After the signing of two agreements in 2015 and 2019 in the framework of the " Practical Arrangements on Cooperation in the area of Scientific and Technical Support to Member States in Nuclear Safety” between ICN and IAEA, the cooperation between the two institutions developed continuously, so that on 17.01.2020, following the evaluation of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Institute for Nuclear Research Pitesti was designated as International Center based on Research Reactor - ICERR for the fields "Education and Training" and "Joint research and development (R&D) projects)".

https://www.iaea.org/about/partnerships/international-centres-based-on-research-reactors-icerrs

The designation of the Institute as ICERR together with 6 other renowned institutes from the USA, France, Korea, Russia and Belgium, represents an international recognition of the nuclear research capabilities in the field of nuclear energy represented by RATEN ICN.

During the 65th edition of the IAEA General Conference organized at the Agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Rafael Mariano Grossi, the Director General of the IAEA handed the representatives of the Institute of Nuclear Research the plaque designating the organization as ICERR (International Center based on Research Reactor) for the field "Education and Training" and "Joint Research and Development (R&D) Projects". September 20, 2021

Within the TRIGA Reactor department, for the field "Education and Training", the training is provided in the following areas:

• Nuclear safety
• Reactor Physics
• Radioprotection
• Irradiation techniques
• Use of neutron beams

"Joint Research and Development (R&D) Projects" in the fields of:

• Fuel testing for Generation IV reactors
• Production of radioisotopes with applications in medicine and industry
• Irradiation of materials of nuclear interest
• Structural analysis using nuclear techniques
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