For the second year running, Fermi Energia, a company that is developing opportunities for the deployment of a new generation of small reactors in Estonia, has sent two young people to study nuclear engineering. The scholarship will support study abroad for a master's degree over two academic years. This year's recipients are Elise Poom and Ayrton Hüüs, who are both studying for a Master's degree in Nuclear Engineering at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Root. It is in the top 10 of the world's best universities in engineering and technology. In addition, four of the founders of Fermi Energy have studied there: Fermi Energia is one of the founding fathers of Fermi Energia, including Merja Pukari, Marti Jeltsov, Kaspar Kööp and Henri Ormus. The first three have also defended their doctoral theses there.
"For me, it's very important that the job has a clear meaning and mission, and I've been telling friends and acquaintances for over two years about my great desire to study nuclear energy. So actually studying at KTH and knowing that I will be able to put my new knowledge into a cell in my home country later on is like a dream come true in a small way. In both respects I am grateful to Fermi Energy, because I don't see how it would be possible to live in Sweden at the same time and devote myself to my studies properly and then return to work in Estonia as a young degree holder without the scholarship, if there were no activities here," said Poom.
Last year's recipient was Mihkel Aavik, who is studying for a Master's degree in European Nuclear Engineering. He successfully completed his first year at the Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya (UPC) in Spain, one of the world's top 50 universities in the field of energy and engineering. And from this autumn he will continue his studies at the University of Saclay in Paris.
Last year's recipient, Rainer Kelk, is pursuing a Master's degree in Nuclear Engineering at the Faculty of Nuclear Engineering in a joint programme between the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ). "After my first semester in Lausanne, I am now in the soul of ETHZ Zurich. This semester we will learn more about nuclear plant safety, risk analysis techniques and materials. In addition, I have also undertaken a semester project modelling a heat exchanger running on sodium using computational fluid dynamics. In addition, this summer I spent three months on an internship at NAGRA. This company deals with the analysis and planning of radioactive waste disposal in Switzerland," said Kelk.
Fermi Energy Fellowship awarded for two academic years (2×10 months), €1000 per month.