10 typical events of nuclear energy

On December 23, the Department of Radiation and Nuclear Safety - Ministry of Science and Technology announced 10 typical events in the field of atomic energy in Vietnam in 2014.

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According to the Department of Radiation and Nuclear Safety, in 2014, many activities in the field of atomic energy in Vietnam have been recognized both in the country and internationally.

10 typical events of Vietnam's atomic energy sector in 2014 include:

1. The Hague Nuclear Security Summit, Netherlands, March 2014. This conference with the participation of 53 countries and 4 international organizations is said to be very successful with the leaders committed to prevent nuclear terrorism.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung led the Vietnamese delegation to attend the Conference and read the paper at the plenary session.

2. The cooperation agreement between Vietnam and the United States on peaceful use of nuclear energy was signed in Hanoi on May 6, 2014 and took effect from October 3, 2014.

Radiographs are stored in a protective cask to carry away - (Photo: TTO)

The signing of the Agreement marked an important step in the reliable cooperation between Vietnam and the United States on the peaceful use of nuclear energy for many years, while opening up great prospects. for both parties in promoting specific cooperation projects on research, development and application of atomic energy, especially cooperation in nuclear power development for each socio-economic development country.

3. Vietnam successfully completed the position of Chairman of the Board of Governors of the IAEA for the 2013-2014 term.

The success of Vietnam in the presidency has left important results for the operation of the IAEA and significantly enhanced Vietnam's position in the IAEA as well as the international forum, creating great opportunities to have can take advantage of IAEA support.

4. Vietnam received 3 awards of achievements awarded by IAEA, including 1 outstanding achievement award of the IAEA and FAO in the field of mutation to create rice varieties among 23 prizes of the world.

5. The Nuclear Integrated Assessment Team (IRRS), the Review Team integrating Nuclear Power Infrastructure (INIR) and the IAEA's Evaluation Team to Support Nuclear Security (INSSP) came to work with Vietnam to review Vietnam's preparations for nuclear power project implementation.

6. Vietnam supports Laos to build a regulatory infrastructure for the development of atomic energy applications and help you survey the environmental radiation of Vientiane city, thereby helping you detect and recover radioactive sources. out of control, avoiding the risk of long-term irradiation for people.

7. Starting construction of power supply system for construction of nuclear power plant Ninh Thuan 1 on 12/12/2014. The commencement of construction of the power supply system has recognized an important milestone in the process of deploying the construction of Vietnam's first nuclear power plant.

8. The Congress of the Vietnam Atomic Energy Association in the second term was successfully and successfully elected a new Executive Board to promote the development of atomic energy applications and ensure radiation and nuclear safety. in Vietnam.

9. The Prime Minister issued Decision No. 45/2014 / QD-TTg dated August 15, 2014, providing for the regime of career incentives for people working in units of atomic energy field of Science and technology.

10. The incident of APAVE company lost radioactive source in September 2014. This is a lesson learned about the management of radioactive source security, although the radioactive source has quickly been recovered, it does not affect people's health and the environment.

After this incident, the Ministry of Science and Technology promptly seized the management of radioactive source security by the Minister's Directive and amended and supplemented Circular 23/2010 / TT-BKHCN on security management. Security of radioactive sources, which require mobile radioactive sources to be used in industrial radioactivity photography and in transit must have a security surveillance system.