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Marie-Pierre Bigot (IRSN)

Genevieve Baumont (IRSN)

Ilma Choffel de Witte (IRSN)

YOUTH OUTREACH & EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

WITH A FOCUS ON STEM ACTIVITIES:

A KEY FACTOR FOR THE FRENCH PERCEPTION OF

IONIZING RADIATION RISKS

Challenges for Public Education Training &Information

The EAGLE Project

Part of the EAGLE Project:A content comparison of schoolbooksbetween EU member States.

Why and How to improve Education Programs

Examples

Recommendations & Conclusion

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Overview


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Fukushima initiated New Challenges for Public Education, Training & Information

The Young Generation starts to lose interest in the Nuclear Industry and its different applications as a scientific career choice in favour of careers in the New Technologies

Main

Why

Main Challenge

How to reverse thistrend and

Why

One of the Challenges is

to continue Educating and Training for the Young Generation with a talent for science in the hope to trigger their interest in Nuclear Technologies to avoid a shortage of expertise & skilled manpower for future needs in regard with the NPPs to be built, the existing NPPs, their maintenance and their dismantling.

The World needs Trained Young People who understand the issues at stake

Safety Security and Radiation Protection.



In a world of uncertainties (natural disasters,terroristattacks) the main Challenge is

to find a way to give the Public basic knowledge about natural and industrial radiation (nuclear industry, health, other uses, etc.) to be better prepared if a nuclear incident or accident occurs without fantasizing or being terrified of the unknown

Education, Training and Information for the Public are key factors for the Perception of Ionizing Radiation Risks, as they are opportunities for dialogue and stakeholder involvement in decision making.




The EAGLE PROJECT (2013 to 2016)At EU level the EAGLE Project was born to analyse & tackle

the New Challenges

The Main Goal:

to enhance Public understanding of Ionizing Radiation and to facilitate a coordinated communication approach.

to foster a move towards the ideal of citizen-centered communication, including a participative component.

The project brought together representatives of nuclear actors, users of ionizing radiation, authorities, mass and

social media, and informed civil society.


The EAGLE PROJECT (2013 to 2016)Actions and Results

EAGLE conducted a survey in Belgium and France on opinions and knowhow of the citizens in both countries in relation with nuclear energy and ionizing radiation.

EAGLE Report with the results published in 2015 let to the following question

How to acquire knowledge on Ionizing Radiation and the Nuclear Issue?

Youth Outreach and Education the first step towards a knowledge-based society

The method of the review


The different partners of EAGLE have sent the schoolbooks used for the target group, or scanned

documents Spanish schoolbooks and English schoolbooks

were purchased to extend the review to other EU countries.

Each book was analyzed in detail to list with precision the content. A matrix helped to compare the books.

The content comparison conducted by a French High School Student

The analysis of the contents of physics books for 17-18 year-olds in 7 European countries shows a wide variety of subjects.

In France, less and less themes appear in current books when compared with books from the past (1980, 2002, 2006, 2012).

The best book seems to be the from Flemish Belgium because it deals with essential aspects allowing students to have a good understanding on radioactivity and industrial or medical nuclear applications.

The introduction of the physics book used in Spain is interesting the only book that addresses the topics of physics and

the societal questions they arouse.http://eagle.sckcen.be/en/Deliverables D3.3_Guidance for Good Practices.pdf

The results of the EU physics books comparison

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Society Science and…Atom Structure


Energy and Nuclear


Reactors and Bombs


Radiation and Life Time


Doses and Measurements


Nuclear Medecine


Other uses of Radioactivity




IRSN Education Strategy in Partnership with:

The Authority ASN

National Education, inter-active high school-projects in cooperation with the relevant teachers

IFFO RME organization specialized in Risk Education to develop an exhibition of nuclear risks for Primary Schools



Specific Educations Tools and Methods by IRSN to fill the Education Gap:

Itinerant & Modular Exhibition on Radioactivity for sixth grade students and adults in Partnership with the Regulator ASN

Promoting Interdisciplinary Projects for High Schools in partnership with IRSN

Movies, interactive games and simple experimental exercises

Itinerant & Modular Exhibition on Radioactivity for Primary Schools

Exhibition on Radioactivity 10 DIFFERENT MODULES in 80 KAKEMONOS

Radioactivity (units, basic knowledge, radon, radioactivity

in food (C14 and polonium 210, example of calculation for

food)

Health aspects

Medical Use

Nuclear Installations and their Safety

Accidents

Fuel Cycle

Waste

EXAMPLES


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TRAVELING EXHIBITION ASN / IRSN 80 KAKEMONOS 10 MODULES EASY TO READ AND FUN TO DISCOVER ON SPECIFIC DEMAND THE EXHIBITION PROVIDES ALSO MOVIES (Fukushima, Tchernobyl, Radon)

INTERACTIVE GAMES WITH TOUCH SCREENS ALL THIS HOSTED BY IRSN EXPERTS

EXAMPLES


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EXAMPLES

TRAVELING EXHIBITION ASN / IRSNGAME WITH TOUCH SCREEN

INSTRUCTIONS: DETECT THE SPOTS WITH RADON IN THE HOUSE AND CHOOSE THE RIGHT WAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM


THE RADON PROJECT AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH

PARTICIPANTS:The Albert Londres High School in Presles/ Vichy and the Mayet-de Montagne Secondary School More than a hundred students participated (age range 15-16) Teachers of different disciplines (Geography, Biology, Physics,

Electrical Engineering, etc. )

IRSN

IFFO-RME

EXAMPLES (Educational Experiment)


Two Projects in Vichy

Vichy

2013-2015

• measuring radon

2014-1015

• Background Radiation measured with the

SafeCast Device


The Assembling of the SAFECAST


The Measurement Results

- 15 % of the students observed atleast one value above 300 Bq/m3(Especially in the region of Mayet)

- The existence of very high levels upto 3,500 Bq/m3 in areas with highradon potential

- Also observations of high values inareas with low radon potential,where these results, from ageological point of view, are notexpected.Potential Radon Mapping in the region of Vichy


Lessons learned from the Ground Breaking Project▌ Great educational interest

• Different disciplines around a single Topic• For the students the occasion of conducting a

scientific study in partnership with experts, ofdeveloping tools and skills

▌The project allowed the teachers to apply theirknowledge from a different angle than the classical talkand chalk approach and to collaborate with the children

▌ Benefits for teachers and studentsAwareness of the risk concept


Questions raised by the Project▌How to define the limits of intervention coming from an

official expertise and or from school?

▌What to do with families living in a House with an unexpectedly high radon level?

▌ Is it up to the School to give recommendation or should we leave that to the Experts

▌How to avoid feeling of fear?


Recommendations


Teaching Ionizing Radiation only during Physics classes is not sufficient. Understanding Ionizing Radiation and its effects requires a rather complex and graduated educational approach. An Interdisciplinary approach is highly recommended

A good practice is when elements on Ionizing Radiation are included not only in Physics and Chemistry, but also in other related disciplines such as Mathematics And at early levels of the Education Program (age range 14-15)

Interdisciplinary integration of topics dealing with energy in primary and secondary school curricula is a good practice for defining a broad basis for understanding Nuclear Energy and Ionizing Radiation as a natural phenomenon that can be applied for the benefit of humanity.

Conclusion


Efforts for a better Youth Outreach and Education Program worldwide will bring the Member States closer to a Citizen-Centered Communication Process, supporting stakeholder involvement and informed decision-making it will also avoid a future shortage of expertise and skilled manpower necessary to support the Nuclear Energy Programs and their Safety.

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