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Links and Headlines Texas A&M Nuclear Engineering students take part in DOE’s Foreign Field Experience “Last October, five Texas A&M University nuclear engineering students, sponsored by the Nuclear Security Science and Policy Institute (NSSPI) at A&M, met in Switzerland with six Russian students from INPE and MEPhI. Over a six-day period, they toured some of the top nuclear facilities in the world.” (Aggie Engineering Weekly, 17 Jan. 2008) Homeland Security Inside and Out A weekly radio show on public radio available worldwide at KAMU Radio featuring interviews with key leaders at the federal, state, and local levels of government, plus senior leaders in the private sector, academic community, and national press. Listen live, access all the old programs, or subscribe to their podcast. U.S. Research Reactor Converts to LEU Fuel Texas A&M University has finished converting a nuclear research reactor from using weapon-usable highly enriched uranium fuel to low-enriched uranium, the U.S. Energy Department announced Friday. (10-16-06) In spring 2005, under the leadership of Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering William S. Charlton, Texas A&M University became host to the first student chapter of the INMM. Since that time, the chapter has grown to include nearly 35 members, 20 of whom attended the Annual Meeting this year in Nashville. In addition, Charlton has bolstered nuclear nonproliferation work at Texas A&M by founding the Nuclear Security Science and Policy Institute (NSSPI) and a graduate degree program in Nuclear Nonproliferation and International Security. (Oct 2006) When most of us think about nuclear and radiological nonproliferation, we think of diplomats and high-level international negotiations. Nuclear engineer William Charlton thinks of technology and education (2006). Nuclear energy brings with it a risk that nuclear fuel and nuclear capabilities could be used to produce nuclear or radiological weapons. Ensuring that nuclear energy is used peacefully is the task of the nonproliferation expert. Diplomats get the spotlight in nonproliferation. But engineers and scientists can play an important role, too. (2006) The Nuclear Security Science and Policy Institute (NSSPI) is a university-based entity that focuses on graduate education, research, and service on a variety of topics related to the safeguarding of nuclear materials and the reduction of nuclear threats. NSSPI works in collaboration with our national laboratory and other partners to develop technological solutions to problems associated with the malicious use of nuclear materials and to study policy issues related to nuclear security. Congratulations to our 2006 Student Paper Contest winners! James Miller, Richard Metcalf and Michael Swanzy will all receive round trip airfare and hotel accommodations to attend the 47th Annual INMM Meeting in Nashville, TN, sponsored by the INMM Student Activities Committee (Chairman: Mark Leek) and the Texas A&M Chapter. The first student chapter in the history of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM) has been formed this semester at Texas A&M University. INMM aims to promote education and research in the field of nuclear materials management, with an emphasis on nuclear nonproliferation, accountability, and international safeguards and materials control. (10-14-05) |
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