February 25, 2014
Note to NNTG Members
Your
semi-annual Nuclear Nonproliferation Technical Group (NNTG) newsletter
should be forthcoming in April, but as chairman I thought I would go
ahead and send a message to all members (with an embedded request).
With 123
agreements, saber-rattling in North Korea and six-party talks about
Iran, it continues to be an interesting time in the field of
nonproliferation. Below I am providing some links to a sampling of
articles of interest, most of which are related directly to
nonproliferation. Thanks go to Gene Carpenter, the NNTG treasurer, for
bringing most of these to my attention. In particular, I recommend the
last article, an excellent piece by Fred McGoldrick and Matt Bunn on
nuclear
cooperation agreements that appeared in the Los Angeles Times late last
year.
Now I get to
the request. I leave the chairmanship of the NNTG in June, and I would
like to be able to say that I turn it over to Morris Hassler with a
strengthened infrastructure. Toward that end, I am looking for
volunteers to serve in three specific capacities, outlined below.
Program
Committee – Organizes paper and panel sessions for national meetings and
topical meetings and works with ANS to get them scheduled. Currently,
the Program Committee consists exclusively of its chairman, Chris
Robinson of Y-12.
Communications
Committee – Oversees internal and external communications including the
NNTG Newsletter, the website, and social media. Currently, we have no
"committee", but Michaela Hoffman handles the newsletter and Lenka
Kollar handles the website and social media.
Honors and
Awards Committee – Establishing an NNTG award has been discussed from
time to time, and we need to move into action mode. There is no active
committee.
Our
Technical Group (potentially, down the road, a Division) would be better
served if these responsibilities could be spread among a group rather
than placed with one or a few people. It would help mitigate the "beer
truck" syndrome, and it would give opportunities to any member who has
an interest in getting more involved in NNTG activities.
Accordingly, if you have an interest in being involved in any one (or more) of these areas, please let me know by e-mail at steve.nesbit@duke-energy.com
. I hasten to add that in today's virtual world you do not have to
attend the national meetings in order to support these activities.
Thanks for your consideration of these opportunities, and be on the lookout for the next NNTG Newsletter in a month or so.
Steve Nesbit
Chairman, Nuclear Nonproliferation Technical Group
American Nuclear Society
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