Advanced Security and Safeguarding in the Nuclear Power Industry

Dr. Victor Nian is a Senior Research Fellow at the Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore. Dr. Nian holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and a Bachelor in Electrical Engineering with a Minor in Management of Technology, all from the National University of Singapore. His expertise is in energy and nuclear policy, energy systems analysis, technology assessment, and integrated solution development. His research portfolio covers a diverse range of interdisciplinary projects supported by government agencies and private sector. In the spirit of “research and innovation without borders”, he established UNiLAB on Integrated Systems Analysis Tools, which hosts a research network of more than fifteen academic and research organisations from around the world. He is a Founding Member and elected Council Member of the International Society for Energy Transition Studies amongst thirty-one other renowned individuals from organisations such as the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Asian Development Bank and Economic Research Institute for East Asia. Dr. Nian was previously Visiting Fellow at the Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge and elected President of the Engineering Alumni Singapore, the official alumni society for NUS established in 1972.

1. Recent advances in nuclear power technologies 2. Non-power applications— new missions for nuclear energy to be delivered safely and securely 3. Radiation hazards from the nuclear fuel cycle 4. Health effects of exposure to ionizing radiation 5. Nuclear plant severe accidents: challenges and prevention 6. Nuclear off-site emergency preparedness and response: key concepts and international normative principles 7. International conventions and legal frameworks on nuclear safety, security, and safeguards 8. Civil liability in the event of a severe nuclear disaster 9. Future challenges in safety, security, and safeguards