{"id":26759,"date":"2024-07-15T08:36:52","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T06:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/?p=26759"},"modified":"2024-07-22T08:50:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T06:50:09","slug":"ana-gomez-cobo-utm_sourcenewsletterutm_mediummailchimp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revistanuclear.es\/en\/nuclear-around-the-world\/ana-gomez-cobo-utm_sourcenewsletterutm_mediummailchimp\/","title":{"rendered":"Ana G\u00f3mez Cobo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texts and photographs: Ana G\u00f3mez Cobo<\/p>\n

Ana G\u00f3mez Cobo has been working in nuclear safety for 39 years. Her career commenced in 1985 and subsequently from 1995 to 2000 she worked at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) where she was responsible for activities on probabilistic safety assessment. Ana joined the UK Office for Nuclear Regulation in 2000, where she was a nuclear safety inspector until 2022. In 2012, she was seconded for a year to the UK Department for Energy and Climate Change, where she was an advisor on nuclear power plant technology for the Final Investment Decision Enabling Project for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant. In May 2022, Ana rejoined the IAEA, where she is currently the Head of the Safety Assessment Section.<\/span><\/p>\n

How many years have you been in your job? What are your responsibilities?<\/b><\/p>\n

I joined the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in mid-May 2022, so I\u2019ve been in this job for two years. I am the Head of the Safety Assessment Section (SAS), within the Division of Nuclear Installation Safety (NSNI), in IAEA\u2019s Department of Nuclear Safety and Security (NS).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Our Department, NS, supports the Member States of IAEA in their efforts to strengthen nuclear safety and nuclear security. In this framework we develop Safety Standards, provide safety reviews and advisory services\u00a0to support the effective application of the standards, and support Member States in building and maintaining capability and capacity in nuclear safety.<\/span><\/p>\n

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