Title: Euratom research and training in nuclear reactor safety: towards European research and the higher education area

Authors: Georges Van Goethem

Addresses: Nuclear Fission and Radiation Protection European Commission, Building MO75-5-34, B-1049 Brussels, Belgium

Abstract: In this invited lecture, research and training in nuclear fission are looked at from a European perspective with emphasis on the three success factors of any European policy, namely: common needs, vision and instruments, that ought to be strongly shared amongst the stakeholders across the Member States concerned. As a result, the following questions are addressed: What is driving the current EU trend towards more research, more education and more training, in general? Regarding nuclear fission, in particular, who are the end-users of Euratom ||research and training|| and what are their expectations from EU programmes? Do all stakeholders share the same vision about European research and training in nuclear fission? What are the instruments proposed by the European Commission (EC) to conduct joint research programmes of common interest for the nuclear fission community? In conclusion, amongst the stakeholders in Europe, there seems to be a wide consensus about common needs and instruments, but not about a common vision regarding nuclear.

Keywords: Euratom research policy; European Commission sixth framework programme (2002–2006); common needs; commom vision; common instruments; nuclear reactor safety; education and training; key stakeholders; supply and demand; nuclear knowledge; nuclear fission.

DOI: 10.1504/IJNKM.2004.005101

International Journal of Nuclear Knowledge Management, 2004 Vol.1 No.1/2, pp.39 - 48

Published online: 02 Sep 2004 *