Simon Adu - Ghana

Simon ADU is a Research Scientist at the Radiation Protection Institute of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission since 2009. Parallel to his research scientist position, he is a Ph.D. candidate at the School of Nuclear and Allied Sciences (SNAS) where he equally obtained his Master of Philosophy in Radiation Protection in 2008. He is also a graduate of the University of Cape (Bachelor of Science in Physics (Hons), 2005) and teaches courses in nuclear safety and security since 2011.

Simon ADU

He is involved in IAEA/ KCL Professional Development Course on Nuclear Security Education. He has participated many training and development workshop around the world including IAEA Workshop on Synergy between Safety and Security of a Research reactors in Vienna, Professional Development Course on Nuclear Security Education at King’s College London, IAEA-ICTP International School on Nuclear Security in Trieste, IAEA International workshop on Developing Safety Infrastructure for a Research reactor in an Emerging Nuclear power State in Illinois, IAEA Interregional Workshop on Regulatory Authority Information System (RAIS) in Vienna, International training Course on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials and nuclear facilities in New Mexico, and IAEA Regional training Course on Physical Protection of Research reactor in Cairo. His research interests include nuclear security, reactor safety and HEU minimization.

Description

He is a 2012 visiting scholar to the Technical Nonproliferation and Disarmament Project of the United Kingdom – Norway Initiative hosted by the Center for Accelerator-based Research and Energy Physics. His research focuses on how and why to clean up HEU in Africa. Part of his research include the use of SCALE 6.1, a comprehensive modeling and simulation suite for nuclear safety analysis and design, to develop models towards the  analysis of nuclear reactor core conversion feasibility from HEU to LEU. Towards the end of his scholarship, he will participate in full scale simulations of warhead dismantlement verification regimes.

Published Apr. 16, 2012 2:29 PM