ICN - Pitesti

RADIATION PROTECTION, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND CIVIL PROTECTION

Objectives

Providing radiation protection and environmental protection measures for its own nuclear installations and supporting the research and development program for increasing man and environment protection efficiency against radiation risks.

Activities

Research and development activities in radiation protection and environmental protection;
Operational radiation protection activities: workplace monitoring, management of radioactive releases into environment, environmental radioactivity monitoring, monitoring of individual radiation exposure, emergency planning and preparedness, training in radiation safety;
Services: notified laboratory for radiological characterization of materials, the determination of emissions (uranium and beryllium) in biological samples, certified experts for radiological safety studies and surveys.

Certifications

CNCAN license for nuclear activities;
Designation by CNCAN, as notified testing laboratory;
CNCAN level 3 permits - qualified experts in radiological protection for nuclear installations and unsealed sources, specialized in nuclear reactors, environment protection and radioactive waste.

Main achievements

Annual reports on the results of the environmental impact assessment of nuclear activities;
Programs for monitoring the effluents and the environmental radioactivity;
Calculating derived discharge limits for gaseous and liquid effluents from nuclear installations;
New methods for radiological characterization of materials;
Assessment of radiological consequences in case of nuclear accidents, postulated for the TRIGA ICN reactor;
The Radiation Protection National (Romanian) Experts Group of the NEWLANCER European Project was led by the head of INR Radiation Protection Laboratory.
Commercial contracts:
Radio-analytical determination of gross alpha/beta activity and Pu, Am and U isotopes activity concentration in contamination samples from Cernavoda NPP
C-14 and Sr-90 content determination in liquid effluents samples from Cernavoda NPP
Effluents and environmental radioactivity monitoring for the Nuclear Fuel Plant
Uranium and Beryllium content determination in biological samples for Nuclear Fuel Plant workers
Assessment of radiation exposure for workers and the public during the remediation of a NORM contaminated site (oil industry)
General concept for the remediation of a NORM contaminated site (oil industry)
Products, services and technologies provided in the last 5 years
Design, development and testing of carbon separation equipment for C-14 determination in the surface waters.
Rapid method for measuring the concentration of tritium in air using passive collectors with calcium chloride.
The laboratory has an active membership in the IAEA ALMERA and RANET networks, participating in coordination meetings, inter-comparison exercises and proficiency tests.