New skills for the Energy Transition: Corporate Specializing Master launched in collaboration with Ansaldo Nucleare

On September 29, 2025, the inauguration ceremony for the Corporate Specializing Master Program in “Technologies for Nuclear Power Plants” took place in Genoa, at the headquarters of Ansaldo Energia. The program was developed in close collaboration between Ansaldo Nucleare and the Department of Energy of Politecnico di Milano.

This second-level Specializing Master aims to train specialists in the nuclear sector, which is expected to play an increasingly central role in the energy transition. The 26 participants, selected from over 300 applicants, have already been hired on permanent contracts by Ansaldo Nucleare and will gradually be involved in the company’s industrial and technological development projects.

The program, coordinated by Professor Marco Ricotti of the Department of Energy, began on October 1, 2025. It requires a commitment of 1,500 hours, including nearly 400 hours of lectures delivered by professors from the Politecnico di Milano; members of CIRTEN (International Consortium for Nuclear Technology Research); faculty from the University of Genoa; researchers from the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN); and experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Italian Nuclear Association (AIN), SOGIN-Nucleco, and the Joint Research Centre.

Speakers at the ceremony included: Fabrizio Fabbri (CEO of Ansaldo Energia), Silvia Salis (Mayor of Genoa), Paolo Ripamonti (Regional Councillor for Energy, Liguria Region), Senator Maria Alessandra Gallone (Advisor to the Italian Minister of University and Research), Daniela Gentile (CEO of Ansaldo Nucleare), Stefano Monti (President of the Italian Nuclear Association), Aurelio Regina (President of Fondimpresa and Chairman of the Confindustria Energy Technical Group), Irma Belardi (Head of People Development, Ansaldo Energia), Marco Ricotti (Director of the Specializing Master, President of the CIRTEN Consortium, and Full Professor of Nuclear Systems at the Politecnico di Milano), Michele Frignani (Deputy Director of the Specializing Master and Vice President Nuclear Technologies and Product Development of Ansaldo Nucleare), and Vittorio Braccia and Federica Zanone (representing the Specializing Master’s participants).

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On September 29, 2025, the Specializing Master program in “Technologies for Nuclear Power Plants” was inaugurated in Genoa at Ansaldo Energia. The program was developed in close collaboration between Ansaldo Nucleare and the Department of Energy at Politecnico di Milano. The 26 participants, selected from over 300 applicants, have already been hired by Ansaldo Nucleare. The Specializing Master, coordinated by Professor Marco Ricotti and designed to train specialists in the nuclear sector, began on October 1 and includes 1,500 hours of training. Lectures are delivered by university professors and experts from national and international institutions.

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