...To contribute design and safety of advanced nuclear energy systems, The Department of Nuclear Engineering and Management has three major research fields such as design science of next generation reactors, nuclear fuel cycle engineering and ageing management of nuclear power plants....
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The Nuclear Energy issue spans more subjects in regard to international relations than anyone wants to think about. The focus is not whether we can make nuclear energy go away, we can't. The focus is about responsible management of nuclear technology and how it is used globally.
Some time ago, when the atom was split and then was applied as a weapon. Since that time benevolent use of nuclear technology has been used as an excuse to facilitate nuclear weapon technology. Not only that, but, the two countries with the most nuclear stores literally tried to insure their 'national security' by having more nuclear warheads that exhibited hundreds of times 'overkill.'
Is 'overkill' actually 'responsible' use of nuclear technology. I think not. So much for the most powerful knowing the 'best' for the use of its own ability to apply technology.
Nuclear Energy is a reality. The 'control' of its use and disposal of its waste still escapes the modern day use of that technology.
Is that 'responsible' use by the most powerful nations on Earth?
I think not.
