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Recent Developments and Applications of Nuclear Technologies
Bialowieza, Poland 15-17 September 2008
The Pavia’s IUSS Master in Nuclear
and Ionizing Radiations Technologies
A.FaucitanoDepartment of General Chemistry - University of Pavia (Italy)
The problem of teaching and professional
training in the field of “non power”
nuclear technologies
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INTERNATIONAL MASTER ON
NUCLEAR AND IONISING RADIATIONS
TECHNOLOGIES
The University Town of Pavia
- 15 miles south of Milan
-70.000 inhabitants
-25.000 students
- 17 University Colleges (Ghislieri and Borromeo
founded in 1560)
-The second oldest University in Italy, founded in
1361(first nucleus in 825 by Lotario)
Alessandro Volta
Camillo Golgi (Nobel prize in medicine)
Lazzaro Spallanzani
NUCLEAR FACILITIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
PAVIA
•TRIGA MII Research Nuclear Reactor 0.25 Mw
•18 Mev IBA Cyclotrone
• 2 60-Co gamma cells (initially 4 kCi); X –ray
generator (250 Kev)
•Facilities for high energy physics experiments
(partnership with CERN)
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THE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ONCOLOGICAL
ADROTHERAPY
CNAOPavia is the location for the national centre for
Oncological therapy using adrons beams(protons,
deutons, carbon and oxygen ions).
A syncrotrone for the production of the ion beams has
already been installed and it will become operative
within 2009.
The syncrotrone will also be a reference apparatus for
research in radiobiology, material science, and medical
physics
INSTITUTIONAL AIMS OF THE MASTER
“Non-power” nuclear technologies are finding
increasing success in strategic areas of human
activities as Nuclear Medicine, Industrial
Radiation Processing, Material Science,
Cultural Heritage, Environmental Studies,
Radioprotection and Nuclear Decommissioning.
Related to this technological advance is the need
for high level professional education and
training not yet fulfilled by traditional
university courses or specialization Schools.
This is the institutional aim of the Master on
NUCLEAR AND IONISING RADIATIONS
TECHNOLOGIES (TNRI)”
which was lunched as a pioneering initiative in
1998 by IUSS-University of Pavia and it is now
arrived at its 9th academic year
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INTERNATIONAL MASTER ON
NUCLEAR AND IONISING RADIATIONS
TECHNOLOGIES
ONE YEAR COURSEDISSERTATION
EXAM
DIPLOME
4 MODULES
• 1) BASIC NUCLEAR THEORY ( Radiation Physics,
Radiation Chemistry, Radiation detection, Dosimetry,
Radiobiology)
• 2) INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF IONIZING
RADIATIONS
• 3) RADIOCHEMISTRY AND RADIOISOTOPES
TECHNIQUES
• 4) RADIOPROTECTION
THEORETICAL
LECTURES
AND
LABS: 400 hrs
TRAINING STAGE:
6 MONTHS
60 ECTS
48 FROM THE THEORETICAL PART
12 FROM THE STAGE
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ADMISSION TO THE COURSE
•MSc OR EQUIVALENT DEGREE IN PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY,
ENGINEERING, PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY , BIOLOGY
IS REQUIRED
• SELECTION IS BASED ON CURRICULA AND ORAL
EXAMINATION
LECTURES
•THE ATTENDANCE TO THE COURSE IS MANDATORY
•THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE COURSE IS ENGLISH.
•LECTURES ARE DELIVERED BY THE BEST SPECIALISTS
FROM ACADEMIC ISTITUTIONS, RESEARCH CENTRES AND
INDUSTRIES .
EXAMINATIONS
• INTERMEDIATE WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS AT THE END OF
EACH MODULE
•FINAL DISSERTATION BASED ON THE STAGE THESIS
FELLOWSHIPS
ABOUT 50 % OF THE STUDENTS ARE AWARDED TWITION
WEAVERS AND REIMBURSEMENT OF LODGING EXPENSES.
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QUALITY ASSESSMENTQuestionnaires for quality assessment are distributed to
the students:
- when a teacher has completed his lectures cycle
-at the end of each module
-at the end of the theoretical part of the course
-at the end of the stage
-at the end of the course
The questionnaires are aimed to assess:
- the quality of the teaching, - the quality of the examination
- the quality of the documentation delivered by the teachers
to the students, - the quality of the course organization, - the
achievement of the objectives of the master, - the pertinence
of the theoretical part with the training program in the stage,
-the logistic, -the overall satisfactionForms are also distributed to the Tutors responsible for the
training stage in order to achieve an evaluation from them and
their institution
The overall performance Index obtained by the Master
course in the past academic year was 3.3/4
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INTERNATIONAL MASTER ON
NUCLEAR AND IONISING RADIATIONS
TECHNOLOGIES
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INTERNATIONAL MASTER ON
NUCLEAR AND IONISING RADIATIONS
TECHNOLOGIES
Prerequisites for the justification and
success of the Master• The existence in the country of a “non power”
nuclear economical and cultural substrate
capable of affording specialists for teaching,
placements for the training stages and job
opportunities.-Nuclear research (academic, private and state institutions)
-Industries operating with nuclear technologies
-Hospitals using nuclear methods (PET centres,
radioprotection services)
-Government Agencies and Institutions
(radiochemistry and radiation controls)
•International Character: english language,
partnerships with foreign prestigious universities
and research institutions. Support by IAEA
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THE ITALIAN
MINISTRY
OF UNIVERSITY
AND RESEARCH
THE UNIVERSITY
OF
PAVIA
THE UNIVERSITY
COLLEGES
(GHISLIERI)
PARTNERSHIPS
INDUSTRIES
RESEARCH CENTRES
ACADEMIC
INSTITUTIONS
IAEA
IUSSUNIVERSITY INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES
DIRECTOR PROF. R. SCHMID
MASTER ON NUCLEAR AND
IONISING RADIATIONS
TECHNOLOGIES
(TNRI)
UNIVERSITIES
•UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA
•POLYTECHNIC OF MILAN
•UNIVERSITY OF MILAN
•POLYTECHNIC OF TURIN
•UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO
•UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA
• UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA
•UNIVERSITY OF URBINO
•INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY AND
TECHNOLOGY (University of Warsaw, Poland)
•INSTITUTE OF APPLIED RADIATION
CHEMISTRY (Technical Univ. of Lodz, Poland)
•INSTITUTE OF RADIOISOTOPES (Hungary)
• DEP. OF ELECTRONICS (Bulgarian Academy of
Science, Sofia)
•UNIVERSITY LOUIS PASTEUR ( France)
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NUCLEAR INSTITUTIONS AND RESEARCH
CENTRES
•ENEA (Reseach centres at Casaccia, Bologna and S. Teresa
di Lerici)
•ITALIAN NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL ( ISOF -
CNR Research Centre at Bologna, Research labs in Pisa and
Pavia)
•ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITA’ (ISS, Roma
•ELECTRA SYNCROTRONE (Trieste)
•FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR FOOD RESEARCH AND
NUTRITION (Karlsruhe, Germany)
•RUTHERFORD APPLETON LAB. (Didcot, U.K.)
•NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR PHYSICS
(INFN, Research Centres at Pavia, Frascati, Catania and
Legnaro)
•AGENCIES FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION (APAT, Rome; ARPA-Lombardia, ARPA-
Emilia Romagna)
•PET CENTRES (CNR-Pisa, JRC-Ispra, S.Raffaele-Milano,
Humanitas-Rozzano, LENA -Pavia; Humanitas-Rozzano,
Milano)
•HEALTH PHYSICS AND RADIOPROTECTION LABS
IN HOSPITALS (Milano, Pavia)
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TECHNOLOGIES
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10 ECTS83 h•Radiation physics
• Radiation chemistry
• Nuclear chemistry and
radiochemistry
• Radiation biology
• Radiation dosimetry
• Radiation detection
CREDITSHOURSModule 1
FUNDAMENTAL
THEORY
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TECHNOLOGIES
Radiochemistry
and
Radioisotopes
Techniques
Radionuclides
in Nuclear
Medicine
Cyclotrones
Environmental
Radiochemistry
Radiopharmaceuticals
Radioanalytical
Methods in Material
Science,
Cultural Heritage,
Medicine
Decommissioning
Radioactive Wastes
Characterization
Radiochemistry Labs within Agencies for Environmental
Protection (ARPA, APAT)
Radiochemistry Research Centres (Univ., ENEA, CNR,
SOGIN, NUCLECO)
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PET Centres and cyclotrone labs for
Nuclear Chemistry Research in 2002
• 5 Milano, 1 Reggio Emilia, 1 Cuneo, 1 Bologna, 1 Castelfranco, 1 Firenze, 1 Pisa, 2 Napoli , 2 Palermo
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HSR - CTI
HSR - IBA
Tumori - SCX
Policlinico -
GE
Humanitas-
IBA
NA
Pisa - GE
Castelfranco - CTI
MI
PETtrace
FI
BO
PA
Roma
VE
Cuneo - GE
Ispra - SCX
Brescia - GE
Cyclone
18/9
Firenze - GE
Bologna - GE
Reggio Emilia - GE
BS
CN
Pascale - SCX
S.D.N. – GE
Policlinico – GE
Bagheria - IBA
La Maddalena –
IBA
Villa S.Sofia –
GELA
Acerra - GE
Cannizzaro - IBA
CT
Udine - IBA
Situation
May 2006
32 units
MC A.C.O.M. - IBA
ME
Papardo - IBA
Policlinico - GE
MINItra
ce
Perugia - GE
Other
PTV - IBA
Gemelli –
EBCO
S.Martino - CTI
Torino - GE
Pavia - IBA
CA
Brotzu - GE
Oncologico - CTI
PET CENTRES
7 ECTS
4 ECTS
58 h
31 h
•Radioisotopes manipulation
and counting techniques
•α,β,γ Spectrometry
• Instrumental Activation
Analysis (INAA)
• Environmental radiochemistry,
radiation monitoring and
radioactivity control in the
environment
• Radiochemical techniques in
cultural heritage
•Radionuclides and
Radiopharmaceuticals for Nuclear
Medicine( short course)
CREDITSHOURSModule 3 RADIOCHEMISTRY
AND RADIOISOTOPES
TECHNIQUE
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A.Chiti (Centro PET, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano, Milano)
• From chemistry to clinic: the physician perspective on how to use and
manage a PET facility”
S.Todde (Centro Medicina Nucleare PET, Fondazione S. Raffaele,
Milano) • PET radiopharmaceutical production in a high load,
heavy duty facility: radiochemistry and technology aspects.
U.Mazzi (Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Univ. di Padova)
• Technetium and Rhenium Radiopharmaceuticals in Diagnosis and
Therapy
M.Bonardi ( L.A.S.A-INFN, Milano)
• Production of radionuclides for nuclear medicine from cyclotrons:
nuclear reactions, targets, yield calculations, quality assessment.
L.Menichetti ( Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica del CNR, Pisa)
• Cyclotrones: general theory, structure, operation and maintenance
P.Salvadori( Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica del CNR, Pisa)
• General introduction • Radiopharmaceuticals labelled with metal
radionuclides • Radiopharmaceuticals in radiotherapy • Techniques
and methods for the production of radionuclides • Synthesis of
radiopharmaceuticals and radiotracers • Quality control of
radiopharmaceuticals • Examples of application of
radiopharmaceuticals in diagnosis and clinic research
RADIOISOTOPES AND RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS
FOR NUCLEAR MEDICINEShort Course 31 h 3 ECTS
hr
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Ionizing
Radiation
Technology
Environmental
Applications
and Reycling
Industrial
Radiation
Facilities
(e-beam, γγγγ, X)
Material
Science
Industrial
Sterilization
Applications
in Food
Technology
and
Agriculture
Gammatom (Co)
Gammarad (Bo)
Bioster (Bg, Pd)
Metallurgica Bresciana (Bs)
Novico ( Ap)
Gambro Dasco (Mo)
Megarad (Cs)
ST-Microelectronics ( Mi, Ct)
Tecnotessile (Pr)
Sealed Air ( Mi)
Industrial Radiation Facilities
(e-beam, 60-Co)
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10 ECTS
3 ECTS
83 h
26 h
•Gamma facilities
• Electron accelerators
• Industrial X ray irradiators
• Nuclear reactors
• Industrial radiation dosimetry
• Applications of radiations to
materials science and technology
• Applications to sterilisation
processes in medical and
pharmaceutical industry
• Applications in agriculture and
food technology
• Applications to environmental
problems
•Waste treatment and recycling
• The radiation rechniques in Food
Industry and Agricolture (short
course)
CREDITSHOURSModule 2 - INDUSTRIAL
APPLICATIONS OF
IONISING RADIATION
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E. Bortolin (Istituto Superiore di Sanita', ISS-Roma)
Practical aspects of physical identification methods:
•••• electron spin resonance;
•••• thermoluminescence;
•••• photo-stimulated luminescence.
C. Boniglia (Istituto Superiore di Sanita', ISS-Roma)
•••• Food Irradiation: Regulations and the role of ISS
••••Introduction to identification methods
••••Status of Offical Control in Italy
O.Sapora ( Istituto Superiore di Sanita', Roma)
• Radiobiology
• Nutritional and organolectic problems in the food irradiation
technique
•Toxycological problems in the food irradiation techniques
•DNA based methods
S.Onori ( Istituto Superiore di Sanita', Roma)
• Identification of irradiated food by physical methods
H.Delincee' ( Federal Research Centre for Nutrition and Food,
Karlsruhe, Germany)
• Food Irradiation: Chemicals Aspects
• Identification of irradiated food: chemical methods
D.Baraldi (ENEA, Casaccia, Roma)
•Overview of irradiation techniques in food industry
THE RADIATION TECHNIQUES IN FOOD
INDUSTRY AND AGRICOLTURE
SHORT COURSE , 20 h 2 ECTS
hr
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RADIOPROTECTION
Industrial
FacilitiesPET Centres
HospitalsDecommissioning
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11 ECTS90 h• The profession of ‘Qualified
Expert’
• Legislation of radioprotection
• Health problems related to
workers exposure to radiations
• Dosimetry for radioprotection
• Natural radioactivity
• Radiological apparatus for diagnosis
• Primary and secondary radioprotection
shields
• Program for radiological quality
assurance
• Radioprotection in radioisotopes
manipulation and transportation
• Elements of comparative risk
assessment
CREDITSHOURSModule 4-A
RADIOPROTECTION:
PROGRAM FOR QUALIFIED
EXPERTS
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326 h• The problems behind
decommissioning
• Dealing with the regulator
• The organization and temporal
action sequence in decommissioning
• The technology needed in
decommissioning
• Characterization of wastes plants and
systems
• Dismantling and Decontamination
•Waste packaging and transport
•Waste disposals
CREDITSHOURSModule 4-B
INTRODUCTION TO
NUCLEAR
DECOMMISSIONING
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PROFESSIONAL SPECIALITIES
Based on the knowledge acquired in the
theoretical part of the course, a definite
speciality is attained by the student through the
training stage
•Industrial radiation processing
•Cyclotrone operation, maintenance; production
of radioisotopes for nuclear medicine
• Chemical synthesis and quality control of
radiopharmaceuticals
• Radioactive waste characterization
(instrumental and radiochemical methods).
• Environmental radiation monitoring and
radionuclides detection
•Nuclear activation analysis and its applications
•••• Radioprotection: the 4th module of the Master
is based on the official program for the patents (
1st,2th and 3th levels) of “Qualified Expert”. .
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TRAINING STAGESThe training stages have the essential purpose to focus
the student’s learning on a definite speciality which
will be the base for his professional activity
The duration of the training period is normally 6
months; at the end the students must write a thesis for
the diploma dissertation.
The relationship between the external istitution and
IUSS are regulated through a formal agreement
The stage is carried out under the supervision of two
Tutors nominated by the School. The Tutors are
normally also lecturers in the Master course and are
invited to be members of the diploma exam
commission
At the end of the stage the students are often offered
job opportunities or fellowships for pursuiving the
training.
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TECHNOLOGIES
TRAINING STAGE
ACADEMIC YEAR 2004-2007
Methods and procedures
for the validation and
quality control of
Radiopharmaceutical
drugs
IBA Molecular Italy –Milano
Project of apparatus
for neutron radiography
at the LENA research
nuclear reactor
Laboratory of Applied
Nuclear Energy (LENA)
University of Pavia
Determination of natural
radionuclides in waters
Regional Agency for
Environmental Protection
(ARPA-Lombardia, Milano)
Technical Organization
of an Integrated system
of Radioprotection
ENEA PRO-IRP - Roma,
Bologna
Characterization of
radioactive wastes by
physical and
radiochemical methods
SOGIN Nuclear Power
Plant at Caorso -Piacenza
267151999-
2000
5
3
2
MSc
ENGIN.
35132002-
2003
2492001-
2002
76151998-
1999
MSc
CHEMISTRY
PHARMAC.
CHEM.
BIOLOGY
ENVIRONM.
SCI.
MSc
PHYSICS
NUMBER OF
MASTER
GRADUATED
ACADEMIC
YEAR
Survey of 9 academic years of
the Pavia’s Master course
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383558131TOTAL
24410
(9 from
Italy)
2007-
2008
54413
(9 from
Italy)
2006-
2007
73919
(18 from
Italy)
2005-
2006
75921
(16 from
Italy)
2004-
2005
331016
(9 from
Italy)
2003-
2004
MSc
CHEMISTRY
PHARMAC.
CHEM.
BIOLOGY
ENVIRONM.
SCI.
MSc
ENGIN.
MSc
PHYSICS
NUMBER
OF MASTER
GRADUATED
ACADEMIC
YEAR
40-80%18113131
%
employement
at 2-5 months
after the end
of the course
(italian
graduated
only)
From
Foreign
Countries
(last 5
academic
years)
from ItalyTotal
Master
Diplomes
( 9
academic
years)
GENERAL REMARKS
1
•The major justification of the Master on “Nuclear
and Ionizing Radiations Technologies” is that it
addresses nuclear specializations which are the
object of intense commercial, industrial and social
activity.
•A second strong point of the Master is that,
taking advantage from the expertise of the
partners, it has succeeded to disseminate the
knowledge and organize professional training in a
variety of nuclear specializations which are not yet
available in current university courses
• Because of the relationships with the working
world the Master has become an observatory for
identifying problems, needs and novel
opportunities in nuclear applications and teaching
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GENERAL REMARKS
2
•The problem of the recruitment:
after 10 years since its foundation the
recruitment aimed to attain a sufficient number
of selected students (minimum 10) requires hard
efforts. This is because “non power” nuclear
applications, although in expansion, are still a
small niche in the economy of a country.
Favoring the birth and coordination of
complementary initiatives in countries of
adequate nuclear culture, launching projects
aimed at the dissemination of non power nuclear
technologies in developing countries, might be a
fruitful strategy for the future.
IAEA is expected to play a decisive role in this
perspective.
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Since 1987 the radiochemistry knowledge has faded
progressively within Italian academic institutions
and now most of the major experts are within
commercial, industrial institutions and agencies and
labs for radioactivity control.
The situation is not far from being satisfactory in
the field of nuclear medicine
due to the rapid development of PET centres where
also good research is carried on.
Less statisfactory is the situation for environmental
radiochemistry which
is cultivated in regional and national agencies
labs (ARPA, APAT).
Most severe is the deficiency of radiochemists in the
field of characterization of radioactive wastes which
is of crucial importance in nuclear
decommissioning.
The Master as Observatory
The Problem of Radiochemistry
1
The radiochemistry Problem
2As a consequence there is an increasing request of
radiochemists (decommissioning, environmental
controls , industrial applications) which cannot be
fulfilled.
It is therefore urgent to promote the renewal of the
radiochemistry cultural tradition within academic
institutions with special reference to the Chemistry
courses.
The Pavia’s Master has taken the initiative in this
direction
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NUCLEAR FACILITIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
PAVIA
•TRIGA Research Nuclear reactor 0.25 Mev
•18 Mev IBA Cyclotrone
• 2 60-Co gamma cells (initially 4 kCi); X –ray generator (250 KEV)
•Facilities for high energy physics experiments
partnership with CERN
THE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ADROTHERAPY
CNAOPavia is the location for the national centre for
adrotherapy using adrons ( protons, carbon and oxygen
ions). A syncrotrone for the production of the ion beams
has already been installed and it will become operative
within 2009. The syncrotrone will also be a reference
apparatus for research in radiobiology, material science,
and medical physics
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INDUSTRIES•BIOSTER; e-beam irradiation centre (Seriate ,BG)
•GAMMARAD; 60Co irradiation centre (Bologna)
•GAMMATOM; 60Co irradiation centre (Guanzate, Co)
•NOVICO; Medical items production and sterilization (Ascoli
Piceno)
•METALLURGICA BRESCIANA; e-beam curing of electric
cables (Brescia)
•ST MICROELECTRONICS (Catania)
•THALES ALENIA SPACE; Space Industry (Milano,
Firenze, Torino)
•TECNOTESSILE; Industrial research Centre on e-beam
treatment ( Prato)
•MEGARAD; e-beam curing of electric cables (Mignano
Montelungo,Caserta)
•IBA Ion Beam Applications (Louvaine La Neuve, Belgium)
•IZOTOP; Gamma facilities and radioisotopes (Budapest
Hungary)
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INDUSTRIES
•So.G.I.N (Nuclear Decommissioning, Roma )
•NUCLECO (Management of radioactive
wastes, Roma)
•PIRELLI Labs (Advanced Research Centre,
Milano)
•PIRELLI TYRES ( Research Centre, Milano)
IBA MOLECULAR ITALY (cyclotrones,
organization and management of PET centres
Roma, Milano, Bologna)
ENI AGIP–RADI (Milano)
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TRAINING STAGE
ACADEMIC YEAR 2004-2007
Evaluation of the novel
methodologies for setting
up the Dosimetry
Laboratory at the
Nuclear Power Plant of
Latina
SOGIN Nuclear Power
Plant at Latina
TRAINING STAGE
ACADEMIC YEAR 2004-2007
Characterization of
radioactive wastes from
nuclear fuels plants
SOGIN ( Roma)
Quality and dose
assessement in digital
radiology
Villa Sistemi Medicali
S.p.A(Milano)
Determination of
Radionuclides in the
environment by liquid
sintillation counting
ARPA –Emilia Romagna
(Piacenza)
TRAINING STAGE
ACADEMIC YEAR 2004-2007
Development of detector
technology to meet the
needs of the LET and
WISH instruments at ISIS
Rutherford Appleton
Laboratories Didcot
(U.K.)
Radiation Induced Bystander
Effect - The Role of
TGFββββ1 in Signal
Transduction
University of Pavia
The radioisotope heating
units for the EXMARS
mission: radiation fields
characterization and dose
calculation by means of
Monte Carlo codes and
implications at spacecraft
system level
Thales Alenia Space
( Torino) and LENA-
University of Pavia
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TRAINING STAGE
ACADEMIC YEAR 2004-2007
Labeling of nanoparticles
for radioisotopes in
nuclear medicine
European Joint Research
Centre (Ispra, Varese)
Radioprotection inHospitals:
legislation, procedures and
instrumentation
Hospital S. Maugeri (Pavia)
Emergency dosimetry using
alimentary matrices:
experimental
investigation by
luminescence methods
Istituto Superiore di
Sanita’ ( ISS, Roma)
TRAINING STAGE
ACADEMIC YEAR 2004-2007
MATRIX EPR
INVESTIGATION
ON THE FREE RADICAL
DAMAGE IN IRRADIATED
CELLS AND THEIR
CONSTITUENTS (CROMATINE,
DNA, HISTONES, MEMBRANES)
University of Pavia
STRUCTURE AND
ORGANIZATION OF A
PET CENTRE, THE USE
OF A CICLOTRONE AND
AUTOMATIC SYSTEMS
FOR THE PRODUCTION
OF RADIONUCLIDES
AND
RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS
Hospital Humanitas
Rozzano,Milano
PET Centre
REGULATORY
CONTROL OF
RADIATION SOURCES IN
MEDICINE
Hospital S. Maugeri
Foundation (Pavia)
TRAINING STAGE
ACADEMIC YEAR 2004-2007
The useof a ciclotrone and
authomatic systems for the
generation of 18-F and
18-F labelled
radiopharmaceuticals.
Quality control by HPLC
S.Raffaele Hospital
Radiochemistry Lab
and PET Centre ( Milano)
Boron Neutron Capture
Therapy at LENA reactor:
methods for sample
handling,dosimetry and
neutron radiography
LENA-University of Pavia
Project of a spectroscopic
detector for X and gamma
radiations in astrophysics
Alcatel Alenia Space
(Milano)
Synthesis and quality
control of
radiopharmaceuticals for
PET
S.Raffaele Hospital
Radiochemistry Lab
and PET Centre ( Milano)
Radioprotection and
safety procedures related
to the use of syncrotron
ion beams in adrotherapy
University of Pavia
and National Centre For
Oncological Adrotherapy
(CNAO)-Pavia