Cooperation With Romania

Training of staff

The Human Monitoring Laboratory (HML) trained two Romanian scientists in 1991. The emphasis was on lung counting using the HML's phoswich based system and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) torso phantom containing natural uranium, 93% enriched uranium and americium-241 lungs sets. The system was replaced by a germanium based system in 1996.

An interesting collaboration resulted from one of the training periods. The results of this work have been published in the open literature. G.H. Kramer and M.A. Puscalau. Chest Wall Thickness Measurements for Enriched Uranium: An Alternative Approach. Health Physics 66, 573-576; 1994.

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Health Canada and the Romania National Institute for Research and Development for Physics and Nuclear Engineering

A MOU was signed August 1998, between Health Canada and the Romania National Institute for Research and Development for Physics and Nuclear Engineering located in Bucharest, Magurele. Both parties have agreed to the MOU for the following purposes:

• Formally establish scientific cooperation and inter-institutional relationships.
• Exchange data and information.
• Collaborate on research and development in the field of health physics.
• Collaborate in development of improved techniques and technology for assessing internal radioactivity burdens and resulting doses.
• Generally broaden the scientific experience of both parties.