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21 Feb 2023
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On 16 and 17 February 2023 ISTC attended a hybrid meeting of nuclear experts in Accra, Ghana, convened by the African Center for Science and International Security (AFRICSIS) and funded by the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). Main topics on its agenda pertained to the incentives and external assistance to African countries […]
2 Feb 2023
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On 2 and 3 February 2023, the Department of Political Sciences of the University of South Africa (UNISA) organized a webinar titled “The Politics of Nuclear Waste ”. ISTC participated in the event that gathered young researchers and experts in the nuclear field. Some of them had previously taken part in ISTC-implemented projects in Africa […]
19 Jan 2023
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On 17 and 18 January 2023, ISTC participated in a webinar organized by the African Center for Science and International Security (AFRICSIS) and sponsored by the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), designed as a forum for promoting the universalization and effective implementation of the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material […]
15 Sep 2022
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On 15 September 2022, the final activity took place within the EU-funded Project Support to the Southern African States in Nuclear Safety that ISTC implemented in the last four years. That was an online course on the safe transportation of naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM). The course attracted the attention of nuclear regulators and operators from SADC […]
24 Jun 2022
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ISTC participated in the International Conference on the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources: Accomplishments and Future Endeavours, convened by the IAEA and the Weapons Threat Reduction Program of Global Affairs Canada, from 20 to 24 June 2022 in Vienna. The event brought together more than 600 senior government officials, and representatives from organizations involved in […]
18 May 2022
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On 13 May 2022, the South Africa Institute for International Affairs (SAIIA) convened in Pretoria a conference entitled Loud and Nuclear: The Peaceful Application of Nuclear Science and Technology in the Development Agenda. The event crowned SAIIA’s ‘Atoms 4 Development Project’, funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Presenters and participants at three panel discussions […]
11 Apr 2022
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On 7 and 8 April the Joint Meeting of the Steering Committee of EU Project MC 5.01/15B and the SADC Nuclear Regulators Network (NRN) continued its sessions at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, covering an extensive agenda and taking stock of the achievements of the Project. The South African expert Paul Hinrichsen, Coordinator of the FNRBA Working […]
7 Apr 2022
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SADC nuclear regulators from Angola, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Madagascar, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe got together on 6 April at Victoria Falls, for a three-day Joint Meeting of the Project MC 5.01 15B Steering Committee and Working Group and the SADC Nuclear Regulators Network (NRN). The meeting that marked the tenth anniversary of […]
30 Mar 2022
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International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) is currently conducting the second phase of the EU-funded Project MC 5.01 15B Support to the Southern African States (SADC) in Nuclear Safety and Safeguards. The main objective of the Project is to strengthen and harmonize the nuclear regulatory frameworks in the participating countries for sustainable uranium mining, milling, processing […]
11 Feb 2022
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11 february 2022 International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) is currently conducting the second phase of the EU-funded Project MC 5.01 15B Support to the Southern African States (SADC) in Nuclear Safety and Safeguards. The main objective of the Project is to strengthen and harmonize the nuclear regulatory frameworks in the participating countries for sustainable uranium […]