔬Equipment for laboratories of radiometric measurements and nuclear physics was purchased at the Faculty of Physics and Technology of Гродненский государственный университет имени Янки Купалы.

The equipment was purchased within the framework of the international technical assistance project «EU best practices-based education in Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Culture for the Belarusian Academia» (RADIUM).

📌More information on our website: https://radium.by/news/document-26633.html

ℹ Infographics: Nuclear energy compared

In a time when the World is striving to move away from high-emissions fossil fuels, what are the alternative energy sources we could invest more on in the future? Combining solar or wind energy with nuclear energy will bring about more realiability, sustainability and reduced pollution.

✨Let's find it out with Infographics

Infographics: Nuclear energy compared Nuclear energy compared to coal and other fossil fuels. How nuclear energy complements renewables also explained.

📌Ontario new nuclear build will begin in the spring of 2022

Ontario readies for first new nuclear build in nearly three decades. Ontario Power Generation (OPG) struck a deal with GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy to deploy a small modular reactor (SMR) at the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station in Durham Region.

ℹ More information here: https://radium.by/

🔎Last Friday 4th of February, Radium Consortium has launched an In-depth session for the Belarusian Professors of the future Radium Master on how to formulate Evaluation Criteria linked to learning outcomes.

ℹThis initiative is part of our work for the Development of Educational Contents for Radiation Protection & Nuclear Safety Culture Master program and consists of two modules. Our idea is to build on concrete examples of similar courses held in our EU partner Universities, than can be immediately put in practice and replicated by the BY Professors for their courses.
Hasselt University International will lead the session in cooperation with the Belarusian State University and Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna.

To learn more about our activities for Radium Master development, visit our website ➡️
https://radium.by/deliverables/educational-content-for-the-master

🔎Slovakia is interested in small modular reactors for nuclear future

Secretary of economy Karol Galek, said the Slovak Republic is interested in obtaining more information about small modular reactors and will participate in the discussions on this topic at the European level.

📚Karol Hirman, energy analyst, adds that Slovakia’s interest in these types of reactors is logical as the country will not need a new nuclear power plant for some time after finishing the third and fourth block of the Mochovce power plant. Instead of building reactors on the power plant’s site, key components of SMR’s can be constructed in a factory.

🎓GLOBAL, the largest international forum dedicated to the nuclear fuel cycle, has reinforced the awareness of the impact of climate change and the growing need for the production of low carbon energy. This increase of energy capacity, marked by a globar pandemic, integrates new requirements on production and consumption methods to optimise the usage of natural resources, minimise the environmental impact in a sustainable manner and increase the circular economy.

🔎The complete view of the nuclear fuel cycle and its evolution, from mining to recycling up to final disposal of waste will be discussed in order to shed light on the future of nuclear power.