MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION “HORIA HULUBEI” NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING (IFIN-HH) IFIN-HH „Stakeholders Involvement, International Cooperation, Public Acceptance – Requirements for Sustainable Nuclear Investments in Romania” Nuc Info’ Day 2013

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

“HORIA HULUBEI” NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING (IFIN-HH) IFIN-HH  IFIN-HH the largest R&D institute in Romania  Personnel Total 691 R&D 464 Researchers 261 Res. Assistants 51 Eng. &Technicians PhD 75 PhD students 26 MSc students 22 PhD Advisors  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 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 (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 physic s ELI-NP: 293 M€, project approved by EC in September 2012 First phase ( ) 180 M€ ( EC Structural funds: 149 M€) Second Phase:

“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  1957 – 1975: 3000 barrels  1975 – Radioactive Waste Treatment Plant ;  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 Phare “ Upgrading of the Radioactive Waste Treatment Plant (STDR) from IFIN-HH” (TA+W) - AQUA EXPRESS installation for liquid waste treatment (IFIN-HH funds– USD) - equipments and devices - HG 902 /2010 ( Euro) Phare “ Up-Grading of the Baita-Bihor Repository for Institutional Radioactive Waste in Romania” (TA+W) TA – EU – ( 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/ USD ( 2007 – 2009 ) TCP - Strengthening IFIN-HH Capacity in Radioactive Waste Management - ROM 9/029 – USD – (2009 – 2011)

“HORIA HULUBEI” NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING (IFIN-HH) IFIN-HH Decommisioning of theVVRS Research Reactor HG 898/2009 ( ) Stages: : Site preparation and shipment in the RF of the Spent Fuel : 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 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 - Notified by Regulatory Body ( CNCAN) 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

 Outstanding results  Essential and fruitful collaboration with Ministry of National Education, CNCAN, AN&DR and other institutions Thank you for attention! “HORIA HULUBEI” NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING (IFIN-HH) IFIN-HH