Founded in 2003, ETSON´s Junior Staff Programme (JSP) brings together young experts from all ETSON members. The programme aims to support these experts both in establishing personal networks on an international level as well as improving their professional skills. The exchange on technical knowledge and respective practises and experiences among ETSON´s member organisations also contributes to ETSON´s overarching goal of promoting best practises in nuclear safety.

For more than a decade, the JSP Summer Workshop is the programme´s main annual event. Organised by JSP members, these workshops consist of presentations given by participants, interactive group work and moderated workshops on a specific topic. The topics covered in recent years range from basic aspects such as uncertainty and sensitivity in safety analysis and material properties aspects in nuclear safety to accident management and radioactive waste management, environmental protection and decommissioning. 

The next ETSON Junior Staff Programme Workshop 2025 will be hosted by the slovakian TSO VUJE  and will take place in the week 6. - 10. October 2025 in Trnava. The flyer which includes an indicative programme with different presentations, case studies is now under development and will be published later..

The JSP also organises the competition for the annual ETSON Award as part of the EUROSAFE conference.

JSP SUMMER WORKSHOP 2024

3 - 7 June 2024

Subject: Aging Management for Human Resources and Equipment
Location: Ljubliana - Slovenia

During the workshop, the Krško nuclear power plant and the research reactor were visited.

JSP SUMMER WORKSHOP 2023

23 - 27 October 2023

Subject: Small Modular Reactor Technology
Location: Manchester - United Kingdom

Programme

JSP SUMMER WORKSHOP 2022

24 - 28 October 2022

Subject: Radioactive material dissemination – sea and atmosphere Radioactive waste.
Location: LE CERCLE Hotel in the center of Cherbourg

Programme

JSP SUMMER WORKSHOP 2019

02 - 06 September 2019

Subject: Innovative systems for safety functions – including passive systems, on Gen III+, Gen IV, SMRs, floating power plants and other new designs
Attendees: 26 from 11 countries
Location: ENEA via Martiri di Monte Sole 4, Bologna, Italy

Programme

JSP SUMMER WORKSHOP 2018

03 - 07 September 2018

Subject: Radioactive waste management, environmental protection and decommissioning
Attendees: 38 from 11 countries
Location: Institute for Nuclear Research (RATEN ICN) in Mioveni, Romania

Programme

JSP SUMMER WORKSHOP 2017

10 - 14 July 2017

Subject: Uncertainty and sensitivity in nuclear analisis
Attendees: 28 from 9 countries
Location: Jozef Stefan Institute in Brinje near Ljubljana, Slovenia

Programme

JSP SUMMER WORKSHOP 2016

04 - 09 September 2016

Subject: Structural Integrity aspects in nuclear safety
Attendees: 26 from 9 countries
Location: AMEC offices in Warrington, UK

Programme

JSP SUMMER WORKSHOP 2015

23 - 28 August 2015

Subject: Material properties aspects in nuclear safety
Attendees: 22 from 11 countries
Location: Villigen, Switzerland, hosted by Paul Scherrer Institute

Programme

JSP SUMMER WORKSHOP 2014

25 - 29 August 2014

Subject: Fuel Management
Attendees: 26 from 11 countries
Location: Espoo in Finland, hosted by VTT

Programme

JSP SUMMER WORKSHOP 2013

25 - 30 August 2013

Subject: Accident Management
Attendees: 42 from 9 countries
Location: Kaunas in Lithuania, hosted by LEI

Programme

Further JSP SUMMER WORKSHOP Programmes

Programme 2012

Programme 2011

Programme 2010

Programme 2009

Programme 2008