Innovations in Nuclear Infrastructure and Education

Bernard, John

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

关键词: Nuclear Medicine;    Radiochemistry;    62 Radiology And Nuclear Medicine;    Neutrons;    22 General Studies Of Nuclear Reactors;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1004575
RP-ID  :  DOE/ID/14420
RP-ID  :  FG07-02ID14420
RP-ID  :  1004575

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The decision to implement the Innovation in Nuclear Infrastructure and Engineering Program (INIE) was an important first step towards ensuring that the United States preserves its worldwide leadership role in the field of nuclear science and engineering. Prior to INIE, university nuclear science and engineering programs were waning, undergraduate student enrollment was down, university research reactors were being shut down, while others faced the real possibility of closure. For too long, cutting edge research in the areas of nuclear medicine, neutron scattering, radiochemistry, and advanced materials was undervalued and therefore underfunded. The INIE program corrected this lapse in focus and direction and started the process of drawing a new blueprint with positive goals and objectives that supports existing as well the next generation of educators, students and researchers.