{"id":9602,"date":"2023-10-11T11:26:51","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T08:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fermi.ee\/?p=9602"},"modified":"2023-10-11T11:26:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T08:26:51","slug":"diplomeeritud-tuumainsenerid-naasevad-eestisse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fermi.ee\/en\/diplomeeritud-tuumainsenerid-naasevad-eestisse\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate nuclear engineers return to Estonia"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the third year running, Fermi Energia, a company planning to build a small nuclear power plant in Estonia, is sending Estonian students to the world's top universities to study nuclear engineering. The first specialists have already graduated and are starting work. <\/span><\/b>New students are sent to study<\/span><\/b>.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The first two students were awarded the Fermi Energy scholarship in 2021 and have now graduated and received their degrees in nuclear engineering.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Mihkel Aavik graduated from the European Master's Programme in Nuclear Energy (<\/span>European Master's in Nuclear Energy<\/span><\/i>) and joined Edvance, part of the French nuclear power plant operator EDF. He is responsible for the design of the electrical systems of the EPR1200 reactor.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Rainer Kelk, who received his Master's degree in Nuclear Engineering from the Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ), completed an internship at Nagra during the summer. This company is active in the analysis and planning of radioactive waste disposal in Switzerland. After graduation, he plans to return to Estonia and start working on a future nuclear power plant project in Estonia.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"We are working towards creating opportunities for graduating fellows to participate in the BWRX-300 reactor construction project in Canada. <\/span>Fermi Energia has selected the BWRX-300 reactor technology as the most suitable for the new plant in Estonia. In Canada, our young specialists will gain invaluable experience and know-how that can be applied to the Estonian nuclear power plant project in the future,\" said Marti Jeltsov, Member of the Board and Chief Technology Officer of Fermi Energia.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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