US and Tunisia to Cooperate on Nuclear Safeguards, Nonproliferation and Peaceful Nuclear Energy Infrastructure



The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced on wednesday that it has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation on nuclear safeguards and other nonproliferation topics with the Tunisia Ministry of Higher Education.

NNSA Administrator Thomas D’Agostino and Dr. Adel Trabelsi, Director General of Tunisia’s Centre National des Sciences et Technologies Nucléaires (CNSTN), signed the memorandum at a ceremony at the International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference in Vienna, Austria.


According to a press release published on US department of energy site (energy.gov) this Memorandum of Cooperation allows NNSA’s Office of Nonproliferation and International Security to cooperate with Tunisia in areas such as human resource development; nuclear safeguards and security; radiation protection; environmental, safety and health issues; low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste management; and reactor operations, safety, and best practices.



US and Tunisia to Cooperate on Nuclear Safeguards, Nonproliferation and Peaceful Nuclear Energy InfrastructureTunisia aims to have an atomic power plant up and running by 2020, allowing it to produce 900 megawatts of electricity, the equivalent of 20 percent of the country''s energy needs.
The power station would help make up for dwindling production at Tunisia''s oil fields. The country spends heavily on energy imports to power its electricity network.
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Tounis watani  (Canada)  |Vendredi 24 Septembre 2010 à 15h 54m |           
Pourquoi on engage pas des cies arabe. pour quoi faire rentrer les américains chez nous

Wissem  (Canada)  |Vendredi 24 Septembre 2010 à 10h 38m |           
Jordan and tunis are the same they obey to america for everything...

Verdadero  (United States)  |Vendredi 24 Septembre 2010 à 07h 19m |           
Signer avec une agence d'un pays (surtout celle de l'oncle sam) et non avec une instance internationale n'est pas une bonne decision! c'est pas du tout intelligent surtout qu'il y'avait moyen d'eviter (pas d'obligation).

vas y, maintenant la porte ouverte aux ordres et aux dictees (fallait apprendre de ce qui ce passe avec les jordaniens...)

@babnet  (Tunisia)  |Vendredi 24 Septembre 2010 à 01h 34m |           
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