Engineer Ibrahim Abdulmajeed, a Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA) member, won the Early Career Scientist Prize at the 2023 Science and Technology Conference in Vienna, Austria.
In Nigeria, radiological protection and nuclear safety regulations are handled by the NNRA.
Abdulmajeed received the honour after SnT2023, a series of science and technology conferences held by the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO).
Abdulmajeed, a Mechanical Engineering graduate of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, also gave a paper presentation on “Efforts, Difficulties, and Way Ahead for the CTBT Coming into Force.”
Almost 2,000 academics, journalists, scientists, and representatives of Member States and civil society from all over the globe attended the twice-yearly conference. Rafael Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Jill Hruby, the administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); and Izumi Nakamitsu, the under-secretary-general and high representative for disarmament affairs of the United Nations, all spoke at the event and commended SnT2023 for “seizing the moment” to address nuclear security.
With its headquarters in Vienna, Austria, the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) was established in 1996. It is an interim body charged with strengthening the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty’s (CTBT) verification system in advance of the Treaty’s entry into force and advocating for the Treaty’s universality.
The Treaty’s verification mechanism will perform better thanks to innovation, which will also assist the Treaty in going closer to being adopted by everyone and entering into effect.
Both in-person and online participation were available at the biannual event, which lasted a week and was hosted in Vienna’s majestic Hofburg Castle. The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty’s worldwide monitoring system for the organisation was highlighted, along with new developments and techniques in nuclear-test-ban monitoring, on-site inspection, and the many civil and scientific uses of the data acquired by the system (CTBT).
