KISR Joins Arab Atomic Energy Agency

Dr. Habiba Al-Muneef, Kuwait’s National Liaison Officer to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, announced that the institute has obtained membership in the Arab Atomic Energy Agency (AAEA), a move that will strengthen technical and scientific cooperation, facilitate the exchange of expertise, and build national capacities in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.

In a statement to KUNA, Dr. Al-Muneef, who also serves as a member of the Executive Council of the AAEA, said she met with the agency’s Director General, Dr. Salem Hamadi, in Vienna, Austria, to discuss ways to enhance cooperation between Kuwait and the AAEA in areas such as the exchange of expertise, national capacity building, and leveraging the technical and training programs offered by the agency to Arab states.

She added that the meeting addressed opportunities to develop cooperation in scientific and technical fields of mutual interest, and reviewed Kuwait’s experience in managing its nuclear file, which has seen support and development in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy across the country.

She noted that this cooperation aligns with Kuwait’s presence in the framework of Arab and international nuclear work, and with Kuwait’s continued participation in the activities of the IAEA, as well as its utilization of the agency’s technical cooperation and capacity-building programs in the fields of nuclear science and technology and their peaceful applications.

Dr. Al-Muneef emphasized that Kuwait attaches special importance to developing cooperation with specialized institutions, which contributes to the transfer of expertise and knowledge, the development of national cadres, and the enhanced utilization of nuclear technologies in health, environment, agriculture, water resources management, and nuclear safety and security.