ANSTO’s international linkages with research collaborators, commercial partners, and industrial innovators are ensuring that the organisation remains at the forefront of efforts to address some of the most complex challenges facing the global community.
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| ANSTO CEO Adi Paterson with Dr Jong Kyung Kim. |
As the ANSTO Nuclear Medicine Project progresses towards becoming a major global supplier of Mo-99, such linkages with key partners will become even more important for the organisation.
Government, International and External Relations (GIER) is building and strengthening ANSTO’s vital links to the international community. One example of where this work is providing beneficial outcomes for the organisation is in our interactions with South Korea.
Recently, GIER has been working closely with ANSTO’s researchers and commercial operators to reinforce connections with our South Korean counterparts, capitalising on new commercial opportunities, delivering innovative education experiences and renewing our research relationships.
Recently, GIER has been working closely with ANSTO’s researchers and commercial operators to reinforce connections with our South Korean counterparts, capitalising on new commercial opportunities, delivering innovative education experiences and renewing our research relationships.
Recognising the mutual benefits that might be borne out of closer collaboration with ANSTO, the Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) recently suggested that the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between KAERI and ANSTO should be reviewed and revitalised.
Having been initially agreed in 1990, the existing MOU did not incorporate the many developments in our relationship, and in nuclear science and technology more broadly, that have taken place over the last 24 years.
As a country that is growing in influence in the region and becoming a major supplier of nuclear technology, ANSTO is very keen to strengthen its relationship with South Korea.
With this in mind, a new MOU was negotiated that provides scope for collaboration in research reactor utilisation and operation, radiopharmaceutical production, and any other mutually beneficial activities that may come up in the future. The new MOU was signed at a ceremony in Chicago on 24 August 2014.
Having been initially agreed in 1990, the existing MOU did not incorporate the many developments in our relationship, and in nuclear science and technology more broadly, that have taken place over the last 24 years.
As a country that is growing in influence in the region and becoming a major supplier of nuclear technology, ANSTO is very keen to strengthen its relationship with South Korea.
With this in mind, a new MOU was negotiated that provides scope for collaboration in research reactor utilisation and operation, radiopharmaceutical production, and any other mutually beneficial activities that may come up in the future. The new MOU was signed at a ceremony in Chicago on 24 August 2014.
As the ANSTO Nuclear Medicine Project comes to fruition, strong relationships with regional partners will be all the more important to expanding ANSTO’s share of the global market.
The signing of the new KAERI-ANSTO MOU paves the way for new collaboration with KAERI, including on radiopharmaceutical production. KAERI’s keenness to collaborate with ANSTO is also recognition of the advanced radiopharmaceutical expertise and capabilities held by ANSTO.
The signing of the new KAERI-ANSTO MOU paves the way for new collaboration with KAERI, including on radiopharmaceutical production. KAERI’s keenness to collaborate with ANSTO is also recognition of the advanced radiopharmaceutical expertise and capabilities held by ANSTO.
Another way in which ANSTO is strengthening ties with South Korea is through education and exchange programs. Just this month, the Discovery Centre brought the ANSTO experience to primary school students in Korea for the first time ever, through an international video hook-up that allowed the students to speak to education officers and the three Korean interns currently studying at ANSTO.
They were also able to conduct virtual experiments, measuring radioactivity of samples here in Sydney from their classrooms in Busan. The Discovery Centre plans to build on this success with more international video links with schools around the region.
They were also able to conduct virtual experiments, measuring radioactivity of samples here in Sydney from their classrooms in Busan. The Discovery Centre plans to build on this success with more international video links with schools around the region.
The three Korean interns are here as part of another strong ANSTO-Korea relationship, building on our networks within the regional technology powerhouse. Here to further their studies in physics, chemical engineering and nuclear engineering, the interns are being hosted by ANSTO under the MOU between ANSTO and the Korea Nuclear International Cooperation Foundation (KONICOF) for cooperation in nuclear human resource development.
As we look to capitalise on investments in major projects such as ANM, and generate innovative research outcomes that benefit the Australian community and industries, our relationships with countries like South Korea are becoming increasingly important. And with the epicentre of global technological and economic growth shifting towards the Asia Pacific, ANSTO’s connections into the region are giving us a significant advantage.