Introduction to the ENETRAP project

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Introduction to the ENETRAP project

• Michèle Coeck
• SCKCEN, Belgium

FI6O-516529
First EUTERP Platform Workshop Vilnius, Lithuania
22-24 May 2007
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Establishment of ENETRAP Why?

• Decreasing number of experts in radiation
  protection (as is the case with all nuclear
  expertise)
• Need to ensure protection of workers, public and
  environment remains
• Necessity to maintain a high level of expertise
  in field of RP
• Good infrastructure for education and training
• to combat the decline in expertise and
• to assure high level of RP knowledge in the
  future

Facts
Need
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Education vs Training

• Basic learning process
• Knowledge driven
• In general provided by academic world to
  students
• Learning a particular skill necessary to deliver
  a specific outcome
• Application driven
• Research centra play important role
• End user industry (nuclear and non-nuclear),
  medical sector, research centra,

Education
Training
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More specific driving force

• Legal context
• Council Directive 96/29/EURATOM Laying down
  basic safety standards for the protection of the
  health of workers and the general public against
  the dangers arising from ionizing radiation
• 98/C 133/03
• Communication from the Commission concerning the
  implementation of Council Directive 96/29/EURATOM
  

On A European Level
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Qualified Expert

• Person having the knowledge and training needed
  to carry out physical, technical and
  radiochemical tests enabling doses to be
  assessed,and to give advice in order to ensure
  effective protection of individuals and the
  correct operation of protective equipment,whose
  capacity to act as QE is recognized by the
  competent authorities.
• A QE may be assigned the technical responsibility
  for the task of radiation protection of workers
  and members of the public.

On A European Level
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Implementation

• In answer to legal requirements
• Almost all EU member states and candidate states
  provide ET program, based on European Directive
  Basic Safety Standards and the definition of
  qualified expert
• Wide variety of national approaches for ET and
  recognition of qualified experts in EU member
  states
• Wide variety in terminology (QE, RPE, RPO, )
• Is this a problem?

On A European Level
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Barriers

• Mutual recognition of acquired competences of
  radiation protection expert
• Mutual recognition of RP courses
• Mobility of workers, teachers and students
• Development of COMMON radiation protection and
  safety culture through ET

On A European Level
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ENETRAP project

• Motivation to start with a European research
  project
• 10 partners (SCKCEN, CEA-INSTN, FZK-FTU, BfS,
  ENEA, NRG, CIEMAT, HPA-RTD, UJF, NHC)
• Start April 2005, 6FP coordination action, 24
  (32) months, 400000 euro
• www.sckcen.be/enetrap
• To perform preparatory study and collect input
  for a potential European ET (EUTERP) platform

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ENETRAP - Main objectives

• To develop more harmonized approaches for ET in
  RP in Europe and their implementation
• To better integrate existing ET activities in
  the RP infrastructure of the European countries
  integrate national resources and capacities (in
  order to combat the decline in both student
  numbers and teaching institutions sharing of
  teaching facilities)
• To provide the necessary competence and expertise
  for the continued safe use of radiation in
  industry, medicine and research

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ENETRAP - Tasks

• Identifying the potential users and their future
  involvement (the sustainability of the network)
• Assessing training needs and capabilities
• Reviewing the scientific contents of present ET
  activities
• Explore the effectiveness of on-the-job training
  and identify options for additional programs
• Survey by questionnaire sent out to 31 countries
  (summer 2005) (European Member States, the
  Candidate States Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and
  Turkey, and the Associated States Norway and
  Switzerland)

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Expected outcome

• Study ( comparison) of the EC and IAEA
  requirements wrt ET
• On the job training (OJT)
• E-learning and distance learning
• Questionnaire (31 countries)
• 43 questions, to be able to make an overview of
  the current situation, on
• numbers of RPE's (4)
• identification of practices (5)
• national capabilities for education and training
  in radiolgical protection (17)
• regulatory requirements (6) and
• recognition (11)

Gather information through study
program dealing with
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Expected outcome ultimate deliverables

• Proposal of universities consortium to set up a
  European Master in Radiation Protection (EMRP)
• ? EC DG EDUC
• Proposing recommendations for the recognition of
  courses and competencies of radiation protection
  experts
• Revision of the Saclay based ERPC pilot session
  of a training course

Education
Training
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Two important characteristics

• Bottom-up approach instead of top-down
• The decision for developing a modular structure,
  as well for the Education as for the Training
  programs

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Work packages

• WP1 Implementation and co-ordination of ENETRAP
  (SCKCEN, all)
• WP2 Assessing the training needs and capabilities
  within the EU, the New and the Candidate Member
  States (HPA, ENEA)
• WP3 Recognition of competencies and diplomas
  (NRG, HPA)
• WP4 On-the-Job Training (OJT) programs (FZK-FTU,
  BfS)
• WP5 New concepts and new tools for an ERPC
  (CIEMAT, INSTN, BfS)
• WP6 IAEA ET modules and European requirements
  (BfS, FZK-FTU)
• WP7 Validation of results and recommendations for
  pilot course (INSTN, all)
• WP8 Establishment of a consortium of
  universities (UJF, INSTN, NHC)

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Current status

• Study program is finished
• Detailed results presented by ENETRAP partners
  this afternoon
• Transfer of knowledge through this workshop to
  EUTERP and to the RP ET community
• Pilot session of ENETRAP training scheme
  autumn 2007
• Modular
• Common basis expert modules tailored to
  specific application field of ionizing radiation
• Implement distance and e-learning
• Involvement of European Expert Networks

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Acknowledgements

• All contributors to the ENETRAP questionnaire
• ENETRAP team
• Andrea Luciani
• Annemarie Schmitt-Hannig
• Jan van der Steen
• Joanne Stewart
• Marisa Marco
• Paul Livolsi, Cecile Etard
• Siegurd Möbius, Angela Bickel
• Jacques Balosso
• Rosemary Thompson
• Geetha Sadagopan
• Georges Van Goethem