VCDNP Executive Director Elena K. Sokova was joined by IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi and Charles Oppenheimer, founder of the Oppenheimer Project and grandson of J. Robert Oppenheimer, for a conversation on the past, present, and future of nuclear energy.
Senior Research Associate Noah Mayhew and Senior Fellow Ingrid Kirsten discussed safeguards by design and stakeholder engagement at the IAEA’s first International Conference on Small Modular Reactors and their Applications.
The VCDNP and its partners convened African policymakers and regulators, small modular reactor developers, and international experts, including from philanthropic and financial institutions as well as the IAEA, to discuss challenges and opportunities for the deployment of small modular reactors in Africa.
VCDNP Senior Research Associates Anthony Stott and Ingrid Kirsten co-authored a paper on the peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology in developing countries.
The VCDNP organised a panel to discuss the experience of nuclear regulators in Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, and Malaysia in addressing nuclear safety and security and the support provided to them by the IAEA.
The VCDNP’s case study and its associated fact sheet on expanding access to peaceful uses of nuclear power examine the factors that drive Ghana’s progress in implementing a nuclear power programme.
On 7 July 2022, the VCDNP hosted a webinar on the benefits of accelerator and X-ray technologies and their potential to expand access to nuclear technologies for health, the environment and food security in developing countries
In a new article in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Noah Mayhew and co-authors argue that safety should not remain a barrier to the expansion of nuclear power.
The VCDNP hosted a panel discussion on planning for a nuclear power programme, including the role of safety and security, as well as they challenges they faced and how those challenges were addressed.
Carnegie Senior Fellow Mark Hibbs held a seminar on 14 September 2018 at the VCDNP on the findings of his new report, "The Future of Nuclear Power in China."
On 18 September, VCDNP hosted a seminar by Mr. Bento Costa Lima Leite de Albuquerque, Jr., the Director General of Navy Nuclear and Technology Development in the Brazilian Navy.
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