Demand and Supply of Isotopes Around the World -  From Diverse Perspectives

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Increasing reliance on medical isotopes for imaging and therapy purposes along with the constraints on the production processes (reactors and accelerators) poses some interesting challenges while also offering new opportunities.  The panel of experts engaged in diverse aspects of isotopes supply chain will share their perspectives and provide a glimpse into the prospects. 

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Moderator

Jong Kyung Kim is a professor emeritus in the department of Nuclear Engineering at Hanyang University in Korea.

He had a particular responsibility for the preparation of the national promotion plan for the utilization of radiation and radioisotopes in Korea (2001-2007).He was a commissioner of the Korea Atomic Energy Commission (2010-2013). He was president of Korean Nuclear Society (KNS/ 2013-2014).

He was a member of the Standing Advisory Group on Nuclear Energy (SAGNE/ 2014-2017) of the IAEA. He was the past president of Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI/ 2014-2017). He is an executive council (EC) member (2008-2021) and vice-president for congress affairs (2016-2021) of the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA). He is currently serving as president of the 15th International Congress of IRPA, IRPA 15. He served on the International Monitoring and Steering Committee (IMSC) for 6ICI and the Executive Committee (EC) for 7ICI-10ICI. He is the president of WCI (2020.2-2022.6).

He has a bachelor’s degree from SUNY at Buffalo in nuclear engineering and a master’s degree and Ph.D. (1986) in the same discipline from the University of Michigan in USA. 

While a commissioner, he advocated the importance of nuclear regulatory independence and the necessity of maintaining strong, credible and technically sound nuclear regulation in the United States and all countries that use nuclear power.

During his tenure, he established the Idaho National Laboratory; created activities that reversed the decline of US nuclear technology education; and launched important initiatives such as the Generation IV International Forum (GIF)and the US “Nuclear Power 2010,” which helped restart nuclear plant construction in the United States. He was also actively involved in the work of the NEA, serving as a Steering Committee Bureau member from 1999 to 2005, including a term as Chair of the Steering Committee from 2004to 2005.

Prior to his appointment at the NRC, from 2005 to 2010 he provided independent strategic and policy advice to US and international clients on energy, environment, education, and technology policy issues. From 1998 to 2005, Mr Magwood was Director of the US Government’s civilian nuclear energy programme at the US Department of Energy (DOE).

Prior to his experience at the DOE, Mr Magwood managed electric utility research and nuclear policy programmes at the Edison Electric Institute in Washington, DC, and was a scientist at Westinghouse Electric Corporation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Mr Magwood, a US national, holds Bachelor degrees in Physics and English from Carnegie Mellon University and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Pittsburgh.

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