Objectives:

• Research - development of electronic devices and gauges for measuring and monitoring nuclear radiation;
• Software development for control process and data processing.

Activities:

• Research, design, approval test and manufacturing of devices intended for use at Cernavoda NPP and TRIGA reactor, Pitesti for measurements and control;
• Design and implementation of safety and control systems for nuclear and industrial process;
• Design, approval test and fabrication of radiation detectors;
• Research and development systems and equipments for radiation assessment and monitoring;
• Nuclear and industrial technical application;
• Technological and informational support for Cernavoda N.P.P.

Main achievements:

• Measuring and control instrumentation for Cernavoda N.P.P.:
  Research, design, approval test, and equipment fabrication for power control system and no. 1 safety system for Cernavoda NPP:
• Self-powered amplifier module for flux detectors- NM7024 ADFA and NIM -NM7028 device;
• Dynamic compensator module;
• Level and alarm command test module;
• Isolation amplifier module;
• Amplifier for ionization chamber TS 63740-007.
• Safety and control systems for nuclear process:
• Failed Fuel Location System (SLCD) BSI -63105 - Cernavoda NPP;
• Radiation Monitoring of Heat Transport System (MRSTC) -BSI 63103 for Cernavoda NPP;
• Ionization chamber amplifier with comparator trigger for killing the Cenavoda NPP reactor (TD 63740 and 68232);
• Ionization chamber amplifier without comparator trigger for power adjustment system (TD 63740 007);
• Safety and adjustment computerized system for C9 and C5 capsule for TRIGA reactor at SCN;
• Dosimetry data acquisition system for inside buildings from CANDU and TRIGA reactor;
• "Digital programmable comparator equipment" for reactor shutdown system (Programmable digital comparators PDC -BSI-68230 -1);
• Fixed gamma are monitors -BSI 79-67873 -TS.
• Radiation detectors:
• Pressurized gamma ionization chamber CIG-P-321, for assessment of low-level gamma radiation;
• Detection complex with cylindrical ionization chamber for gamma radiation sources assessment AD-A-01;
• Assembly of detection with ionization dual spherical chamber of high sensitivity for measurement exposure flows of gamma radiation in the range 10nSV/h, 100mSv/h, AD - R - 00;
• Ionization chamber with boron irretrievable with incorporated cable, CIBN - 422, for nuclear reactors control.
• Systems and equipment for radiation assessment and monitoring:
• ALFA contamination measurement device for fuel rods;
• Personnel contamination measurement device;
• Area contamination measurement device;
• Monitory station of radiation in ambient medium SLM - 16G;
• Radiometer for measuring activity and dosing of isotopes;
• Multifunctional equipment for radiation monitoring (EMR - 15G);
• Portable equipment for radiation assessment and monitoring;
• Acquisition and measuring system for metrological parameters in the nuclear field (SAM - 18G);
• Local station of radiation monitory EMR - 15G - SLM;
• Radiation protection incorporated system.
• Nuclear and industrial automation:
• Dimensional determination system connected to metallographic microscope from Post Irradiation Examination Laboratory;
• Dimensional determination system for welding sample in nuclear fuel production from F.C.N.- Pitesti;
• Analyzer system for microbiological sample;
• Survey system for closed areas;
• Interactive training for operators of Cernavoda N.P.P.;
• Neutronography film analyzer system;
• Analyzer system for Service Inspection control of pressure tube for CNE Cernavoda;
• GESTRAD - radioactive materials management system based on bar-code technique.
• Nuclear applications and industrial applications:
• Control system using image acquisition and image processing of welding sample in fuel elements;
• Microscope control system;
• Acquisition and processing image system for medical and radiology applications;
• Control and command system for LOCA test;
• Redundant safety system for the irradiation capsule;
• Materials and radwaste management system with bar-codes;
• Combined control, command and data acquisition system for post-irradiation non-destructive test of nuclear fuel;
• Staff training system;
• Monitoring system based on GIS system for medical applications;
• Integrated system for interactive display and communication;
• Integrated system for monitoring the polluting factors;
• Real-time system for decisions taking in the evaluation of the emergency situations;
• Monitoring system for medical field;
• Informational system to process, data correlation and diagnosis in nuclear and civil protection;
• Triphasic asynchronous engine protection;
• Combined emitter-receiver laser with modulation, for industrial applications;
• Flow measurement system for water-activated devices;
• Flow measurements equipment for drinking and industrial water;
• Monitoring centralized system for process parameters from hydro-power plants;
• Data acquisition computing system for industrial installations;
• Control system for commanding alarms in industrial installations.

Contact: Gheorghe RADU; e-mail: gheorghe.radu@nuclear.ro