The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is supporting the ICEM 2023 International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management to be held at the International Conference Centre Stuttgart, Germany, 3-6 October 2023.
The American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the IAEA are committed to stimulate and broaden the perspectives of students in areas related to nuclear energy. Therefore, ASME, in support with IAEA are excited to bring a student competition to ICEM 2023.
The contest intends to foster the construction of the background conditions for a participatory decision-making process regarding decommissioning and environmental remediation activities. The process being simulated in this contest involves dealing with relatively complex situations which will demand appreciation of technical, social and economic information, with the objective of achieving an approach to dealing with proposed scenarios.
The approach replaces the traditional decide—communicate—defend approach.
- The Student Contest will be an included option for students registering for ICEM 2023 if they wish to participate.
- There is a question to gauge interest in the registration process, but you can also join on site.
- There will be a welcome session on 4 October at the conference to introduce the contest, form teams, display scenarios and the contest process.
- Different groups will be formed on site. On their turn, the groups will choose from different scenarios where remediation or decommissioning apply (one scenario can be taken by more than one group).
- Results will be presented on the final day of the conference (6 October).
- Groups will work on their own time during the conference to formulate results.
If you are an undergraduate or graduate student developing your studies in areas of decommissioning, environmental remediation, waste management, policy making, social sciences you are invited to participate in ICEM and be part of this contest. Likewise if you have students or interns with the background mentioned above, please consider having them attend ICEM 2023 and being part of the contest. Further information is available here.