Singapore (VNA) – Singapore on July 25 renewed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), to help train experts from developing countries in nuclear research.
The deal, known as the Third Country Training Programme, was jointly signed by Singaporean Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu and IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Gross.
Under the renewed agreement, Singapore will develop training programmes with IAEA to support developing member states through fellowships, scientific visits and training courses. Topics covered will include human health, industrial radiography, environmental radiography monitoring and analysis, and accelerator science.
Singapore strongly supports IAEA's focus on building the international community’s capabilities for safe, secure and peaceful applications of nuclear technology, said Minister Fu.
As a responsible member of the international community, Singapore actively participates in the IAEA's work to promote and uphold high standards of nuclear safety, security and safeguards, regionally and globally, she added.
The first agreement was inked in 2000 and then renewed in 2015. Accordingly, more than 140 participants from 27 countries were trained through 17 fellowships and seven capacity-building programmes.
These included both workshops and longer-term fellowship programmes, covering topics such as nuclear medicine, nuclear law, food safety and pest control./.
