The training of foreign human resources in Argentina

The National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA) has organized in Argentina several training courses and scientific meetings such as inter-regional and regional seminars, symposia and workshops, sponsored by international organizations. In addition, it has accepted a large number of foreign students and scientists sent by those organizations for professional training. These activities have covered a wide range of areas within the nuclear field: the nuclear electrical generation; the various stages of the nuclear fuel cycle from uranium prospecting to fuel manufacture; the production and application of radioisotopes in medicine, biology, veterinary sciences, agriculture, hydrology and industry; the application of ionizing radiation for food preservation and the sterilization of biomedical instruments; radiological protection and nuclear safety, as well as basic and applied scientific and technological research related to nuclear science. Statistics and the description of some of the training courses are given