In December, TEES Nuclear Security Science and Policy Institute (NSSPI) Instructional Designer Kelley Ragusa traveled to Vienna, Austria to participate in the IAEA International Conference on Nuclear Security: Commitments and Actions. Ragusa delivered a presentation titled “Preparing the Next Generation of Nuclear Security Professionals-The Technology/Policy Nexus,” which discussed nuclear security training and education being carried […]
Ambassador Dengo of Costa Rica Visits with NSSPI Faculty and Students
The week of March 23, NSSPI hosted Ambassador Ana Teresa Dengo Benavides of Costa Rica. Ambassador Dengo served an extensive term as Costa Rica’s Ambassador to Austria and its Permanent Representative to the United Nations starting in August 2006. She concurrently served as the Chairperson of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) Preparatory Commission […]
NSSPI Represents Texas A&M at IAEA Safeguards Symposium
Nuclear Security Science & Policy Institute (NSSPI) staff members, Dr. Sunil Chirayath and Claudio Gariazzo, along with nuclear engineering graduate student Royal Elmore, traveled to Vienna, Austria to participate in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) symposium on “International Safeguards: Linking Strategy, Implementation and People” held October 20-24. The symposium provided an opportunity for participants […]
IAEA Director General Amano Meets with NSSPI Leadership
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano met with NSSPI Director Dr. William Charlton, NSSPI Deputy Director Dr. David Boyle, Nuclear Power Institute (NPI) Director Dr. Lee Peddicord, and Dr. Yassin Hassan, head of the department of nuclear engineering at Texas A&M University as part of his visit to the campus last week. […]