Applications for the 2nd Master’s Course in Radiological Protection at Radioactive and Nuclear Facilities, will be taken until the 24th October. This is an initiative led by the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV) and coordinated by its spin-off company, Titania Servicios Tecnológicos, a member of Grupo Dominguis.

This course incorporates online tuition (90%) and face-to-faces sessions (10%) and is aimed at people with qualifications who would like to gain detailed and advanced learning in this field. It can be especially useful for people who work in supervisory roles in radioactive and nuclear facilities and for people who are already certified supervisors but would like to broaden their education in radiological protection and take it to a higher level.

The first year of the master’s course generated a great deal of interest both in Spain and abroad. Testament to this is the fact that this year, there is a sizeable group of students from Latin America (Panama, Peru, Chile, Costa Rica…). New to the course this year is a module on Nuclear and Radiological Emergencies, coordinated by the Spanish Committee for Nuclear Safety (CSN by its Spanish acronym). This organisation’s involvement is very important when it comes to endorsing the content of the course.

The links and partnership between the companies and agencies involved in the first year have also been strengthened. They are Iberdrola, Enresa, Lainsa, Protección Civil, Regimiento NBQR, Centro Nacional de Dosimetría, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia and Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, etc.

For further information and to register, visit: especialistapr.blogs.upv.es or especialistapr@upv.es

Lainsa, a company in the Grupo Dominguis working in the nuclear energy industry, has been awarded the contract for providing cleaning services, industrial decontamination, refuelling of reactors, maintenance of auxiliary equipment and recharging activities at the Cofrentes nuclear power plant.

Of the various companies bidding, Iberdrola decided to once again place its trust in Lainsa, in recognition of the company’s technical abilities and capacity for innovation, according to the Director of Nuclear Services, Antonio Martínez.

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The cleaning and decontamination work carried out for the European Commission at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Ispra, Italy, concluded in August with the delivery of the final report. According to Lainsa’s Director for Europe and Asia, José Tomás Ruiz Martínez, “the objectives were all met, both in terms of quality and service efficiency, and the client is very satisfied, because for them this is a new way of conducting the work, with safety and efficiency”.

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Lainsa has developed the Atomic Snail, an equipment for underwater decontamination of nuclear reactor vessel flanges, which represents an important advance for the nuclear sector because it allows process automization and, consequently, a dose reduction in and greater safety.

This pneumatic propulsion system is operated remotely and moves at a constant speed with the hability to move both forwards and backwards.

While moving, it sweeps the surface of the flange and it vaccums the working area of the brushes, in order to then filter the vaccumed fluid and retain the loosened particles.

By carrying out the cleaning remotely from the refuelling platform, an important reduction in the operational doses associated with this activity is achieved.