A total of 8 fellows from RCA Member States have been accepted for 2005 Post-doctoral Fellowship (Training) Programme initiated by RCARO. They will be invited to KAERI and KIRAMS beginning from mid-April for a 6-month for attachment to various R&D projects including neutron activation analysis and development of medical cyclotron. Acceptance notices have already been forwarded to the related National RCA Representatives for administrative procedures.

RCARO has been initiating post-doctoral fellowship (training) programme since its inception in 2002. In 2002, a total of 13 fellows completed their post-doctoral progarmme at various nuclear R&D institutions in Korea. In 2003, the number was 3 through 8 fellows accepted. The decrease was mainly by SARS prevailed in the region. In 2004, the number was 7. For 2005, 8 fellows were finally accepted after careful review by the each project manager. Through this post-doctoral fellowship (training) programme, RCARO hopes to contribute to preserve and enhance nuclear knowledge of the RCA Member States.

The R&D projects in which the fellows will be attached are neutron activation analysis,
development of medical cyclotron for radioisotope production, development of new biological agents to enhance effective radiation therapy, evaluation of nuclear data for future R&D, development of advanced research reactor fuel cladding materials, reactor physics and fuel cycle analysis of the sustainable nuclear reactor system, and so on.