IFIN-HH
MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION
“HORIA HULUBEI” NATIONAL INSTITUTE
FOR PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING (IFIN-HH)
„Stakeholders Involvement, International Cooperation,
Public Acceptance – Requirements for Sustainable
Nuclear Investments in Romania”
Nuc Info’ Day 2013
“HORIA HULUBEI” NATIONAL INSTITUTE
FOR PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING (IFIN-HH)
IFIN-HH
R&D Activities
 Theoretical Physics
 Atomic, Nuclear & Particle Physics
 Life & Environmental Physics
 Radioisotopes & Radiopharmaceuticals
 Technological Irradiations
 Radioactive Waste Treatment & Disposal
 Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities
 Nuclear engineering
 Training in nuclear activities
“HORIA HULUBEI” NATIONAL INSTITUTE
FOR PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING (IFIN-HH)
IFIN-HH
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IFIN-HH the largest R&D institute in Romania
Personnel
Total
R&D
691
464
Researchers
Res. Assistants
Eng. &Technicians
261
51
152
221 PhD
75 PhD students
26 MSc students
22 PhD Advisors
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Budget 2012: 129 Mil. Lei (~ 30 Meuro)
Scientific Output: over 600 ISI articles per year
“HORIA HULUBEI” NATIONAL INSTITUTE
FOR PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING (IFIN-HH)
IFIN-HH
• International cooperation
 Members: JINR Dubna, FAIR Darmstadt, CERN, ELI
 FP 7:15 projects
 Cooperation: IAEA, DOE
 International Organizations: NuPECC, EPS-NPB, IUPAP.
 International Centers: ECT-Trento, ICTP-Trieste
 Agreements: IN2P3- France, CEA Saclay, INFN - Italy
Universities & Research Centers: ~50.
“HORIA HULUBEI” NATIONAL INSTITUTE
FOR PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING (IFIN-HH)
IFIN-HH
New Major Research Infrastructure
“HORIA HULUBEI” NATIONAL INSTITUTE
FOR PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING (IFIN-HH)
IFIN-HH
Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics-ELI-NP
2006 – ELI on ESFRI Roadmap
ELI-PP 2007-2010 (FP7)
ELI-Beamlines (Czech Republic)
a new generation of secondary sources for
interdisciplinary applications in physics, medicine, biology and material sciences.
ELI-Attoseconds (Hungary)
focused on physics of ultrashort optical pulses in
attosecond order
ELI-Nuclear Physics (Romania) photonuclear physics
ELI-NP: 293 M€, project approved by EC in September 2012
First phase (2012-2015) 180 M€ ( EC Structural funds: 149 M€)
Second Phase: 2015 - 2017
“HORIA HULUBEI” NATIONAL INSTITUTE
FOR PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING (IFIN-HH)
IFIN-HH
Research Reactor and Radioactive Waste Management
Facilities
“HORIA HULUBEI” NATIONAL INSTITUTE
FOR PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING (IFIN-HH)
IFIN-HH
Historical Radioactive Waste
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1957 – 1975: 3000 barrels
1975 – Radioactive Waste Treatment Plant ;
1985 - Baita Bihor repository
2000: still 879 barrels stored at Magurele site
solutions:
- ANDRAD, CNCAN: unacceptable solution - keep them in long term
storage at Magurele
- IFIN-HH with the support of ANCS and AN and under a cooperation
project with DTI –UK : final disposal at Baita Bihor repository (1 million
euros)
2006: all the historical radioactive waste – solved issue
“HORIA HULUBEI” NATIONAL INSTITUTE
FOR PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING (IFIN-HH)
IFIN-HH
Programs to upgrade the infrastructure related to Radioactive Waste
Management
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Phare 2006 - “ Upgrading of the Radioactive Waste Treatment Plant (STDR)
from IFIN-HH” (TA+W)
• - AQUA EXPRESS installation for liquid waste treatment (IFIN-HH
funds– 70.000 USD)
• - equipments and devices - HG 902 /2010 (821. 000 Euro)
• Phare 2006 - “ Up-Grading of the Baita-Bihor Repository for Institutional
Radioactive Waste in Romania” (TA+W)
• TA – EU – (444.567 Euro)
• W – IFIN-HH funds (1,1 Meuro)
TCP - Assistance to Develop Technology and Improve Capability for the
Conditioning of Disused Sealed Radioactive Sources including Alpha and
Neutron Sources - ROM 3/006 - 104.948 USD ( 2007 – 2009 )
TCP - Strengthening IFIN-HH Capacity in Radioactive Waste Management ROM 9/029 – 80.655 USD – (2009 – 2011)
“HORIA HULUBEI” NATIONAL INSTITUTE
FOR PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING (IFIN-HH)
IFIN-HH
Decommisioning of theVVRS Research Reactor
HG 898/2009 (2010-2020)
Stages:
2010-2012: Site preparation and shipment in the RF of the Spent Fuel
2011-2013: Modernization of the Radioactive Waste Treatment Plant installations
2013–2020: Decomissioning works and radioactive waste management
Essential: uninterrupted flux of the radioactive waste
Research Reactor Decommissioning ⇨ Waste Treatment Plant and storage
⇨Final Disposal at Baita Repository
IFIN-HH position : The transfer of the Baita Bihor repository from IFIN-HH
would produce major perturbation of the activity and it is completely
unacceptable
“HORIA HULUBEI” NATIONAL INSTITUTE
FOR PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING (IFIN-HH)
IFIN-HH
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Certified Laboratories in IFIN-HH
- Notified by Regulatory Body ( CNCAN)
Ionizing Radiation Calibration Laboratory;
Ionizing Radiation Testing Laboratory;
Laboratory for Testing and Certification of Compliance
for Radiopharmaceutical, Radio-chemicals and
Radioactive Sources;
Radionuclide Metrology Laboratory;
Laboratory for α,β,γ Spectrometry and Radon
Measurements;
Whole Body Monitoring Laboratory;
Environmental and Personnel Dosimetry Laboratory;
“HORIA HULUBEI” NATIONAL INSTITUTE
FOR PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING (IFIN-HH)
IFIN-HH
Certified Laboratories in IFIN-HH
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Spectrometry Analysis Laboratory;
Microbiology Laboratory;
Detection of Irradiated Foods Laboratory;
Physical and Chemical Testing Laboratory;
Radiological Characterization Laboratory;
Law Background Gamma-Ray Spectrometry Laboratory;
Laboratory for Biocompatibility Evaluation of Medical
Materials;
• Laboratory for Elemental and Structural Analysis of
Nanostructured Materials using Rutherford Backscatering
Spectrometry (RBS)
“HORIA HULUBEI” NATIONAL INSTITUTE
FOR PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING (IFIN-HH)
IFIN-HH
Small scale manufacturing
• Radiopharmaceuticals and radiotracers
• Radioactive sources
“HORIA HULUBEI” NATIONAL INSTITUTE
FOR PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING (IFIN-HH)
IFIN-HH
Services and Collaborations
• Specialized services
- Occupational radiation exposure monitoring
- Microbiological testing and certification
- Decommissioning of nuclear facilities, including
research reactors, critical and subcritical
assemblies
- Radioactive sample analysis
- Basic and advanced nuclear training
“HORIA HULUBEI” NATIONAL INSTITUTE
FOR PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING (IFIN-HH)
IFIN-HH
Services and Collaborations
Specialized services
- Supply of accelerated particle beam;
- Radwaste collection, treatment, storage and
disposal
- Irradiation processing of products and materials
- Legal metrology in ionizing radiations
- Ionizing radiation methods, technologies and
device testing;
“HORIA HULUBEI” NATIONAL INSTITUTE
FOR PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING (IFIN-HH)
IFIN-HH
Other Services
 Computerization and communication
 Documentation, editing, printing and publishing
 Preparation of R&D programs, strategies, studies
“HORIA HULUBEI” NATIONAL INSTITUTE
FOR PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING (IFIN-HH)
IFIN-HH
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Outstanding results
Essential and fruitful collaboration with
Ministry of National Education, CNCAN,
AN&DR and other institutions
Thank you for attention!
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