Future Activities of RCARO for Sustainable Development

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Future Activities of RCARO for Sustainable
Development
1 5 December, 2008 Daejeon Jeju, Korea
Le Thi Phu Van NRI - VAEC
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Survey projects of RCARO from 1999 - now
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RCA Projects of Dalat Nuclear Research Institute

• RAS/4/026
• RAS/2/013
• RAS/7/016
• RAS/8/106
• ROK/06/001

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RCA Projects of Dalat Nuclear Research Institute
RAS/4/026 Project Co-ordinator Prof. Nguyen Nhi
Dien Subject Adding Value to Materials through
Irradiation with Neutrons Duration 2007 -
2008 Results - Carrying out the experiments on
irradiation of Topaz stone samples with neutrons
in the rotary rack of the Dalat research reactor
with irradiation time from 30 hours to 150 hours.
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RCA Projects of Dalat Nuclear Research Institute

• RAS/4/026 (cont)
• - After heat processing, the such Topaz
  irradiated by gamma in Co-60 irradiator with the
  dose rate of 25 kGy/h. The total dose was
  (60-70)x103 kGy.
• - The results obtained show that the combination
  irradiation of neutron and gamma permits to
  reduce the irradiation of neutrons to 50 hours,
  so the radioactivity in the samples decreased,
  about 0,2 ?Sv/h/cara.
• Reduction of a significant decay time.

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RCA Projects of Dalat Nuclear Research Institute

• RAS/4/026 (cont)
• Advantages
• Neutron irradiation and combining with other
  methods heat processing and gamma irradiation
• Disadvantages
• Neutron irradiation of Topaz
• - with limited dimension (lt3cm in diameter)
• without Cd shielding (in and out of the core)

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RCA Projects of Dalat Nuclear Research Institute

• RAS/2/013
• Project Co-ordinator Mr. Duong Van Dong
• Subject Good Radiopharmacy Practices and Good
  Manufacturing Practices ( GRP and GMP )
• Duration 2007 - 2008
• Results
• QA/QC for
• ? Organization and Personnel
• ? Facility and Equipment
• ? Manufacturing
• ? Quality Control
• ? Documentation

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RCA Projects of Dalat Nuclear Research Institute
RAS/2/013 (Cont) Advantages - The production
and distribution of radioisotopes and
radiopharmaceuticals have been practical
experienced since 1984 - Applications of nuclear
techniques in medicine have been widely developed
in Vietnam - Carrying out 3 national projects on
nuclear medicine centre with Cyclotron-PET and 1
national project on plan of a new production line
( I-131 ) .
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RCA Projects of Dalat Nuclear Research Institute
RAS/2/013 (Cont) Disadvantages - Qualified
manpower shortage - Modern devices shortage. -
Long geographical position of country
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RCA Projects of Dalat Nuclear Research Institute
RAS/7/016 Project Co-ordinator Mr. Nguyen
Trong Ngo Subject Establishing a Benchmark for
Assessing the Radiological Impact of Nuclear
Power Activities on the Marine Environment in the
Asia-Pacific region Duration 2007 -
2008 Results - Collecting of marine
environment samples at 2 selected sites of
NinhThuan Province in 2008 Sea water samples,
Sea water samples(900 liters/site), Sea sediments
(3-5 kgs/site), Sea foods (5-10 kgs/site),
Seaweeds (10 kgs/site).
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RCA Projects of Dalat Nuclear Research Institute
RAS/7/016 (cont) - Quantitative analysis of
radionuclides concentration of the
samples. Advantage Support of a national project
on Assessment of Marine Environmental
Radioactivity Status for two selected sites of
Nuclear Power Plant in the near future at
Ninhthuan Province, from 2008-2009.
Disadvantage Financial shortages
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RCA Projects of Dalat Nuclear Research Institute

• RAS/8/106
• Project Co-ordinator Mr. Le Hai
• Subject Radiation Processing Applications for
  Health and the Environment
• Duration 2007 - 2008
• Results
• Degradation of natural polysaccharide such as
  chitosan, alginate to prepare plant growth
  promoter and protector for agricultural use, and
  fractionation oligochitosan for medical use.

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RCA Projects of Dalat Nuclear Research Institute

• RAS/8/106 (cont)
• Preparation a novel composite material from the
  copolymers of bentonite and hydrophilic monomer
  for waste water treatment of natural rubber
  processing factory.
• Preparation copolymers for enhance of oil
  recovery this research direction was cooperated
  with the Joint Venture Vietsovpetro company to
  ratify the research contract.

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RCA Projects of Dalat Nuclear Research Institute

• RAS/8/106 (cont)
• End-Users
• Binh Dien Fertilizer Company
• La Nga Sugarcane Joint Stock Company
• Vietsovpetro Joint Venture Company
• Binh Long and Hoa Binh Rubber Companies

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RCA Projects of Dalat Nuclear Research Institute
ROK/06/001 National Co-ordinator Mr. Phan Son
Hai Subject Mitigation of Coastal Impact of
Natural Disasters like Tsunami Using Nuclear or
Isotope-based Techniques Duration 2006 -
2009 Results Collecting and analysis
radionuclides and elements of soil and sediment
samples at 7 areas in South of Vietnam Ganh Hao,
Dinh An, Vung Tau, Phan Thiet, Nha Trang, Tra
Vinh, Thac Mo.
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RCA Projects of Dalat Nuclear Research Institute
ROK/06/001 (Cont) Advantage Vietnam
government is interesting on the Problem of
coastal environment protection Disadvantage Asso
ciated nuclear and other technologies for general
research of the problem of change in the coastal
environment are limited in Vietnam.
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Co-operation in the Future

• Projects
• Enlargement of researches for application in
  petroleum industry
• - Development of nano size materials by radiation
  processing.
• - Development and commercialization of the super
  water absorbent materials for use in agriculture
  and environment treatment.

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Co-operation in the Future

• Projects (cont)
• - Development of heavy metal absorbent for
  environment treatment
• - Commercialization of the plant growth
  promotor
• - Support of research facilities from RCA
  and member countries
• - Support of human resources in general
  and specialists in the related fields

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Co-operation in the Future

• Projects (cont)
• - Exchange information and experiences
  between RCA and member countries
• - Establishment of the National Marine
  Environmental Radioactivity Monitoring Network.
• - Enlargement of the projects of environment
  pollution, water source pollution, food pollution.

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Co-operation in the Future

• Training Course/ Workshop/ Fellowship
• - Improvement of the quality of training
  activities
• Improvement of the skills and expertise of
  nuclear technologists
• - Strengthening of Distance assisted training'
• - Scientific visits
• - Enlargement of the Masters degree programs, Ph.
  D degree programs, Post Doc programs

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Co-operation in the Future

• Training Course/ Workshop/ Fellowship (cont)
• - Training or Expert on applications of nuclear
  and isotopic techniques in identifying sources of
  marine pollution.
• - Fellowship /Training/ Scientific visit on GRP
  and GMP
• - Workshop/course on production and QA of therapy
  radio isotopes under GMP and GRP roles
• - Workshop/course on techniques for labeling of
  biological compounds like peptides, antibodies
  and proteins used in radiopharmaceuticals

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