Energy of the young is energy of the future

19:29, December 18, 2017

Young representatives of GSEM UrFU at ATOMECO 2017

4 student teams of GSEM UrFU among the 19 best teams participating in the project «Atomic Energy and Us», presented the results of research at the youth session «Energy of the young — energy of the future», held as part of the large-scale International Public Forum-Dialogue and Exhibition «AtomEco 2017» (November 21-22, World Trade Center, Moscow). The forum-dialogue, which gathered more than 1,000 delegates and guests from 19 countries, was organized by Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation, the Federal Service for Environmental, the Federal Environmental, Industrial and Nuclear Supervision Service and supported by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation and the IAEA. Operators of the event were OOO Atomexpo and ANCO NIIPE. The Coordinator of the project «Atomic Energy and Us» is the Interregional Public Ecological Organization «GREENLIFE». The project was implemented with the support of Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation.

Based on the results of the competitive selection, the following GSEM students presented their projects at the stand of the Rosatom:

• Biktasheva Alina, Academic Department of Environmental Economics, REC «INZHEK», Ural Federal University («Environmental Benefits of Nuclear Power»);
• Russkikh Ekaterina, Academic Department of Environmental Economics, REC «INZHEK», Ural Federal University («The nuclear power plant as a pole of innovative growth in the region»);
• Karaeva Anzhelika, Academic Department of Environmental Economics, REC «INZHEK», Ural Federal University («Synergetic effect of parallel development of nuclear and renewable energy»);
• Glotova Diana, Academic Department of Environmental Economics, REC «INZHEK», Ural Federal University («Ecological niches of nuclear and renewable energy»).

The organisers of the event noted the interested attitude to the problems of the event and the creative contribution of UrFU students, as well as supervisors of the youth teams: Head of the Academic Department of Environmental Economics, prof. Magaril Elena Romenovna, associate professors Rukavishnikova I.V., Abrzhina L. L.,Berezyuk M. V., Boyarinova A. Y, Dukmasova N. V., Teslyuk L. M.

The purpose of the project "Atomic Energy and Us" is the formation of regional youth expert communities on the issues of environmental safety of the nuclear industry. Within the framework of the project, a group of undergraduate and graduate students under the guidance of faculty members conducted interdisciplinary studies of environmental and social/economic problems and the potential of nuclear energy, and suggested possible solutions to these problems.

The day before the start of the AtomEco-2017 International Forum, on November 20, the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom organized a technical tour for the participants of the Institute of Physics and Power Engineering (Obninsk, Kaluga region). The aim of the tour was acquaintance with the latest innovative and environmentally effective developments of IPPE, as well as with the history of creation, research activities and operation of the world's first nuclear power plant.

The main theme of AtomEco-2017 was Clean Energy for Future Generations. The focus of the discussion of the public and specialists were the issues of environmental safety and public

acceptability of the nuclear industry, environmental regulation, new environmentally sound technological solutions in the field of waste management and decommissioning.

Head of the Academic Department of Environmental Economics, DSc in Engineering, Professor, Magaril Elena Romenovna spoke about participation in the event:

«The team work of the students of the Academic Department of Environmental Economics, REC "INZHEK", Ural Federal University and their supervisors on the projects in the thematic areas of such a large-scale event, the presentation of projects at the stand of the Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation has created a certain involvement in the interdisciplinary solution of the strategic tasks of sustainable development of the energy complex. The work on the project actually became an element of practice-oriented teaching and a powerful motivation for further self-development. Formation of competencies university graduates that meet modern challenges, the needs of industries, is impossible without such interaction between universities and the industry. We hope that the event held in the Year of Ecology in Russia, the success and resonance of which correspond to the high level of organization and conceptual elaboration, will be held on a regular basis in the future. In my opinion, this can make a significant contribution to the formation of an active citizenship, ecological culture, understanding of the importance of responsible attitude to technological development among future professionals».