INMM Communicator April MMPsuggestions2" The"INMM"Communicator" May"2015" 1 Corey"Hinderstein,"Vice"President,"INMM" " One"of"the"great"joysofbeingthevice"president"of the"Institute"of"Nuclear"Materials

2 Inside Insights Corey Hinderstein

2 What Does INMM Mean to You Sarah McPhee

3 A Good Idea 10 Years On Roger Howsley 3 Student Chapter Highlights Vrushank Joshi, Pandit Deendaya Petroleum University & Sarah McPhee, University of Washington

5 The International Safeguards Division Susan Pepper

6 The Nuclear Security and Physical Protection Technical Division Tom Bonner

6 Japan/U.S. Personnel Exchange Masahiro Chikushi

9 Upcoming Events

The INMM Communicator May 2015

The

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The Institute of Nuclear Materials Management

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Corey Hinderstein, Vice President, INMM One of the great joys of being the vice president of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management is the opportunity to chair the Annual Meeting, the flagship event for the INMM. With the leadership of Teressa McKinney, chair of the Technical Program Committee (TPC), and the support of the professional headquarters staff, the TPC met in early March to design the sessions that we hope will inform, enlighten, and even entertain you this summer in Indian Wells, CA. I hope you have made your plans to attend this year’s INMM Annual Meeting from July 12-‐16. The meeting will feature more than 360 papers and presenters from 29 countries. Plenary sessions will allow for “big picture” discussions and help us put our work in a broader context. INMM’s six technical divisions (Facility Operations; International Safeguards; Materials Control and Accountability; Nonproliferation and Arms Control; Nuclear Security and Physical Protection; and Packaging, Transportation, and Disposition) will each hold their meetings on Sunday, July 12, from 2-‐5 p.m. The technical divisions offer some of the best opportunities to meet your colleagues in a smaller group and focus on issues you grapple with every day. The masses gather annually in the Coachella Valley for a music and arts festival that attracts the attention of the world. We may not garner their headlines – or the celebrities – but our gathering this year on their turf is a time to shine a spotlight on the achievements, accomplishments, cooperative efforts and remaining challenges in our work toward international peace and security. Now that is something to sing about!

Inside Insights What Does INMM Mean to YOU? Sarah McPhee, MAIS Candidate, University of Washington I have always been interested in nuclear issues, but as a former English teacher and current MAIS candidate, I never thought that a career in this field was available to me. How does one become a nuclear policy analyst or a nuclear anything if they aren’t a scientist? I began my involvement with INMM through the student chapter at my university, but my prospects truly widened at the annual meeting. I was able to network with professionals, ask questions and expand my horizons by attending any presentation I chose. Now I am looking forward to joining this field as a professional through the Nonproliferation Graduate Fellowship program. I believe that my ability to attend the annual meeting was pivotal to my future career. I am aware that many students are members of INMM because their local chapter hosts talks and events that are interesting, but they do not intend to enter the field. While the chapter is ideally meant to help students become nuclear materials management professionals, our mission is not just recruitment. Ultimately, when more people understand and support what we do, we all benefit. Most universities do not pay for trips like the annual meeting, and it is increasingly vital to provide funding for these events in order to ensure that more students become professionals in our field and more people support our mission.

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Pandit Deendaya Petroleum University Vrushank Joshi, PDPU Student Chapter President Namaste, from PDPU-‐INMM Student Chapter! The PDPU-‐INMM student chapter is very pleased with the encouragement given to our work over the last year. We, the new elected representatives of the chapter, understand the expectations that the INMM has for a developing chapter like ours. Our chapter has set its goals towards public awareness and spreading the knowledge about the nuclear world in public schools and the local villages near our University. We are also focused on doing joint collaborative work with the various chapters around the world, the details of which are being worked out. At the chapter, we believe in team work and in fostering the leadership qualities among the chapter members. We are proud to be part of the INMM community and we will make you proud.

“Nuclear for India” Presentation at a Local High School Other PDPU Events:

-‐ Guest lecture on Fusion Power -‐ Interactive session with the University of

Massachusetts -‐ Skype call with INMM University of Tennessee -‐ Joint Liberal Studies/Nuclear Engineering lecture on

the nonproliferation regime INMM@UW Sarah McPhee, University of Washington About our chapter INMM@UW is a relatively young chapter that has maintained a strong core of interest at a university with

Student Chapter Highlights

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Dr. Roger Howsley, Executive Director, WINS This year, 2015, is the 10th anniversary of an idea first proposed by a senior group of INMM Fellows – the establishment of a new international organization, the World Institute for Nuclear Security (WINS), whose role would be to share international best practices on nuclear security. There followed a three-‐year planning effort undertaken with the leadership of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and INMM, with active participation from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and I was fortunate enough to be asked to join the strategic planning group.

WINS Strategic Planning Group

Baden, Austria, 2005 Subsequently, WINS was launched in 2008 at the 52nd IAEA General Conference in Vienna, Austria, and announced by Sam Nunn, former U.S. Senator and chair of NTI. Foundation grants from NTI and the U.S. Department of Energy and financial support from Canada and Norway allowed the idea to become a reality, and Charles Curtis became the first chair of the WINS Board. And WINS has been busy ever since: producing 33 International Best Practice Guides and publishing them in up to 10 languages; delivering more than 60 International Best Practice Workshops in more than 20 countries; launching the WINS Academy, the first international certification program in the world for nuclear security management; achieving and sustaining

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(Continued from page 3 Student Chapter Highlights) no nuclear engineering or explicit nuclear security programs. Instead, the chapter has been sustained primarily by interest from students at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, with mostly policy students serving as leaders. Goals for the year The officers for 2014-‐2015 recognized the necessity of a chapter at UW that represented the fullness of the nuclear materials management field, especially at a large research university like the University of Washington. The president and vice president met over the summer to develop a strategy to reach out to

students from every corner of campus, including STEM, public health, public policy, international relations, military studies, and foreign language departments. To help guide chapter decisions and activities, a vision statement and mission statement were developed based upon the official INMM mission. Two new leadership positions were created on a trial basis, the STEM Officer and the Policy Officer, whose jobs primarily are to reach out to students and advisors in their respective fields. Events Previously, INMM@UW capitalized upon its proximity to PNNL in Seattle and Richland, Washington, USA, to secure speakers for a couple of events over the course of the year, and a nice lunch was served. This year, the officers made a goal to sponsor monthly thematic events, including social opportunities. An effort was made to alternate between policy-‐ and STEM-‐oriented topics to offer diversity, as well as to branch out from PNNL to bring in a wider variety of speakers. The first event, held in October, was a Halloween themed policy event called “5 minutes to Midnight,” which focused upon the Doomsday Clock. Through networking with professors, the group was able to secure Bob Butterworth, an expert in nuclear weapons policy. While his talk was essentially pro-‐nuclear

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ISO 9001:2008 certification for our quality management processes, and achieving ISO 29990:2010 certification and the international CSO50 award for our learning processes. These accomplishments, made possible because of ongoing political and financial support, and the incredible work of our members (now more than 2,700 in 100+ countries) have helped consolidate WINS’ international reputation for quality, efficiency and effectiveness.

To celebrate the six-‐year anniversary of our foundation, we have just published a report entitled The Journey So Far: Six-‐Year Review of WINS' Achievements. The report highlights the journey that WINS has taken since its inception and identifies the key strategic international nuclear security challenges we see over the next five years through to 2020. The report is structured around three phases that represent our journey to date: Setting Out (2008-‐2010), the Second Base Camp (2011-‐2013), and Launching the Academy (2014-‐2016 and beyond). The publication is available on the WINS website and can be downloaded at www.wins.org/files/wins_6years_report_web.pdf.

Please read this publication, become a member of WINS, and help support our mission and vision. We are looking forward to attending the next INMM Annual Meeting in July and reinvigorating our strategic partnership with INMM in the years ahead.

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Susan Pepper, ISD Management Team The INMM’s International Safeguards Division has a very active schedule and would like to use this opportunity to update division and other INMM members of its activities since the last Communicator report in September 2014. INMM/ESARDA Technical Meeting, Oct. 4-‐7, 2015 ISD is planning the 8th joint INMM/ESARDA Technical Workshop to be held in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA, at the beautiful Jackson Lake Lodge Oct. 4-‐7, 2015. The theme is “Building International Capacity.” The workshop will continue the practice of featuring four working groups on nuclear security, arms control, international safeguards, and education and training. Instead of the typical format where participants submit paper abstracts to be presented, this workshop will identify three specific discussion topics for each working group. Brochures were distributed during the IAEA Safeguards Symposium and registration will open soon. Discussion topics are being finalized and a call for position statements on the discussion topics will be issued this spring. An announcement is available on the INMM website and more information will be added as it becomes available. Individuals or organizations interested in sponsoring the workshop should contact Susan Pepper or INMM headquarters for a list of opportunities.

JNMM Issue on IAEA Safeguards by the IAEA Department of Safeguards Carrie Mathews, INMM Vienna Chapter president, is coordinating an effort to produce a 2017 Journal issue composed entirely of papers by the IAEA Department of Safeguards. Given recent conference attendance restrictions, fewer IAEA staff members have had the opportunity to publish their work. The special Journal issue will provide a unique opportunity for INMM members to learn more about the breadth of activities and expertise within the Department of Safeguards.

The International Safeguards Division

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weapons, UW is a public university where there is an obligation to express all viewpoints. Butterworth was able to make his case and answer the spirited questions of the audience regarding his perspective. The November event was Thanksgiving-‐themed, titled “Fields of Plenty,” where PNNL’s Ryan Boscow gave a presentation on STEM-‐oriented internship opportunities at PNNL and UW professor Hal Undem offered a presentation on “The Other MAD: Mathematically Accurate Detonation,” which helped students understand the spiral in Cold War nuclear weapons stockpiles. In January, the university welcomed representatives from TerraPower, a nuclear reactor startup funded in large part by Bill Gates. They explained some of the technical aspects of the traveling wave reactor as well as internship opportunities at TerraPower. Additionally, the group offered a free screening of “The Man Who Saved the World,” a dramatized documentary about Stanislav Petrov, a Soviet officer who disobeyed military protocol to avoid nuclear Armageddon and lost everything. Finally, in February, the chapter was pleased to have Amanda Sayre present work completed at the Monterey Institute of International Security on export controls and nonproliferation. Sayre also spoke as the INMM Student Activities Chair about internship opportunities in the nuclear nonproliferation field, including her personal experiences as an intern. The audience appreciated the chance to ask questions about her work and the application process for various programs. What Worked? This year was an ambitious year of growth for the UW student chapter. When considering what contributed to the success, perhaps the most important factor was responsible officers who were intent upon having fun while still projecting a professional image of the group. The officers all agreed that the outreach to the STEM community was a solid effort that seems to have been successful. Last year, there was only one STEM student attending meetings, but now there is a small group of STEM students who regularly show up to events. Revamping the chapter website, advertising meetings and events on the Facebook page, and utilizing Eventbrite to track attendance has helped to increase student and community participation while allowing chapter leadership to advertise and develop a database

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Masahiro Chikushi, Ministry of Economics, Trade and Industry, Japan The spread of nuclear energy to emerging countries will definitely influence the stability of energy security, and the decrease of CO2 emissions in the world, but the spread of nuclear energy may also cause concern for nuclear nonproliferation and security as uncertainty in international politics and threats from terrorism are increasing. Japan’s experience shows that nonproliferation efforts can help the development of peaceful nuclear use. Comprehensive, effective, and substantial safeguards have helped Japan to develop its nuclear technology and a large number of nuclear facilities. Enhancement of nonproliferation is the key for the development of nuclear energy. I am currently working as a guest from the Japanese Ministry of Economics, Trade and Industry at Brookhaven National Laboratory. I am doing this as part of an exchange program of personnel, in order to study nuclear nonproliferation policy. In particular, I’m working with a colleague from BNL on a paper regarding the political impact of the nuclear renaissance on nonproliferation. In addition, I also have made presentations and held discussions with colleagues about Japan’s nuclear energy policy, including the Fukushima accident. I have had opportunities to visit large scientific facilities such as the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) and the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-‐II). I am excited to become a part of INMM, and I am looking forward to presenting my paper at the annual meeting. I believe that personnel exchanges, such as that which I

Japan/U.S. Personnel Exchange

The NS&PP Division


Tom Bonner, Chair, Nuclear Security and Physical Protection Technical Division The Nuclear Security and Physical Protection (NS&PP) Technical Division continues to focus on expanding interest in the Nuclear Security Culture, Human Reliability, and Infrastructure Security Standing Committees. Bill Toth (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) and Riyaz Natha (Sandia National Laboratories) have agreed to assist in the development of Nuclear Security Culture focused activities for the division. We continue to search for co-‐chairs for the Human Reliability and Infrastructure Security Standing Committees. Any interested members are encouraged to contact Felicia Durán, K.J Maddux, or me. The agenda for the NS&PP Technical Division meeting on the Sunday before the start of the 56th Annual INMM Meeting remains in the planning stages. We hope to have a presentation or video on continuing performance testing activities which could be applied at any site. We also hope to have a presentation on the need for and possible impacts of an effective Nuclear Security Culture program. The division will be presenting nine sessions at the 56th Annual INMM Meeting in July 2015, along with a joint session with the Nonproliferation and Arms Control Technical Division. Fifty-‐eight papers and one panel discussion are currently projected for presentation. A breakout of the sessions follows: Monday AM Session Security Culture: University and Country Experience Monday PM Session Applied Security Culture Tuesday AM Session Policy Issues, State Role in Nuclear Security Tuesday PM Session Design Basis Threat Cyber Security Wednesday AM Session Nuclear Security Assessment and Evaluation Wednesday PM Session Radiation Monitoring Wednesday PM Panel International Perspectives on

Trustworthiness Programs Thursday AM Session Nuclear Security Capacity Building Thursday PM Session Nuclear Security and Illicit Trafficking

(Joint Session) The Technical Program Committee that supported development of the 2015 sessions was surprised that we had few papers submitted on new or innovative physical protection related technologies this year. We hope that this is just an anomaly and not a developing trend. The chairs and other INMM members are continuing to collaborate with representatives of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the U.S. Department of Energy on development of an INMM workshop on Vulnerability Assessment Tools. The workshop is projected for September 2015 in Boston. NS&PP has welcomed K.J. Maddux as a second deputy chair for the division, supplementing the continued dedication of Felicia Durán as a Deputy Chair. Considering our past travel commitments, at least one of us should be available at most times to address anything that may arise.

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of event attendees. This seems to work better than a traditional listserv, where people may or may not be sending notices to SPAM mailboxes. For the events themselves, the group developed a new structure that included an introduction by an officer, a “mini-‐speaker” and a main speaker. Each event lasted about an hour, with a 5-‐10 minute introduction, a 10-‐15 minute mini-‐speaker, and a main speaker speaking for the balance of the time. Mini-‐speakers were often international relations graduate students who had an opportunity to present their work in a supportive environment, but the STEM meeting featured Ryan Boscow’s talk on internships. Finally, the leadership has been dedicated to reaching out to advisors and professors in various departments. INMM@UW would like to be the professional organization on campus that brings together diverse majors in support of the stated goals of INMM. We have collaborated with Jackson School professors to coordinate activities such as a field trip to PNNL in Richland, and we hope to further connect students with professionals and internships in the nuclear materials management field. We have been fortunate to have support from Professor Hal Undem, who teaches Safeguards and Weapons of Mass Destruction, as well as Dr. Chris Jones, our faculty advisor. Improvements for Next Year All officers agree that next year the leadership should continue to work on the chapter social media presence across a variety of platforms. Technology officer Justin Sass has been fabulous, but it was agreed that a dedicated blog editor would help to elevate the website and the group. Additionally, the “mini-‐speaker” concept was so well-‐received that we would like to extend the participation to STEM graduates and post-‐docs who could speak about their work to a diverse crowd, which would greatly contribute to the group’s dedication to full representation of the field. Overall, we have received a lot of positive feedback and have been very satisfied with the results of our efforts. While not all of the graduating officers intend to work in the nuclear materials management field, many have secured internships elsewhere or are still searching for just the right opportunity. The graduating class looks forward to leaving a successful legacy to next year’s INMM@UW officers.

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2015 INMM Annual Meeting Members of the ISD team participated in the Technical Program Committee meeting in New Orleans on March 4 to review the abstracts that were submitted and organize them into sessions for the INMM Annual Meeting in Indian Wells, Calif., USA, July 12-‐16. There will be eight sessions and two panel discussions that will address safeguards topics including equipment and technology, safeguards policy, and education and training. For the first time, the International Safeguards program will feature a closing panel session on Thursday morning during which the international safeguards session chairs will summarize the highlights of their sessions and respond to questions from the audience. ISD will use the results of this session to write a report that will be published in the JNMM and/or distributed to stakeholders and sponsors to help strengthen future ISD session topics. IAEA Symposium, October 2014 ISD staff was pleased to represent INMM and provide assistance in organizing the IAEA Safeguards Symposium that is held every four years. This year’s symposium featured about 300 presentations and posters distributed among 35 technical sessions. Approximately 600 people attended the symposium including 59 countries and 11 organizations. Larry Satkowiak, INMM president, represented the Institute during the opening plenary session and Michael Whitaker, INMM ISD chair, represented INMM at the closing plenary.

In recognition of a new “enhanced poster” format, INMM offered a free one-‐year membership to the poster judged to have the best content in each of the 14 poster sessions. In addition, INMM presented the overall winner with a free registration to the 2015

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INMM Annual Meeting and a free registration to the 2015 INMM/ESARDA joint workshop to the author of the third place poster (ESARDA presented the author of the second place poster with a free registration to the 2015 ESARDA meeting). Visit the ISD website, www.inmm.org/International_Safeguards.htm, to see a list of the winners. In conjunction with the INMM Vienna Chapter, a group dinner was organized at Huber’s Essen and Trinken, an Austrian restaurant in one of Vienna’s historic districts. Approximately 60 INMM members and friends attended the popular event that overflowed the upstairs dining area of the restaurant. At the dinner, Shirley Johnson gave an enticing preview of the Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA, location selected for the 2015 INMM/ESARDA workshop on Building International Capacity. International Safeguards at INMM 55th Annual Meeting, July 2014 The ISD technical meeting on Sunday afternoon, July 20, had a large turnout of about 60 participants. It began with a review of the division’s annual report to the Executive Committee, highlighting ISD activities over the previous year and upcoming activities for 2014/2015. An overview of the ISD-‐organized sessions and plenary was delivered before the meeting turned its focus to the ISD “Tour de Monde,” which featured reports from the IAEA, EURATOM, ABACC, Belgium, Germany, UK, France, Canada, Brazil, U.S. NRC, and the U.S. Support Program. On Tuesday morning, July 22, Tero Varjoranta, Deputy Director General and head of the IAEA’s Department of Safeguards, delivered a plenary speech. His speech is printed in the JNMM Volume 43, Volume 1. Afterwards, a panel was moderated by ISD Chair Michael Whitaker and composed of:

• Steve Adams, Deputy Director of the Office of Multilateral Nuclear and Security Affairs, U.S. Department of State

• Sonia Fernandez-‐Moreno, Argentinean Planning and Evaluation Officer, ABACC

• Olli Heinonen, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

• Tomonori Iwamoto, Director, Nuclear Security and Safeguards Division, JNFL

• Laura Rockwood, Consultant • Piotr Szymanski, Director of Nuclear Safeguards,

European Commission

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The panel discussed “How the Evolving Domestic, Regional and IAEA Safeguards Requirements and Practices are Influencing Safeguards Implementation and Culture.” A transcript of this panel is also published in the JNMM Volume 43, Volume 1.

ISD at ESARDA, May 2014 On May 12, 2014, the ISD conducted a division meeting in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, in advance of the 36th ESARDA annual meeting. The meeting was held at the Batiment Jean Monnet Building and featured two presentations: Caroline Jorant, SDRI Consulting, presented results of the Security Summit 2014 and Irmgard Niemeyer, Forschungszentrum Julich, shared the results of discussions during the technical meetings at the IAEA on the State-‐Level Concept. Approximately 30 individuals participated. ISD’s Open-‐Source/Geospatial Information Working Group The Working Group on Open-‐source/Geospatial Information continues to be active in facilitating cooperation between persons engaged in this area. A special session was held at the 2013 annual meeting with joint ISD and NAC participation. Karl Horak and Irmgard Niemeyer remain the working group's chair and vice chair, respectively. A special session was not scheduled for the 2014 or 2015 meetings. Members of the Working Group attended and contributed to the INMM Workshop on “Information Analysis Technologies, Techniques and Methods for Safeguards, Nonproliferation and Arms Control Verification Workshop,” which was held in Portland, Oregon, USA, May 12-‐14, 2014, and hosted jointly by ISD and the Nonproliferation and Arms Control Division. The workshop had more than 50 participants from throughout the DOE national laboratory complex, domestic and foreign universities, the IAEA, the European Commission Joint Research Centre, and government and non-‐governmental organizations. Thomas Lorenz, IAEA, Department of Safeguards, Division of Information Management, delivered the opening plenary address.

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Upcoming Events May 18-‐21, 2015 ESARDA Symposium 2015, 37th Annual Meeting Midland Hotel Manchester, United Kingdom June 16-‐17, 2015 WINS International Best Practice Workshop on Nuclear Material Control and Accountancy in Support of Nuclear Security Vienna, Austria July 12-‐16, 2015 INMM 56th Annual Meeting Renaissance Esmeralda Indian Wells, California USA September 14-‐16, 2015 INMM Vulnerability Assessment Tools Workshop Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel Boston, Massachusetts USA October 4-‐7, 2015 8th INMM/ESARDA Joint Workshop Jackson Lake Lodge Grand Teton National Park Moran, Wyoming USA

Editors

Jay Disser Nuclear Engineer Global Security and International Safeguards Department Idaho National Laboratory [email protected]

Katherine Bachner Scientific Associate Nonproliferation & National Security Department Brookhaven National Laboratory [email protected]

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am currently undertaking at BNL, are an excellent opportunity in general for people from different countries and organizations to better understand each other’s work in this important field. These exchanges will help to enhance U.S./Japan cooperation in the field of peaceful uses and nonproliferation. Needless to say, it is a worthwhile effort, and I hope to see more such exchanges undertaken. (This piece was current of February 2015. Since then Masahiro has also been to Sandia National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory)

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The Journal of Nuclear Materials Management, the official journal of INMM, invites you to submit an article on a relevant topic for peer review. All topical papers published in JNMM undergo a thorough peer review by at least two experts in the field. Authors receive detailed feedback and given an opportunity to revise their papers, if necessary. The Journal is published quarterly and reaches every member of the INMM and countless subscribers. Contact JNMM Managing Editor Patricia Sullivan at [email protected] to submit your paper or for more information.

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INMM Communicator April MMPsuggestions2" The"INMM"Communicator" May"2015" 1 Corey"Hinderstein,"Vice"President,"INMM" " One"of"the"great"joysofbeingthevice"president"of the"Institute"of"Nuclear"Materials