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ANS and INMM host webinar on digital twins and safeguards
The American Nuclear Society and the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management recently cohosted a webinar exploring recent advancements in digital twins for nuclear safeguards.
The program featured a panel of experts in digital twin research, including Manuel Kreutle of Forschungszentrum Jülich, Nick Luciano of the University of Texas–Austin, Ryan Stewart of Idaho National Laboratory, and Pavel Tsvetkov of Texas A&M University. Luis Ocampo Giraldo of the National Nuclear Security Administration moderated the talk.
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Senior Vice President of Policy Development and Public Affairs
NEI
John Kotek is Senior Vice President for Policy and Public Affairs at the Nuclear Energy Institute, and is President of Nuclear Matters, a grassroots coalition of nuclear energy advocates. From 2015-2017, John served as Acting Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy in the US Department of Energy. John was Staff Director to the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future, which in 2012 recommended a new strategy for the U.S. nuclear waste management program. John has also served as a Congressional fellow, an R&D program manager at Argonne National Laboratory-West in Idaho, and as a public affairs consultant. He holds a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Illinois and an MBA from the University of Maryland.
