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Our History |
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The BeginningThe Nuclear Training Centre (ICJT), a part of the Jožef Stefan Institute (IJS), started with the training of the nuclear workers at the beginning of commercial use of nuclear technology in Slovenia. The first Radiological Protection training course was organized before 1970. In the 70s, 17 courses with a total of 2812 participants were organized.
In 1981 the decision was made to found a Nuclear Training Centre, which in the beginning was only a separate part of the Institute. In 1987 a new building was begun, which was completed in 1988. The investors in the building were the Electrical Utilities of Slovenia and the Jožef Stefan Institute.
After the opening, the ICJT was named after Milan Čopič, one of the initiatial proponents of nuclear sciences at the Jožef Stefan Institute.
Recent HistoryIn the beginning of the 90s ICJT mostly trained future operators in the Krško NPP control room. At the same time ICJT performed international technical assistance workshops mostly with the assistance of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
In the years 1991-1993 the basement was changed into the Information Centre. Intensive information activity started in 1993.
In 1995 the Agencija RAO Agency for Radiological Waste became a partner of our Information Centre. Since then we are also their official Information Centre.
At the end of the 90s we were an established organizer of international seminars and workshops. In 2000, the International Atomic Energy Agency proclaimed us their Regional Resource Centre. |
Milan Čopič (1925-1989)
Milan Čopič was one of the founders of nuclear sciences in Slovenia. He completed his study of physics in Ljubljana in 1951 and received a doctorate in 1959. In 1956/57 and 1959/60 he was a member of research groups in the USA. He lectured at the University of Kansas and in Stuttgart. He was the head of the Reactor Department at the Jožef Stefan Institute from 1960. He was also the initiator and organizer of the construction of the TRIGA Research Reactor in Podgorica near Ljubljana. From 1970 he was a member of various working groups for the new Krško NPP. In 1982 he became a counselor for the government and later the first director of the Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration. |
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