Assuring a future US Based Nuclear Chemistry expertise

在化学系的支持下，美国国家科学院（NAS）的Dorothy Zolandz博士将建立一个由学术界和工业界专家组成的15人委员会，以评估美国国家对下一代核劳动力培训的需求。该小组将在华盛顿特区举行几次会议，并将起草一份报告，该报告将广泛分发给联邦机构、工业集团以及核化学界。以前的研究表明，美国可能面临着核与放射化学培训人员严重短缺的问题，但最近没有报告评估了国家需求、潜在的培训机会以及解决这一问题的可能办法。核能提供了美国大约20%的电能需求，放射性核素广泛用于工业和医学。这项研究将为新的培训模式提供有价值的指导，以确保美国在核、辐射和放射化学方面拥有足够的专业知识，以促进美国经济的持续增长和医疗保健的改善。

With the support of the Division of Chemistry, Dr. Dorothy Zolandz from the National Academies of Sciences (NAS) will establish a 15 member committee of experts from academia and industry to assess the US National needs for training of the next generation of the nuclear workforce. The group will meet several times in Washington D.C. and will draft a report that will be widely disseminated to federal agencies, industrial groups, as well as the nuclear chemistry community.Previous studies have suggested that the US may be facing a critical shortage of workers trained in nuclear and radiochemistry, but there have been no recent reports that have evaluated the national needs, potential training opportunities, and possible solutions to this problem. Nuclear energy provides approximately 20% of the US electrical energy requirements and radionuclides are widely used in industry and medicine. This study will provide valuable guidance for new training modalities to assure that the US has a workforce with adequate expertise in nuclear, radiation, and radiochemistry for the continued growth of the US economy and for improvements in health care.