From June 15 – 22, the TEES Center for Nuclear Security Science and Policy Initiatives coordinated with Argonne National Laboratory to provide an International Nuclear Facilities Experience (INFE) that allowed graduate-level engineering and policy students from US universities and early career professionals from US national laboratories to visit nuclear facilities in foreign countries. This year […]
Chirayath Named Specially Appointed Associate Professor in the Tokyo Tech World Research Hub Initiative
Center for Nuclear Security Science and Policy Initiatives (NSSPI) Director and Associate Professor of nuclear engineering at Texas A&M University Dr. Sunil Chirayath has been named to the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) World Research Hub Initiative (WRHI) as a specially appointed associate professor. WRHI is part of the Institute of Innovative Research at Tokyo […]
NSSPI Leads Domestic Nuclear Facilities Experience for Students
From May 13 through 17, the Center for Nuclear Security Science and Policy Initiatives (NSSPI) led a Domestic Nuclear Facilities Experience (DNFE) in New Mexico. The tour included visits to a series of operational nuclear fuel cycle facilities and national laboratories, including Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), the Waste Isolation Pilot […]
NSSPI Helps Conduct Workshop at PDPU in India
From May 14 through 16, the Center for Nuclear Security Science and Policy Initiatives (NSSPI) collaborated with Sandia and Oak Ridge National Laboratories to provide technical support for a workshop titled “Incorporating both Technical and Human Elements to Reduce Hazards and Vulnerabilities in Sensitive Facilities” organized by the Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU) in Gandhinagar, […]
INMM Student Chapter Holds Workshop on Advanced Reactor Safeguards
In April, the Texas A&M Student Chapter of the Institute for Nuclear Materials Management (INMM) hosted a professional workshop on advanced reactor safeguards in College Station with support from the Center for Nuclear Security Science and Policy Initiatives (NSSPI). “With advanced reactors being a very hot topic in the nuclear industry today,” said Mario Mendoza, […]