NGO Center for Scientific Technical Development

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NGOCenter for Scientific Technical Development
INOTEH

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Main tasks of Inoteh

• Technical, methodical informational support in
  
• Development of nuclear legal framework
• Nuclear and radiation safety
• Protection of population and environment during
  N/Rad. activities
• Innovation technologies using isotope,
  radiological, georadar and other methods
• Radiological monitoring of the environment
• New technologies in agriculture
• Training of personnel and public information
• Serves as Technical Support Organisation for
  Regulatory Authority (National Agency for
  Regulation of Nuclear and Radiological Activities)

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Radiological monitoring lab, Republican Center of
Applied Pedology

• Created within the Soviet Union network of
  monitoring of nuclear weapon (NW) testing
• Monitoring of agricultural lands pollution with
  nuclear fission products
• Elaboration of agricultural production stability
  measures in NW conditions

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Radiological monitoring lab, Republican Center of
Applied Pedology

• Since 1986 leading role in evaluation of
  Chernobyl accident consequences within Moldovan
  territory
• Monitoring of ? background, soil, agricultural
  products and water pollution
• Development of polluted soil maps
• Elaboration of radiation protection measures
• 1986-2009 study of Cs, Sr isotopes migration in
  soil vegetables chain
• Soil pollution levels standardization approaches
• Forecast of basic agricultural products pollution

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Radiological monitoring lab, Republican Center of
Applied Pedology

• Analyses of 226Ra, 238U, 232Th concentration in
  soils using methods
• Radiometry
• Spectrum -photometry
• Electrolyze
• ? -spectrometry

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Radiological monitoring lab, Republican Center of
Applied Pedology

• Since 1992 ?. more functions
• - radiation control center in agricultural
  production sector
• monitoring of soil and agricultural production
  pollution with global depositions as well as a
  result of transboundary accidents
• monitoring of air pollution
• departmental supervision of radiation safety and
  security at the entities using ionizing radiation
  sources (IRS)

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Radiological monitoring lab, Republican Center of
Applied Pedology

• Major IRS were used at different production and
  scientific facilities
• Since 1990th they was not used any more and their
  physical protection become an major issue
• Lab has conducted an inventorisation and with the
  assistance US DoE and IAEA an effective physical
  protection was ensured

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Used methods

• - Dosimetry
• - Radiometry
• - Scintillation ß ? spectrometry
• - Radio-chemistry

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Available Equipment

• -dosimeters
• -ß ? spectrometer
• -a - ß radiometer
• -liquid a - ß spectrometer Thricarb3170
• -liquid radiometer Triatler etc.

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Needed equipment

• - a, ß, ? neutron dosimeter/s
• ? -spectrometer with Ge detector with electronic
  cooling e- 0-3Mev
• ß spectrometer on semiconductors
• Lab. Stove 1100 0C
• Ph meters, analytical weighs, lab glass, lab.
  supplies, centrifuge, shaker, bi-distillator etc.
  
• Conditioning systems
• Personal Computers

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