An Engineer with Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA), Engineer Ibrahim Abdulmajeed, has bagged the Early Career Scientist Award at the 2023 Science and Technology Conference in Vienna, Austria.
NNRA is the federal government entity responsible for nuclear safety and radiological protection regulation in Nigeria.
The award was presented to Abdulmajeed at the end of the Science and Technology conference series, SnT2023, hosted by the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO).
Abdulmajeed, who made a presentation on “Efforts, Challenges and Way Forward for the CTBT Entering into Force”, is a graduate of Mechanical Engineering from Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria.
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, and United States Department of Energy’s Under-Secretary for Nuclear Security and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Administrator, Jill Hruby, also made statements.
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu delivered a video message, commending SnT2023 for “serving as a valuable opportunity for representatives to engage one another.”
The bi-annual event brought together over 2,000 scientists, technologists, academics, journalists, Member States as well as civil society representatives from around the world.
It focused on recent advancements and methods in nuclear-test-ban monitoring, on-site inspection, and the diverse civil and scientific applications of the data collected by CTBTO’s global monitoring system.
The organization was set up in 1996 with its headquarters in Vienna. It is tasked with building up the verification regime of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty ahead of its entry into force, as well as promoting the Treaty’s universality.
