THE 2005 WORLD NUCLEAR UNIVERSITY SUMMER INSTITUTE: A NEW FOCUS ON INTERNATIONAL ISSUES IN NUCLEAR ENERGY EDUCATION

摘要

The World Nuclear University (WNU) was created in 2003 in a ceremony celebrating the 50th anniversary of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower's famous "Atoms for Peace" speech to the United Nations General Assembly. Four organizations created the founding support for WNU (See Figure 1.): the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) of the OECD, the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO), and the World Nuclear Association (WNA). The WNU mission is to strengthen the international community of people and institutions so as to guide and further develop: The safe and increasing use of nuclear power as the one proven technology able to produce clean energy on a large global scale; and The many valuable applications of nuclear science and technology that contribute to sustainable agriculture, medicine, nutrition, industrial development, management of fresh water resources and environmental protection.