Joint Statement – Tuesday, January 13, 2015

U.S. Energy Secretary Moniz and Canada’s Natural Resources Minister Rickford Sign Agreement to Enhance Collaboration in Civilian Nuclear Energy Research and Development

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and Natural Resources of Canada Minister Greg Rickford today signed an Implementing Arrangement among the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the Department of Natural Resources of Canada (NRCan) and Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) to increase collaboration in the area of civilian nuclear energy research and development (R&D). 

Through the International Nuclear Energy Research Initiative (INERI), the Implementing Arrangement establishes a framework for R&D collaboration between the United States and Canada aimed at improving the cost, safety, efficiency and proliferation resistance of nuclear energy systems in the civilian sector. The Implementing Arrangement signed today provides for technical areas of collaboration in nuclear safety, reactor lifetime management, advanced reactor technologies, nuclear materials and fuels, modeling and simulation, and used fuel recycling and disposition technologies.

The signing today continues a long and productive history of Canada-United States collaboration on a wide range of energy issues and shared interests in greater energy security and sustainability, and environmental responsibility.

The full Implementing Arrangement is available for download here.

Maisah Khan
Maisah Khan served as a Senior Advisor in the office of the Assistant Secretary in the Office of International Affairs at the U.S. Department of Energy where she assisted in daily operations and communications, performed informational research, and engaged senior staff on critical cross-cutting issues. Prior to joining the U.S. Department of Energy, Ms. Khan worked at a strategic consulting firm as a Research Associate. In 2012, Ms. Khan worked as a Deputy Regional Field Director in President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign in Iowa. Maisah Khan holds a Master of Environmental Management from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. She graduated summa cum laude from Arizona State University with a B.S. in Conservation Biology and Ecological Sustainability.Maisah Khan served as a Senior Advisor in the office of the Assistant Secretary in the Office of International Affairs at the U.S. Department of Energy where she assisted in daily operations and communications, performed informational research, and engaged senior staff on critical cross-cutting issues. Prior to joining the U.S. Department of Energy, Ms. Khan worked at a strategic consulting firm as a Research Associate. In 2012, Ms. Khan worked as a Deputy Regional Field Director in President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign in Iowa. Maisah Khan holds a Master of Environmental Management from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. She graduated summa cum laude from Arizona State University with a B.S. in Conservation Biology and Ecological Sustainability.
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