A.N.T. INTERNATIONAL ONLINE EDUCATION PROGRAMME

Thanks to an ANT INTERNATIONAL specific course, I had my first academic contact with the metallurgy of zirconium alloys in which the most relevant aspects of the alloys used in the fuel cladding were described. This course allowed me to get an in-depth understanding of the behavior of zirconium alloys under operation and accidental conditions such as mechanical behavior, irradiation effects or corrosion. Other recent acquisitions of A.N.T. International Online Education Courses were related to the characterization of irradiated materials in hot cells or a complete description of all related aspects of the PWR nuclear fuels. All of them perfectly met ENUSA’s requirements and those of our customers. Several young engineers in ENUSA are continuously improving their skills taking advantage of the knowledge gathered with A.N.T. International excellent Online Education Courses.

Combining 20 years of nuclear power chemical operation experience with A.N.T. Internationals’ online training has given me a deeper and broader understanding of how chemistry affects/interacts with the fuel, radiation protection and structural materials. I will greatly benefit from this knowledge provided by A.N.T. International in my current role. Since the courses are online-based, I have been able to participate when it fits my agenda. The presentations are educational with easy understanding slides presented by expertise within the area and it is e.g. easy to pause the course to look a little more closely at some slides or to immerse yourself in the accompanying reports that are included in many of the courses.

I highly recommend A.N.T. Internationals’ courses. The introduction courses are suitable for the engineer with a little less experiences and the advanced courses  suits senior engineers, supervisors and others with more experience in the area.

The online education satisfied the continuous improvement requirements for a dozen colleagues from our department at different proficiency levels. Some of us took the course as a basic level stepping stone for sub sequent role-specific training. Others used advanced/expert level courses to enjoy the knowledge transferring from renounced maestro of respective fields. As a supplementation we recommend examining the current ZIRAT annual report for latest progress.

Covid-19 lockdown led to many restrictions whilst opening the opportunity for one to better one’s technical apprehension. The convenience of education at one’s own ease prompted a proposal and later a purchase order for 20 different A.N.T. International courses. The proposal satisfied a dozen or so colleagues’ continuous improvement requirements in thermal hydraulic, fuel material, structural material degradation and coolant chemistry & corrosion technical areas. Various subjects in each technical areas, with proficiency levels ranging from basic to expert, provide coverage impressive in terms of both breadth and profundity.