Graduate Research Assistant Program for Professional Development at Oak Ridge National Laboratory Global Nuclear Security Technology Division

摘要

The Southeast is a highly suitable environment for establishing a series of courses for professionaldevelopment in the related fields of nuclear safety, security, and safeguards . Oak Ridge National Laboratory(ORNL) provides expertise in the research component of these subjects while the Y-12 National SecurityComplex handles their applications. Several universities in the region that offer nuclear engineering andpublic policy administration programs (i.e., the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK), North CarolinaState University, the University of Michigan, and the Georgia Institute of Technology) and the Howard BakerCenter for Public Policy make this an ideal environment for learning. More recently, the Institute for NuclearSecurity was established among ORNL, Y-12, UTK, and Oak Ridge Associate Universities, with a focus onfive principal areas: policy, law, and diplomacy; education and training; science and technology; operationaland intelligence capability building; and real-world missions and applications. This is a new approach thatincludes professional development within the ORNL graduate research assistant program to address globalneeds in nuclear security, safety, and safeguards.