The Czech Technical University, Prague and RAWRA are working together to launch the Josef Visitor Centre project
On 30 June 2010 the Czech Technical University in Prague (ČVUT) submitted to the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports an application for support for its Josef Visitor Centre project which will be developed under the Ministry’s Research and Development for Innovation operational programme. RAWRA is involved as the project partner.
The ČVUT in cooperation with RAWRA proposes to construct an entertainment and education centre the aim of which is to popularise science and technology with a focus on the presentation of the nuclear fuel cycle and relevant technologies.
The ČVUT has recently opened the Josef experimental mine gallery, located approximately 50km south of Prague, close to the Slapy dam, for use as an underground experimental and educational facility one of the principal advantages of which is its proximity to the Czech Republic’s capital city.
Building an entertainment and education centre on the site adjoining the mine gallery will provide a unique complex which will offer a combination of fun-based learning and practical experience. The aim of the newly-built Josef Visitor Centre will be the popularisation of science and technology in an illustrative and at the same time entertaining way by means of a combination of exhibits, interactive models and audiovisual communication technology. Visitors to the education centre will have the opportunity to explore an authentic, working underground facility featuring a host of different geological formations.
The project will be beneficial for both partners since issues surrounding the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, e.g. deep geological repositories, and the geological sciences are closely interlinked.
If the application for support for this unique project is approved, the Josef Visitor Centre hopes to welcome its first visitors in the autumn of 2012.
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