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Environmental Manager for Nuclear Decommissioning and Radioactive Waste Management: a Postgraduate Course Michele Arneodo Univ. Piemonte Orientale (UPO) JRC Summer School, Trino Vercellese, Sept 15, 2016

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Environmental Manager for Nuclear Decommissioning

and Radioactive Waste Management:

a Postgraduate Course

Michele Arneodo Univ. Piemonte Orientale (UPO) JRC Summer School, Trino Vercellese, Sept 15, 2016

History

•  Course born from partnership between SOGIN and University of Eastern Piedmont (Università del Piemonte Orientale, UPO)

•  Focus on decommissioning and management of radioactive waste from industry and hospitals/research

•  First contacts SOGIN-UPO in 2013

•  Agreement signed in 2014

•  Course took place between Oct 2015 and May 2016

•  Final exams in progress

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SOGIN (Società Gestione Impianti Nucleari)

•  SOGIN is a State-owned company responsible for the decommissioning of the Italian nuclear sites and the management of radioactive waste

•  SOGIN is responsible for the four Italian nuclear power plants in Trino

(VC), Caorso (PC), Latina (LT) and Garigliano (CE), four nuclear fuel cycle research facilities (two in the Casaccia (RM) research centre, one in Saluggia (VC), and another in Rotondella (MT)) and the nuclear fuel manufacturing plant in Bosco Marengo (AL)

•  SOGIN has been assigned also the task of siting, building and operating the

Technology Park and the National Repository for radioactive waste

•  SOGIN is a company wholly owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance and operates according to the Italian Government strategies

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Università del Piemonte Orientale (UPO) [University of Eastern Piedmont]

•  Young university, founded 1998 – branched off from University of Torino

•  “Multipolar”: main sites Vercelli (Humanities),

Novara (Economics, Pharmacy, Medicine), Alessandria (Law, Political Science, Sciences), but offer courses in several other towns in Eastern Piedmont

•  11,000 students

•  School of Medicine (Novara) has close ties to the Novara University Hospital (2nd largest hospital in Piedmont)

•  Physics group at School of Medicine (including myself)

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Somebody who •  knows the properties and the behaviour of ionizing radiation and its

effects on health, from the cell to the population

•  masters the laws and the procedures related to radioprotection both in normal and emergency situations

•  understands the origin and handling procedures of radioactive waste from industry, research and hospitals

•  is familiar with the environmental, economic and social issues related

to radioactive waste

•  is able to communicate effectively, also with non-experts

Who is the “manager” we would like to create?

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•  A new professional profile in Italy, with competencies that go beyond

the decommissioning of nuclear power plants, and include the handling of radioactive waste from hospitals/research facilities

•  Made possible by the collaboration between - SOGIN - Medicine, Sciences, Humanities departments of UPO - Novara University Hospital - Regional Agency for the Protection of the Environment (ARPA Piemonte) •  All actors within a few tens of km of Trino, Saluggia, Bosco Marengo

(ie most of the artificial radioactivity in Italy)

Who is the “manager” we would like to create?

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Admission Requirements

•  BSc degree (ie at least 3 years) in: Engineering; Physics; Chemistry;

Medicine; Pharmaceutical Science and Technology; Biotechnology; Radiology and Radiotherapy

•  Admission fee: 3,500 Eur •  Enrollment possible also for individual modules •  26 participants from all over Italy, with degrees in Engineering (10),

Physics (4), Radiology and Radiotherapy (4), Environmental science (3), Biotechnology (1), Health & prevention (1), Architecture (1), Economics (1)

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Features of the course

•  Theoretical lectures (250 h), on Fridays and Saturdays, between Oct

2015 and May 2016

•  Lectures given in Novara. Participants could attend in person, or via video-conference, or by watching the recording of the lecture (Webex software from CISCO)

•  Typically about 10 participants in classroom •  On-site practicals (70 h) in Caorso, Casaccia-Latina, Saluggia, Trino

Vercellese and Trisaia, between May 16th and 27th. Participants could choose the site(s) (max two)

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INTRODUCTION 1.  Introduction to basic physics (UPO)

2.  Atomic physics, nuclear physics, radiation-matter interactions (UPO, Medical Physics Dept Novara Hospital)

3.  Effects of radiation at cell level and their consequences for the individual and the population; diagnostic and epidemiological aspects (UPO, Medical Physics Dept Novara Hospital)

4.  Use of radiation in medicine: radiotherapy, radiodiagnostics, nuclear medicine (UPO, Medical Physics Dept Novara Hospital)

Syllabus (1/3)

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RADIOPROTECTION: LEGAL AND OPERATIONAL ASPECTS 5. Basic concepts in radioprotection; Italian and international legislation (Medical Physics Dept Novara Hospital, UPO) 6. Operational aspects of radioprotection: contamination, instrumentation, monitoring, shielding (Medical Physics Dept Novara Hospital, UPO, SOGIN) 7. Radioprotection in emergency conditions (SOGIN, UPO) – partially in English

Syllabus (2/3)

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HANDLING OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE 8. Production of radioactive waste: medical sources, industrial sources (specifically from operation and decommissioning of nuclear plants), and research sources (Medical Physics Dept Novara Hospital, SOGIN) 9. Radioactive Waste Management (SOGIN) ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS 10.  Safety culture (SOGIN)

11.  Environmental issues: assessment of the impact on the environment, monitoring (SOGIN, ARPA)

12.  Economic and social issues (UPO, SOGIN)

Syllabus (3/3)

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Caorso, Casaccia-Latina, Saluggia, Trino Vercellese and Trisaia A variety of subjects, among which: •  organization of a nuclear site in the decommissioning phase •  monitoring procedures •  use of individual protection devices •  operational aspects of radioprotection •  environmental monitoring networks •  measurement systems for the characterization of materials and

radioactive waste •  calibration procedures for radioprotection/characterization

instrumentation •  facilities for treatment, conditioning and temporary on-site storing of

radioactive waste •  radiochemical methods in characterization and environmental

laboratories •  handling of environmental and nuclear emergencies

On-site practicals

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•  Between Oct. 2015 and Apr. 2016: 3 “self-assessment tests” (non compulsory): multiple choice and open questions on web-based platform (3-hour session in a few week period)

•  Final exam: short thesis (20-30 pages) + oral defense. Two

possible slots (July and Sept 2016)

•  The 6 best students will be offered a six-month stage at SOGIN (2 funded by SOGIN and 4 by UPO)

Exams and stages

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•  UPO: Emanuele Albano, Gianluigi Bulsei, Pietro Cortese, Ahmadreza Djalali, Marco Krengli, Corrado Magnani, Luciano Ramello, Marta Ruspa

•  SOGIN: Pietro Amadei, Elena Bunone, Flaviano Bruno, Roberto Falcone, Paolo Fargione, Francesco Lo Giudice, Gianrico Lombardi, Valentino Maio, Daniela Manes, Angelo Paratore, Sandro Rizzo, Carlo Rusconi, Ennio Traini, Carlo Vicini, Giuseppe Zollino

•  Medical Physics Department, University Hospital of Novara: Marco Brambilla, Domenico Lizio, Roberta Matheoud

•  University Hospital of Novara: Daniele Cartesan, Monia Lunghi, Donatello Serafini

•  Regional Agency for the Protection of the Environment (ARPA Piemonte): Mauro Magnoni

Faculty

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•  MA (UPO), Director •  Marco Brambilla (Head of Medical Physics Department, University

Hospital of Novara), Deputy Director •  Carlo Vicini (Head for Technical and Scientific Coordination, Radwaste

Management School, SOGIN), Deputy Director •  Mara Zilio, Head of post-graduate studies at UPO

IT lab of the Medical School in Novara (video-conference system, web pages etc): •  Valter Rolando (UPO) •  Andrea Buonacasa (UPO) •  Roberto Serra (UPO)

Management and IT support

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•  A new professional profile? (at least in Italy)

•  A novel (in Italy) combination of theoretical lectures, practicals and stages

•  Faculty – a mix of university professors, experts from SOGIN, the Novara Hospital and ARPA

•  So far positive feedback from participants (specifically about practicals)

•  Novel collaboration model between University and Industry? •  The degree of success will be measured by the number of participants

who are going to find a job thanks to the course

•  A second edition being planned for 2017

Conclusions

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