Educational Potential and Benefit Of Practical Involvement of High School Pupils in Environmental Radioactivity Evaluation

It is necessary: • to provide knowledge in the area of radioactivity and nuclear domain to younger generation students (14-18 years old) in order to create their interest. This can help them to consider a future business in the nuclear activities; • to rectify the misconceptions and irrational fears that the media and social networks create. Making them themselves participate in measuring background radioactivity and engaging them in citizen science projects are a way of achieving these objectives. This willingness to engage students and citizens as stakeholders and to inform them even on negative aspects can also be seen as a way of underpinning the credibility of the institutions.