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EARIS Metric - Survey

Thu, 7 Mar 2024 19:00:00 GMT

A metric has been developed by a team at ORNL to evaluate advanced reactor designs for international safeguards.

Your opinion is crucial in quantifying this metric through the survey link provided here (or using the QR code): https://forms.office.com/g/DnNM9fhvK0.

Please feel free to share this survey link with your colleagues as well.

Thank you for your cooperation and support!

Regards,

Manit Shah

Verification Technologies Engineer, ORNL

+1-865-231-0688

shahmd@ornl.gov

ORNL: https://www.ornl.gov/staff-profile/manit-d-shah

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manit-shah-ab710923/

Nuclear Innovation Bootcamp, 2024

Fri, 23 Feb 2024 16:31:00 GMT

The Nuclear Innovation Bootcamp seeks to train students and early career professionals in skills essential to innovation in nuclear energy while executing group projects. The program consists of expert-led sessions, team-building exercises, and group project design time.

Bootcamp Curriculum

Participants leave the Bootcamp with an in depth understanding of innovation issues specific to nuclear in the 21st century

Venture fundamentals
Methods for idea generation and critique
Cross-cutting needs in nuclear energy systems
Product development and marketing
Generation IV designs
Community and Stakeholder engagement
Venture and Institutional Financing
Climate Change and Environmental Justice
Challenges and opportunities for nuclear in the 21st century energy landscape
Licensing, legal issues, and government/NGO support

Participants are selected amongst the most qualified students and young professionals in nuclear. Time in the bootcamp is spent on four key areas.

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2023 James Timbie Forum on Arms Control and Nonproliferation

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 22:54:00 GMT

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureaus of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance (AVC) and International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN) cordially invite you to attend the 2023 James Timbie Forum on Arms Control and Nonproliferation. This event will focus on fostering new voices and ideas to reduce the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction and other unconventional weapons. Please click HERE for more information

INMM Statement Related to War in Ukraine

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 22:31:00 GMT

The Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM) is an international professional society dedicated to the safe handling and storage of nuclear and other radioactive materials. The INMM has chapters – consisting of members who are valued colleagues – in both Ukraine and Russia, and many of us are worried about family members, friends and colleagues in both nations. War is antithetical to the INMM’s goal of managing sensitive nuclear material through cooperation and education, and we share the world’s concern for the citizens of both countries who will face adversity in the coming days, weeks and months because of it.

As the world watches the war involve the Chornobyl and Zaporizhzhye Nuclear Power facilities, and other locations throughout Ukraine, the INMM would like to stress that the safety and security of nuclear facilities must be protected by all sides in this conflict. We applaud the efforts of Ukraine with respect to nuclear safety, security and safeguards during this conflict and call for continued safety and security of all nuclear facilities in Ukraine as well as the protection of Ukrainian nuclear facilities and nuclear legacy infrastructure, to the extent possible under current conditions. We appreciate the International Atomic Energy Agency’s intervention. The 1,000+ members of the INMM extend a sincere offer of support to our colleagues from both nations to determine necessary steps to ensure that these facilities and their associated materials are protected until this conflict has ceased. We are available to assist in any way we can.

The INMM’s vision statement is, “Global peace, security, and prosperity through the responsible stewardship of nuclear and other radioactive materials.” Let us all continue to support this vision through our work and our respect for all the world’s people.

Additional information on the evolving situation can be found on the IAEA’s website at https://www.iaea.org/ukraine-conflict.

Radiological Security Workshop

Tue, 2 Apr 2024 15:12:00 GMT

This one-day seminar will provide an overview of radiological security including discussions around new strategies and technologies, as well as equipment demonstrations. You will also learn about ways to mitigate the potential security risks from high-activity radioactive sources through the use of accelerator technologies such as X-ray and electron beam in place of source-based technologies.

For more information click here.

IAEA/INMM Practical Agreement

Fri, 12 Nov 2021 20:35:45 GMT

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Institute of Nuclear Material Management (INMM) signed a Practical Arrangement on August 23, 2021, during the IAEA/ESARDA Virtual Annual Meeting. The Practical Arrangement is the first such agreement to be signed between the IAEA and INMM. It covers a three-year period and provides a framework for enhanced cooperation between the INMM and the IAEA. . The objective is to set forth the framework for non-exclusive cooperation between the Parties in the area of international safeguards, nuclear security, and nuclear materials management, with particular emphasis on awareness raising, capacity building, information exchange, and participation in one another's events, to further strengthen these domains. Mr. Max Aparo, IAEA Deputy General Department of Safeguards, and Susan Pepper, President of INMM, signed the document.

See the document HERE