October 10, 2012
The Gulf Nuclear Energy Infrastructure Institute (GNEII) held a
two-day symposium and graduation ceremony on the Abu Dhabi campus
of Khalifa University on October 9 and 10 to mark the completion of
their 2012 program.
The symposium focused on nuclear safety, security, and
safeguards and featured the eleven capstone projects completed by
the GNEII fellows. The 2012 GNEII class consisted of 26 fellows
from five different countries. The capstone projects were the
culmination of the 16-week GNEII course. Four of the capstone
projects are already slated for publicatio...
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March 9, 2012
The Gulf Nuclear Energy Infrastructure Institute (GNEII) is set
to begin the second year of courses at the Abu Dhabi campus of
Khalifa University in the United Arab Emirates. The 2012
program will be divided into 4 month-long modules that will run
from March 4th until September with multi-week breaks in
between. Nineteen students from the Gulf region are currently
attending the courses, which cover the technical foundations of
nuclear energy, nuclear nonproliferation and safeguards, and
nuclear security and safety, followed by a capstone module in which
students research, prep...
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June 21, 2011
The Gulf Nuclear Energy Infrastructure Institute (GNEII)
celebrated the completion of its pilot course with a ceremony at
the Khalifa University campus in Abu Dhabi on May 19, 2011. A
total of ten Emirati students participated in the "Fundamentals"
module, a 12-week educational program focused on nuclear power and
nuclear safety, safeguards, and security. These students are
employees of three major, nuclear energy-related organizations in
the UAE, the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC), the
Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR), and the Critical
National Infr...
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February 23, 2011
A ceremony at the Khalifa University of Science, Technology, and
Research in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, was held Feb. 20 to
commemorate the official signing of a Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) between Khalifa University, the Texas Engineering Experiment
Station (TEES), and Sandia National Laboratories to jointly operate
the Gulf Nuclear Energy Infrastructure Institute (GNEII).
Located in Abu Dhabi, GNEII will be a Khalifa University institute
housing a regional education program offering both classroom
instruction and hands-on experience in topics related to nuclear
ener...
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June 11, 2010
The White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy has
listed the establishment of the Gulf Nuclear Energy Infrastructure
Institute (GNEII) and NSSPI's work with the Gulf States as number 5
in the list of the "Top 17 Science and Technology Activities" in
terms of "U.S. government science and technology engagement with
the muslim world" for the period of June 4, 2009 - June 4,
2010
According to the government fact sheet, GNEII "will work with Gulf
States through regional workshops and follow-up bilateral training
to assist those states that decide to pursue nuclear energy wi...
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April 12, 2010
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) and the Nuclear Security
Science and Policy Institute (NSSPI) at Texas A&M University
are working with Middle East regional partners to set up a nuclear
energy safety, safeguards, and security educational institute in
the Gulf region. SNL and NSSPI, partnered with the Khalifa
University of Science, Technology, and Research (KUSTAR), with
suppot from its key nuclear stakeholders, the Emirates Nuclear
Energy Corporation (ENEC), and the Federal Authority for Nuclear
Regulation (FANR), plan to jointly establish the institute in Abu
Dhabi.
The Gu...
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