Ned Xoubi

Dr. Ned Xoubi is the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Commissioner, at Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC). He was the Director General of Jordan Energy Resources Inc., the Jordanian company in charge of exploring and mining uranium.^[1][2] receiving the first Bachelor degree in Nuclear Engineering awarded to a Jordanian from the University of Wisconsin–Madison ,USA, in 1984. He continued his graduate studies receiving his MSc. & PhD in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 2006, USA.^[3]

In 2006, Dr. Ned Xoubi was appointed as the chair of the first Nuclear Engineering Department in Jordan University of Science and Technology, which was the first in Jordan.^[4] “The establishment of a nuclear engineering education program is another step in Jordan’s efforts to develop its nuclear infrastructure, and to introduce nuclear power as part of its energy mix. The program will enhance nuclear knowledge in Jordan, and will graduate qualified engineers that will help in the design, building and running of Jordan’s first nuclear power plant” ^[5]

Dr. Xoubi, served as the Chairman of Nuclear Engineering Department “In efforts to build up nuclear man-power, According to department chairman Ned Xoubi, Jordan’s University of Science and Technology has established a nuclear engineering department with the first graduates expected to hold Bachelor of Science degrees in 2011” ^[6]

References

1. ^ Jordan And U.S. To Team On Radioactive Storage Facility, Nuclear Street, 2008, [1]
2. ^ Jordan and the United States Sign Contract for Nuclear and Radioactive Material Central Storage Facility [2]
3. ^ [IDX]=517272 Who's Who in Engineering Academia
4. ^ Jordan unveils nuclear energy strategy, Science and Development Network, 2007 [3]
5. ^ DEVELOPMENT OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN JORDAN, International Conference on Nuclear Knowledge Management, IAEA, 2007, [4]
6. ^ Nuclear Energy Prospects in Three Middle East Countries, Special Ux Report, May 2009, Roswell USA , May 2009 [5]

External links

• IAEA Nuclear Energy Series publications, "Establishing a Code of Ethics for Nuclear Operating Organizations", © IAEA 2007 [6]

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