Program

May 17

Arrival in Bertinoro

 May 18

9:00¸9:30 - Registration

9:30 – Opening ceremony. General Secretary’s address.

11:00 – Coffee break

11:30¸13:00 - Educational presentations, chair Sonja Schreurs

1. Wouter Schroeyers - The RADIOACT! science contest to train secondary school pupils in combatting Nuclear Misinformation
2. Caroline Licour - Blended Intensive Program - CREAM (Concern in Radiological and Environmental Activity Measurement)
3. Wim Eerdekens - Integrating Technical, Durability, and AI Competencies in Blended International Training weeks for nuclear engineering students
4. Pavel Novotný - Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme on Ionizing Radiation Metrology (METRO 2026)

13:00 - Lunch

14:30 – 16:30 - Educational presentations, chair Croline Licour

1. Sonja Schreurs - Radiation protection training for master students: from formulation of competences over design of learning activities to evaluating the learning outcomes
2. Pavel Novotný - REX: Remote Laboratory for Experiments in Nuclear Physics
3. Isabelle Gerardy - DIGI-ACT: a partnership for responsible use of digital technologies
4. Wouter Schroeyers - Introducing sustainability competences in nuclear engineering and materials science curricula
5. Pietro Carnevali - Cyclotron Production of Radioisotopes: A Didactic Framework for Applied Radiation Engineering

19:30 – Social dinner

May 19

9:30 ¸10:45 - Scientific presentations, chair Sebastian Martorell

1. Alfio Torrisi - Luminescent carbon dots synthesized by laser ablation of graphite in liquids for UV detection, sensors, and other applications
2. Barry D. Ganapol/D. Mostacci -Analytic Solutions of the 1D, One-Speed Monoenergetic Neutron Diffusion Equation
3. Davide Giusti - On the statistical model of the atomCoffee break

11:15¸12:30 Scientific presentations, chair Isabelle Gerardy

1. Caroline Licour - Natural radioactivity in Portuguese drinking spring water: ²²²Rn/²²⁶Ra relationship and implications for committed dose.
2. Sebastian Martorell  - Radiological characterisation of 55Fe and 63Ni for environmental monitoring in nuclear decommissioning.
3. Ligia.Lopes - Total Phenolic Content of Mentha spicata L.: Implications after Radon Exposure

12:30 - Lunch

14:00 - Session on future projects, chair Isabelle Gerardy

16:00 – Coffee break

16:30 - CHERNE meeting (agenda prepared by the General Secretary)

May 20

9:30 – 10:30 Invited talk - Mario Marengo: Optimization of NM hot cells shielding by MC simulations

10:30-12:20 Scientific presentations, chair Sandra Soares

1. Maria Sara Busillo - Implementation of a computational code to study activation and dose rates from radiotherapy proton beams
2. Rahil Sarwar - Shielding of a proton therapy facility: a FLUKA investigation
3. Francesca Venturi - Modeling of stochastic geometries for radiation protection purposes: a study of radioactive dust inside a glove box
4. Leonardo Coi - Conceptual design of an industrial-scale fuel cladding coating facility for Lead Fast Reactors using Pulsed Laser Deposition

12:30 - Lunch

14:00/14:30 - Departure for excursion to the tiny state of San Marino (world’s most ancient republic still extant)

 May 21

Morning, departure from Bertinoro