Conveners
Training and Education in Nuclear Non-proliferation and Safeguards
- Claudio Gariazzo (USA)
- Elena Sokova (VCDNP)
Training and Education in Nuclear Non-proliferation and Safeguards
- Elena Sokova (VCDNP)
- Claudio Gariazzo (USA)
Andrea Braunegger-Guelich
(IAEA)
21/10/2014, 14:10
oral
The need for highly qualified and well trained experts in the area of nuclear safeguards and non-proliferation has been emphasized at several International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conferences and Board of Governors’ meetings. To meet this need, the IAEA has developed a training programme dedicated to assisting Member States in building-up knowledge, skills and attitudes required...
Masao Senzaki
(Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
21/10/2014, 14:30
oral
Developing human resources in the fields of nuclear nonproliferation and safeguards is critical to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy. The shortfall of human resources in such fields presents a serious challenge. It has, therefore, become important to urgently develop human resources and thereby to ensure. With a long experience in practicing Japan’s nuclear nonproliferation policy,...
Elena Sokova
(VCDNP (invited non-governmental organization))
21/10/2014, 14:50
oral
The James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) at the Monterey Institute of International Studies has been providing academic coursework and professional development training in nuclear non-proliferation, nuclear safeguards and security issues to graduate students and professionals for over two decades. Since 2011, the CNS also managers the Vienna Center for Disarmament and...
Willem Alfons Marc Janssens
(European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Transuranium Elements, Nuclear Security Unit)
21/10/2014, 15:10
oral
Although nuclear non-proliferation and safeguards are a continuous concern of the international community and discussed frequently at international fora and conferences, the academic world is not really on board with these topics. What we mean by this is that nuclear non-proliferation and safeguards is only very seldom part of a university curriculum. In the few cases where it does appear in...
Dmitriy Nikonov
(IAEA)
21/10/2014, 16:00
oral
This paper presents the work of the International Nuclear Security Education Network (INSEN) and the International Nuclear Security Training and Support Centre Network (NSSC) as the means to achieve sustainable human resource development in member states. The paper also examines how both security and safeguards can benefit from collaborative and coordinated activities when such networks focus...
Claudio Gariazzo
(Nuclear Security Science and Policy Institute)
21/10/2014, 16:20
oral
The MS degree in Nuclear Engineering – Nonproliferation at Texas A&M University is administered by the Nuclear Security Science and Policy Institute (NSSPI). The oldest and largest of its kind in the US, 45 MS and 15 PhD students conducted technical research in relevant areas: safeguards, nuclear security, nonproliferation, and arms control. In addition to focusing on graduate education with a...
