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Institute of IsotopesRelated to Nuclear Safeguards,
Forensics and Environmental Monitoring(Introduction)
A. KovácsHead
Department of Radiation Safetyakovacs@iki.kfki.hu
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Institute of Isotopes (founded in 1959)
R & D Institute Technical Support OrganizationHungarian Academy of Sciences Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority
Tasks: - Basic and applied research; - To support authority tasks for HAEA- Production, application, trade of radioactive materials- Technical assistance
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Profile Changes in the Institute of Isotopes
1. Safeguards accountancy up to 1996 HAEA
2. Radioactive material registry IKI / HAEA
Production(IoI Co.Ltd.)
1993
Trading(IZINTA Co. Ltd.)
1985
Institute ofIsotopes
~ 400 employee
R & D, service
TSO
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Present R&D + Application Activities
Fundamental research
Catalytic reactions
Radiation chemistry (waste water treatment)
Nuclear physics (archeology; geology; dating)
Radioactive tracer techniques (migration studies)
Nuclear safeguards, forensics, environmental monitoring
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Technical Assistance
Central registry of radioactive materials at national level;
Evaluation of license applications for packaging and transport of radioactive material
Security of radioactive sources
Safeguards verification of nuclear material
Identification and characterization of illicit nuclear material
Studies of radiation resistance of material and equipment
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Present R&D Activities: Safeguards
Safeguards oriented
developments
Quantitative assay of neutron sources (e.g. Pu-Be)
Measurement of damaged spent fuel
Age determinationof U samples
Measurement offresh fuel
reprocessingenrichment
Characterization of spent fuel assemblies
Burn-up distribution
Swipe (bulk) samples
Single particle analysis
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Present R&D Activities: Nuclear Forensics
Identification, categorization, characterization and securing illicit nuclear material:
Characterization of seized uranium samples
Assay of Pu in Pu-Be sources
Age determination of U samples
Presence of reprocessed U
Isotopics determination
Study of detectability with interfering radioactive sources and shielding
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Present R&D Activities: Nuclear Forensics
Assay of nuclear material by PGAA
Mass spectrometry for the analysis of nuclear material of unknown origin
Retrospective dosimetry
Swipe analysis
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Present R&D Activities: Environmental Monitoring
Analysis of environmental samples: long-lived radioactive nuclides
Environmental swipe samples (bulk analysis)
Single particle analysis (LA-ICP-MS)
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Main facilities, equipments, techniques, laboratories
Gamma spectrometry (HPGe, CdZnTe,NaJ) Neutron coincidence counting Mass spectrometry (ICP-SFMS) Cold neutron beam (PGAA) Linear electron accelerator (pulsed neutron source) Chemical and TL/OSL (retrospective) dosimetry Scanning electron microscope (with XRF tube)
In collaboration within the research campus:- α- spectrometry; - X-ray fluorescence;- Particle induced X-ray emission;
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Thank you for your attention!
A. Kovacs
akovacs@iki.kfki.hu