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Radiation protection, environment protection and civil protection
Objectives:
- Providing radiation and environment protection for its own nuclear facilities;
- Sustaining an R&D program intended to increase proficiency in human and environment protection against radiation-associated risks.
Certification:
Notification Laboratory for National Commission for Nuclear Activities Control (CNCAN).
Activities:
- Occupational radiation protection;
- Management of environmental releases;
- Environmental radioactivity monitoring;
- Computer codes development;
- Emergency planning and preparedness;
- Emergency radioactivity monitoring.
Experimental Facilities:
- Portable devices for radiation survey (gamma, neutrons, contamination);
- Portable gamma spectrometers for “in-situ” characterization of gamma radiation fields and gamma-emitting radionuclides identification and determination;
- Low background alpha/beta radiometers for air, surfaces and various environmental samples contamination measurement;
- Sampling preparation laboratory for environment radioactivity monitoring and radiochemical measurements;
- Stationary high resolution gamma spectrometry analyzers with HpGe detectors for gamma - emitting radionuclides concentration measurement in environmental samples;
- Liquid scintillation analyzer for beta-emitting radionuclides concentration measurements in liquid samples;
- Spectrometric system for radiological characterization of radwaste containers.
Main Achievements:
- Measurements, Analyses and Studies for environmental radioactivity pre-operational monitoring program at Cernavoda NPP, Unit 1;
- Annual reports on environmental impact of SCN - FCN nuclear activities;
- Radio-ecological studies for the characterization of agricultural ecosystems radioactive contamination;
- Radio-ecological studies on aquatic ecosystems;
- Development of radiation assessment methods for radiation protection purposes: Monte Carlo methods for efficiency calibration of spectrometric and dosimetry devices;
- Adapted of Well Known Computer Codes;
- Development of radionuclides environmental dispersion models. Derived emission limits for nuclear reactors for gaseous and liquid effluents;
- Development of scientific, methodological and practical support for emergency planning and preparedness;
- Methods and techniques for fast sampling of tritium from atmosphere, for concentration assessment. Sampling devices with cryogenic trap;
- Testing of individual protection outfits designed for radioactive contaminated work posts.
Contact: Dr. Alexandru TOMA;
e-mail:
alexandru.toma@nuclear.ro |
