The IAEA offers 12 online learning courses on spent fuel and radioactive waste management, and decommissioning and environmental remediation. These courses consist of 50 modules and almost 100 lectures. They are free of charge and intended for anyone looking to understand the fundamentals of these topics, including young professionals and new entrants to the respective areas. Some lectures are also available in French, Japanese, Russian and Spanish.
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E-learning on Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste Management, Decommissioning and Environmental Remediation
The courses are organized by thematic areas and, while the course structure suggests an order in which to study, all modules can also be taken independently, in any order.
The courses covering common topics are:
- Policies, strategies and prerequisites
- Safety case development
Available topical courses are:
- Spent fuel management
- Disused sealed radioactive sources
- Fundamentals of radioactive waste disposal
- Near surface disposal
- Borehole disposal
- Geological disposal
- Preparation for decommissioning
- Decommissioning implementation
- Fundamentals of environmental remediation
- Planning for environmental remediation
How to enrol
Courses on spent fuel and radioactive waste management, and decommissioning and environmental remediation can be accessed either through the Professional Networks’ sites on the CONNECT or on the IAEA’s e-learning platform. Participants need to create a NUCLEUS account and log in, instructions are available here. For further information please contact us.