The visit of the Minister of Higher Education to the Website of the Atomic Energy Authority and its Research Centers
The Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, Science and Technology conducted a field visit to the site of the Iraqi Atomic Energy Commission in Al-Tuwaitha, inspected its research centers and discussed with the directors of its formations a number of requirements for the necessary support from academic disciplines and specialized staff. The Minister of Education held a meeting with the supervisor of the nuclear activity formations and the officials of the scientific, engineering formations in the Atomic Energy Commission, and directed the necessity of institutional integration, investing the available scientific capabilities, strengthening the work environment with qualitative staff, enabling them to consolidate the areas of peaceful use of energy and benefiting from the scientific expertise working in Iraqi educational and academic institutions. During the meeting, he called for the formulation of a comprehensive strategic plan that includes the areas of full implementation of the Atomic Energy Commission law, drawing up training paths, maintaining laboratories, defining the specializations and certificates required for the work of the Atomic Energy Commission, in coordination with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and future prospects for cooperation with state institutions, while discussing the proposals and views presented by the directors. Formations in light of the objectives and tasks indicated in the Iraqi Atomic Energy Commission Law (43) of 2016. On his field tour, the Minister of Education inspected a number of laboratories affiliated to the Central Laboratories Directorate and the mobile laboratory equipped by the European Union, and visited some sites for the treatment of radioactive waste.
