Evaluation on the utilization of Kartini research reactor for education and training programs

The evaluation on reactor utilization for education and training programs which have been performed at Kartini reactor is presented in this paper. The Internet Reactor Laboratory (IRL) that is under development consisted of broadcasting the training courses via internet to remote facilities or institutions, is presented briefly. The preliminary introduction of IRL was soft launched at the end of 2014 in Nuclear Youth Summit (NYS) program. The method used for evaluation is to review the material as well as the implementation of education and training program mainly reactor physics laboratory exercises and compared them with the similar activities at other institutions such as: TRIGA Reactor Vienna, VR-1 Reactor at Czech Technical University-Prague, and VTT reactor at Helsinki University of Technology. Currently there are 8 universities using the Kartini reactor for education and training programs on reactor physics. In general, the evaluation result on implementation of reactor physics laboratory exercises using Kartini reactor during the past 5 years show that in terms of the substance of the material was quite complete, but in terms of implementation still needs to be further enhanced. In conclusion, it has been demonstrated that the implementation of education and training program using Kartini reactor has a good performance and it was an important role in developing human resources in nuclear reactor field for the country. It is hoped that in the future, Kartini reactor will contribute to regional nuclear education and training programs. (author)