What is nuclear materials management?
Ever wonder who’s watching the “hot stuff”? You know – the radioactive material that, when used rightly, benefits us in many ways, from healing our diseases to lighting and heating our homes, but can also cause harm if it is not protected and controlled. Nuclear materials management professionals around the world are the ones keeping tabs on the world’s nuclear material and developing technologies to keep it (and us) safe. How do nuclear materials management professionals do this? They develop international standards and treaties and safe means of packaging and transporting nuclear materials – including spent fuel. They develop systems and technologies to protect nuclear facilities and materials and safe and effective measures to store and dispose of nuclear materials. They are engineers, physicists, mathematicians, accountants, linguists and even historians. What is the INMM? The Institute of Nuclear Materials Management is the premier scientific and educational organization committed
