DOE Office of Nuclear Energy senior advisor named to IFNEC Steering Group

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy announced Monday that Senior Advisor Suzanne Jaworowski was selected as a new Steering Group vice chairperson of the International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation (IFNEC).

Jaworowski received the honor at last month’s IFNEC meeting in Tokyo, Japan.

Jaworowski will provide strategic counsel to IFNEC and focus on communications efforts while retaining her role at DOE.

Collins Juma from Kenya and Vladimir Artisiuk from the Russian Federation were also selected as vice chairpersons at the IFNEC conference. Juma, Artisiuk, and Jaworowski will also serve as part of the Cooperation’s Steering Group, the highest permanent body overseeing the work of IFNEC.

“The IFNEC forum provides a unique opportunity to bring together key stakeholders from 65 countries, all either actively involved in, considering employing civil nuclear or just dedicated to the safety and security of global nuclear energy,” Jaworowski said. “I am thrilled about the opportunity to collaborate with other countries on how we can all benefit from next-generation nuclear to provide clean, emissions-free energy and other peaceful uses from this incredible technology.”

In the fall, the United States will host the 2019 IFNEC Executive Committee meeting in Washington, D.C.

“We look forward to hosting government decision-makers from around the globe to demonstrate that the United States is fully committed to reviving civil nuclear energy,” Jaworowski said.