Summer School on Safe Uranium Production and Radiation Safety - SUPARS 2026
Summer
School on Safe Uranium Production and Radiation Safety
SUPARS
2026
May 18 – June 12, 2026
Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and
Physical Engineering
Czech Technical University
Prague
Czech Republic
SUPARS 2026 is a unique four-week development program for professionals in all areas of UPC. It provides participants with a holistic view of the entire UPC, develops their capabilities, improves their communication skills, and enables them to become experts with broader knowledge of the entire field.
The training course is designed as a comprehensive set of interconnected professional lessons, technical visits and excursions with practical training to provide participants with the best possible overview of the issue of safe uranium mining. The comprehensive and extraordinary four-week training course addressing uranium geology, exploration, safe uranium production, environmental remediation and radiation safety consists of 40 expert lectures given by international experts and 9 full day field trips (uranium sites in the Czech Republic and Germany) and technical visits (leading institutions in geology, geophysics, radiation safety) with expert interpretation and practical training.
Lectures are given by the top international experts from the leading organizations from the Czech Republic, Germany and U.S.A. like Czech Geological Survey, DIAMO, s. e., Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering of Czech Technical University, Faculty of Sciences of the Charles University, Faculty of Sciences of Masaryk University, National Institute for Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection, State Office for Nuclear Safety, State Institute for Radiation Protection, Radioactive Waste Repository Authority, ÚJV Řež, USGS, WISMUT GmbH and other independent experts.
Hosting
institution:
Czech Technical University in Prague,
Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering,
Břehová 7, 115 19 Praha 1
The Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering
maintains a long-term cooperation with the IAEA in
the field of education and organization of courses, meetings, workshops and
scientific visits. Faculty is a member of the World Nuclear
Association.
The training course consists of 4
modules:
1. Uranium geology
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Uranium resources,
production, and demand
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Hydrogeology and
modelling
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Geochemistry and
geochemical modelling
•
Uranium geochemistry,
mineralogy, and ore genesis
•
Visit to Czech
Geological Survey, Prague - Practical U exploration and geological mapping
•
Visit to National
Museum, Prague - Largest collection of minerals in the Czech Republic
2. Geophysical exploration methods
•
Historical review on
radioactivity and Introduction to uranium exploration
•
Geophysical methods -
Gravimetry
•
Geophysical methods -
Seismic
•
Geophysical methods -
Electric
•
Geophysical methods -
Radiometry
•
Radiometric survey +
Calibration of radiometric instruments
•
Visit to Faculty of
Science, Charles University in Prague - Geophysical measurements
3. Safe uranium production and environmental remediation
•
History of U production
in the Czech Republic
•
Overview of uranium
mining and processing methods
•
Feasibility study for
uranium mine - case study for ISL
•
Environmental
remediation after uranium mining and processing - case study
•
Visit to WISMUT GmbH -
Underground mining of U and remediation at Koenigstein site
•
Visit to DIAMO, s. e. -
Mine and tailings pond water treatment
•
Visit to RAWRA -
Underground research facility Bukov - laboratory for spent fuel repository in
former U underground mine
•
Visit to DIAMO, s. e.
facilities - Ground water remediation after ISL, surface processing plants
4. Radiation safety
•
Radiation safety, environmental
monitoring, applied dosimetry
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Benchmarking in applied
dosimetry
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Efficient methods for
environmental monitoring
•
Management of RAW and NORM
residues
•
Lifecycle and graded
approach to regulation and
safety and safety assessment
•
Regulation of
operational radiation protection in mining operation
•
Visit to State
Institute for Radiation Protection, Prague - Laboratories and practical
radiation measurements
•
Visit to National
Institute for Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection, Kamenna - Dosimetry,
radioactivity mapping
Training fee (incl. VAT):
Upon registration and payment of the fee by
March 15, 2026
5 700
EUR, reduced fee 5 150 EUR (WNA
members and participants supported by IAEA)
When registering and paying the fee after March
15, 2026
5 950
EUR, reduced fee 5 400 EUR (WNA
members and participants supported by IAEA)
Contact
on organizers:
Jana Mužáková
Course
Director:
prof. Ing. Tomáš Trojek, Ph.D.
Head of Department of Dosimetry
and Application of Ionizing Radiation
E-mail: tomas.trojek@fjfi.cvut.cz