A summer school for young people interested in nuclear energy was held in Mõdriku on 29-31 July at the premises of the Institute of Service Economy of Tallinn University of Technology. This event, the Fermion Summer School, is being organised for the fifth time.
"The summer school will consist of a variety of courses, lectures and internships for young people to gain knowledge about nuclear energy," explained Henri Ormus, a member of the Fermi Energia board. Marti Jeltsov, Chief Technology Officer at Fermi Energia, added: "Nuclear energy will still provide jobs for hundreds of people in Estonia in the future, whether directly or indirectly."
Nearly 60 young people from all over Estonia wanted to take part in the Fermion Summer School, of whom 40 were selected. The participants include students from the University of Tartu, Tallinn University of Technology and Tallinn University of Applied Sciences, recent high school graduates and those still in high school. Young people named physics, energy, electrical engineering, building construction, information technology, environmental technology, health care and product development as their specialisations.
Among others, Dominic Arkhan Baum, a young man from Jäneda who is currently studying computer systems and applied information technology at the Virumaa College of Tallinn University of Technology, will take part in the event. Mr Baum said that if a nuclear power plant is built in Estonia, he could be involved in cyber security.
"Ideally, it could be completed as early as this year, but building so quickly is not realistic," he added.
Ilya Parmenenkov, the chairman of the Estonian Physics Students' Association, who studied at the Priimetsa school in Valga before joining the University of Tartu, stressed: "For me, it is absolutely clear and understandable that nuclear energy is the field that could be in Estonia, that should be in Estonia."
Parmenenkov said that in the future, he himself might specialise in nuclear physics in order to work in medical physics, such as radiation therapy.
According to Marti Yeltsov, nuclear energy will provide jobs for hundreds of people in Estonia in the future.