Scholars

Professor and Director NSSPI

Positions:

Research Fellow, Institute for Science, Technology, and Public Policy, Bush School of Government and Public Service
Professor and Director of NSSPI, Nuclear Engineering, College of Engineering

overview

Dr. Yim's work aims at the safe and responsible use of nuclear technology with research activities covering nuclear nonproliferation/security, nuclear waste management, nuclear safety, and nuclear energy policy. While working at KAIST, Prof. Yim founded NEREC (Nuclear Nonproliferation Education and Research Center) and trained over 330 next-generation leaders in nuclear nonproliferation and nuclear policy from ~60 countries. He is currently a Senior Member of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, a member of the Scientific Program Committee of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), the Council of Advisors on Nuclear Education, Science, Technology and Policy of OECD/NEA, the International Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee of Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation, and the Korean National Academy of Engineering. He is an associate editor (Asia) of Nuclear Technology for the American Nuclear Society, a member of the editorial advisory board of Progress in Nuclear Energy and International Journal of Nuclear Security, and an editor at the Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament.

education and training

Ph.D. in Environmental Health Science, Harvard University - (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States) 1994
M.S. in Environmental Health Science, Harvard University - (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States) 1991
Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering, University of Cincinnati - (Cincinnati, Ohio, United States) 1987
M.S. in Nuclear Engineering, Seoul National University - (Seoul, South Korea) 1983
B.S. in Nuclear Engineering, Seoul National University - (Seoul, South Korea) 1981

selected publications

Academic Articles84

Jung, Y., Ahn, S., & Yim, M. Investigation of neural network-based cathode potential monitoring to support nuclear safeguards of electrorefining in pyroprocessing. Nuclear Engineering and Technology. 54(2), 644-652.
Yim, M., & Linga Murty, K. Materials issues in nuclear-waste management. JOM. 52(9), 26-29.
Cumberland, R. M., & Yim, M. A Computational Meta-Analysis of UCl3 Cyclic Voltammograms in LiCl-KCl Electrolyte. Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 161(4), d147-d149.
Yang, J. H., Park, H. S., Ahn, D., & Yim, M. Glass composite waste forms for iodine confined in bismuth-embedded SBA-15. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 480, 150-158.
Vaganov, P. A., & Yim, M. Societal risk communication and nuclear waste disposal. International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management. 1(1/2), 20-20.

Books4

Yim, M., & Landauer, I. (). A Guide to Personnel Monitoring for Radiation in the Hospital Environment. Landauer (IL).
Yim, M. (). Nuclear Waste Management Science, Technology, and Policy. Springer Nature.
Vaganov, P., & Yim, M. (). Ecological Risk. Publishing House of the University of St. Petersburg, Russia.
Yim, M., & Kim, C. (). Energy Behind: Power that moves the world. MID Publisher, South Korea.

Chapters1

Yim, M. Chapter 3: Radiation hazards from the nuclear fuel cycle. Nian, V. (Eds.), Advanced Security and Safeguarding in the Nuclear Power Industry. 49-79. Elsevier.