On October 15th, 2020, the Universidad Especializada de las Américas (UDELAS) and AdSTM, on behalf of the USNRC’s Radiation Source Regulatory Partnership Program (RSRP), signed a new agreement to implement the Master Degree Program in Radiation Protection for the 2020-2022 academic cycle. The agreement was signed in a virtual ceremony by Dr. Doris Hernandez, UDELAS Vice-President, and Sergey Katsenelenbogen, AdSTM. Dr. Arturo Rivera, UDELAS Postgraduate Studies Dean, UDELAS staff and Dr. Eloy Gibbs, the Academic Coordinator of the Program, were also present at the signing ceremony. During...
News from 2020
The US NRC Radiation Source Regulatory Partnership (RSRP) conducted a virtual meeting with the Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA), on October 14, 2020, to discuss RURA plans and identify areas for collaboration. RURA regulates sources of ionizing radiation in Rwanda. The RURA Director General and Senior Staff Members and US NRC and AdSTM representatives attended the meeting. The meeting resulted in important discussions on RURA´s vision of the future bilateral collaborations, including regulatory staff training, developing a national registry of radioactive sources, emergency...
The US NRC Radiation Source Regulatory Partnership (RSRP) conducted a virtual meeting with the Zambia Radiation Protection Authority (RPA), on October 13, 2020, to discuss RPA plans and identify areas for collaboration. The RPA Executive Director and Senior Staff Members and US NRC and AdSTM representatives attended the meeting. The meeting resulted in important discussions on RPA´s vision for future bilateral collaboration, which include public awareness activities, regulatory staff training, radiation safety training and regulatory development for uranium recovery and radon monitoring. The...
The US NRC Radiation Source Regulatory Partnership (RSRP) conducted a virtual meeting with the Mauritania National Authority for Radiation Protection, Safety and Nuclear Security (ARSN), on October 13, 2020, to discuss ARSN plans and identify areas for collaboration. ARSN’s President and Senior Staff Members and US NRC and AdSTM representatives attended the meeting. The meeting resulted in important discussions on ARSN´s vision for future bilateral collaboration, including ARSN staff training, disposal of disused sources and development of an ARSN website. US NRC and RSRP will continue to...
The US NRC Radiation Source Regulatory Partnership (RSRP) delivered a virtual training seminar on “Overview of the Cyclotron PET Licensing Process.” The seminar was conducted in two 2-hour sessions on October 6-7, 2020. RSRP experts provided an overview of the production and licensing of radioactive material for positron emission tomography (PET) using cyclotrons, covering PET radiopharmaceutical materials to be considered for the licensing of PET facilities, safety requirements for the design and construction of PET facilities, and the principles of shielding and other radiation protection...
The US NRC Radiation Source Regulatory Partnership (RSRP) delivered a virtual training seminar on “Introduction to Radiation Physics and Radiation Protection Principles” for West Africa countries. The seminar was conducted on September 29, 2020; with a session lasting approximately 2 hours. The seminar provided an overview of basic Radiation Physics concepts, brief discussion of biological effects and considerations under the development of regulatory limits and basic radiation safety practices to protect workers/public (external radiation safety controls and basic contamination controls)....
The US NRC Radiation Source Regulatory Partnership (RSRP) delivered a virtual training seminar on “Introduction to Radiation Physics and Radiation Protection Principles” for Latin American countries. The seminar was conducted on September 22, 2020; with a session lasting approximately 2 hours. The seminar provided an overview of basic Radiation Physics concepts, brief discussion of biological effects and considerations under the development of regulatory limits and basic radiation safety practices to protect workers/public (external radiation safety controls and basic contamination controls...
The US NRC Radiation Source Regulatory Partnership (RSRP) delivered one more time the virtual training seminar on “Overview of Cyclotron PET Licensing Process”. The seminar was conducted in two sessions, on September 14 and 15, 2020; with each session lasting approximately 2 hours. The seminar provided an overview of the production of PET radioactive material licensing including, PET radiopharmaceutical materials to be considered for the licensing of PET facilities, safety requirements for the design and construction of PET facilities and the principles of shielding and other radiation...
The US NRC Radiation Source Regulatory Partnership (RSRP) delivered a virtual training seminar on “Introduction to Radiation Physics and Radiation Protection Principles”. The seminar was conducted on August 26, 2020; with a session lasting approximately 2 hours. The seminar provided an overview of basic Radiation Physics concepts, brief discussion of biological effects and considerations under the development of regulatory limits and basic radiation safety practices to protect workers/public (external radiation safety controls and basic contamination controls). Thirty (30) regulatory staff...
The US NRC Radiation Source Regulatory Partnership (RSRP) delivered a virtual training seminar for Latin American countries on “Overview of Cyclotron PET Licensing Process”. The seminar was conducted in two sessions, on August 24 & 25, 2020; with each session lasting approximately 2 hours. The seminar provided an overview of the production of PET radioactive material licensing including, PET radiopharmaceutical materials to be considered for the licensing of PET facilities, safety requirements for the design and construction of PET facilities and the principles of shielding and other...