The present and near future market needs of the nuclear sector are enormous for qualified nuclear engineers, technologists, radiation protection officers (RPO) and radiation protection experts (RPE). Our current and future students in nuclear engineering will start their career in a world of transition (SDG2030) and will play an important role as radiation protection expert, future trainer, supervisor- and/or advisor for RPO’s in all sectors. Soft skills like stakeholder awareness, networking, ethics, multi-languages, risk communication and communication as such, trainer skills,…are important skills for them and have to be learned, together with the correct approach and attitude. Therefore, blended learning incorporating distance learning together with face to face education, on-site labs, and simulation exercises need to be further developed. This project aimed to develop an ‘International training for future trainers in nuclear technology and radiation protection with a good balance between academic and generic employability skills’. Therefore, the academic partners together with the support of associate partners from research, industry and regulatory bodies have developed an innovative methodological approach for the acquisition of academic and non-academic skills integrated into a training program – a combination of e-learning, pre-training face to face video conferencing, and on-site training schools. The practical training is provided by partner institutions offering the access to large experimental devices not available to single institutions. To cover a broad range of important fields of nuclear technology and radiation protection, the content is focused on three topics defined in the expertise of participants: environmental radioactivity (He2B, UBI, UHasselt, UPV); nuclear reactors and waste management (CTU, UHasselt); and radiochemistry and nuclear medicine (Mannheim, Unibo). The e-learning platform managed by EEAE serves as the central learning and collection place for enrolled students and professors. A total of 55 students followed a one year program.68 students were registered but due to travel problems related to Covid 19, some were not able to reach the training school.Different actions performed during the three-year program ensured the dissemination of the developed methodological approach and project results throughout educational networks and publications. The new methodological approach was not only translated into the current training modules of this partnership but is disseminated to other courses, trainings in their institutions . The current project acts therefore as a living lab. Furthermore, students were actively involved in the dissemination activities during the second year training school. They got real experience in training and moreover nuclear and radiation protection topics are disseminated to a larger public (students, pupils and teachers) and can attract more interest to these topics for future professionals. Development of these blended learning activities in a training program meets the SDG’s for the transition to the new nuclear challenges in 2030 and beyond. It will facilitate the students employability skills especially to become excellent future trainers with high social engagement and responsibility. These future trainers will transfer their skills to the current and future professionals (future impact).

This strategic partnership educational program presented in this document is established between European Universities, National Regulatory Bodies and Research Institutes. Its content fully complies with requirements of modern educational structures, in the field of radiation protection. In our proposal, the access to learning materials for a large group of student and professionals is made easier through the use of e-learning systems. The program is focused on students from partner – or other European – Universities, as well as on employed professionals (such as members of Regulatory Bodies, hospital employees, firms and research centers), concerned by ionizing radiations and willing to improve their skills or to restore their knowledge in the field of radiation protection. The program consists in 6 intensive courses, and 6 modules on e-learning. The content of each course has been carefully selected. The preparation of educational programs and their later implementation is planned to be a joint effort of all partners. To this end, several working meetings including all European potential partners have already been organized with the purpose of performing an overview of the comprehensive situation in teaching and training radiation protection programs. These meetings have been organized in Mol (Belgium, 17th of February 2014), in Hasselt (Belgium, 25th of February 2014), in Bologna (Italy, 8th of April 2014) and in Thessaloniki (Greece, 27th of May 2014). Another meeting in foreseen in Prague (Czech Republic, 1th of April 2015)An important part of the project is related to the harmonization of training and teaching programs in different European countries, with the perspective of developing the skills defined in the directive 2013/59/EURATOM (5th of December 2013). These activities aim at ensuring a sustainable development of competences for technological key fields for the future, e.g. nuclear energy (including decommissioning and waste management), health (nuclear medicine, radiation therapy), etc. The first year of the project solution will be mainly dedicated to the preparation of the 24 ECTS program, as well as to the promotion of the program in different Institutions. The program will be divided into three types of teaching activities, plus an internship. The teaching activities will be split in distance learning modules, advanced courses and practical training. The distance learning will be proposed for basic knowledge modules. The expected impact of the strategic partnership will propose many significant improvements for students: improving the knowledge in nuclear physics, in nuclear chemistry and in radiation protection; improving the range of knowledge in the field of study through discussions with teachers and researchers from different parts of Europe; improving independence in making decision; improving skills from own results presentation in an international group of students; improving skills to stand up for personal opinion; improving experimental skills by using new devices and data processing; creating new friendships with the students from different European countries – new personal contacts for future collaboration; improving students language skills, etc. The teachers will have the opportunity to participate in experiments, which are often not possible in the standard organization of their own universities. They can also have the possibility to exchange informations about study programs in different European universities in the field of nuclear engineering, which are the basic step for inter-universities study training.

The pervasiveness and social-economic dependence on wireless technology has steadily increased over the last three decades. Currently, the 5th generation (5G) New Radio (NR) cellular system is being deployed to unlock the potential of new applications that require the connection of many more devices (Internet of Things), higher data rates and low latency (autonomous driving, 'Factory of the Future'). 5G operates in two frequency bands, 5G NR FR1 and 5G NR FR2. Many exposure parameters of 5G are similar to those of 2G-4G. However, there are also many differences that lead to major knowledge gaps, all of which will be addressed by the SEAWave project. SEAWave will (i) quantify the differences in exposure patterns between 2G-4G and 5G for the entire population including children; (ii) provide new tools and instruments for reliable exposure evaluation of base stations, local networks in factories, and end-user devices; (iii) provide the means to minimise exposure; (iv) generate important new scientific data for assessing the health risk from exposure to the new frequency bands (FR2), especially with regard to the potential (co-)carcinogenicity of skin exposure and other hazardous effects; and (v) provide knowledge for effective health risk communication and dissemination to various stakeholders. To achieve these ambitious objectives, the interdisciplinary consortium consists of highly experienced partners with leading expertise in the field who ideally complement each other to achieve maximum impact. European citizens, workers, national public health authorities, European Commission services, regulators, and standardisation bodies will all benefit from the SEAWave results as they will support science-based decisions and policies for the safe deployment and use of 5G and future wireless networks. Project SEAWave is part of the European cluster on EMFs and health.