Nuclear Security Unit

The Joint Research Centre of the European Union, esp. the Nuclear Safeguards Unit at the Institute for the Protection and the Security of the Citizen (IPSC) in Ispra, Italy, offers training courses for nuclear material inspectors. The courses are intended for inspectors of EURATOM, the IAEA, national authorities and also for person in charge of nuclear material in industrial installations. The aim of all courses is to provide basic knowledge and especially practical skills with the methods and instruments used in inspections. The courses are held in the PERLA laboratory, which disposes of a wide variety of nuclear material samples and all basic measurement instruments used for non-destructive assay of nuclear material.