AMMAN —
Chairman of the
Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) Khaled Toukan held a
special workshop for high school students from outside Jordan at the
Synchrotron-Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East
(SESAME) in Allan, Balqa governorate, according to the Jordan News Agency,
Petra.
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The
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) organized Sunday’s workshop, which included IAEA experts and 31 secondary
school students, and teachers from Oman, Malaysia, and the Philippines, who won
the IAEA’s Nuclear Science and Technology (NST) Education Competition for the
Asia-Pacific region in 2021.
The workshop’s objective is to inform participants
about how nuclear science and technology can help the world achieve the
sustainable development goals set by the UN to support global social and
economic development.
The workshop includes lectures by IAEA experts as
well as visits to Jordanian nuclear facilities, such as the Jordanian nuclear
reactor for research and training, SESAME, and the Jordan Uranium Mining
Company in Swaqa, south.
In opening remarks, Toukan welcomed high school
students from outside Jordan and emphasized the significance of incorporating
nuclear energy concepts into school curricula worldwide to educate the younger
generation about the significance of nuclear energy as a clean energy source
with multiple applications, including medicine, food, materials science, and
desalination.
He highlighted Jordanian achievements such as the
Jordanian nuclear reactor for research and training, and its use in the
production of medical radioactive isotopes, the Jordanian uranium project, and
the SESAME Center.
Toukan said that
the production of medical radioactive isotopes like iodine and holmium is currently
being increased, and that plans are being made to use neutron irradiation
technology in the research reactor to produce the radioactive isotopes of
technetium and iridium for industrial uses.
For her part, Marina Binti Mishar, IAEA Section
Head, Division for Asia and the Pacific, Department of Technical Cooperation,
praised Jordan’s nuclear program and the knowledge gained in areas related to
nuclear energy applications, which prompted the agency to select Jordan to host
this workshop as well as other regional workshops and activities.
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