Entries by Тетяна Арсеньєва

Start the Journey… Virtual Tour of Chornobyl

The educational project and communication platform “Chornobyl. Journey”, created on the scrolling principle – interactive dynamic stories with a large number of multimedia elements (photos, videos, audio, animations), which are activated by scrolling. This is a continuation of the multimedia exhibition dedicated to the 35th anniversary of the Chornobyl tragedy. The platform consists of six […]

Recommendation Posters on Radiation Protection Issues in Ukrainian now on the IAEA website

The official website of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) published recommendation posters on radiation protection issues under medical diagnostic exposure in Ukrainian, translated by the State Scientific and Technical Center for Nuclear and Radiation Safety jointly with Uatom.org Editorial Board with the assistance of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine and the Swedish […]

Nuclear Security in Ukraine – Information, Experience Exchange and Coordination

The international meeting “Nuclear Security in Ukraine – Information, Experience Exchange and Coordination” was held on-line on 16-17 November under the leadership of co-chair of the Information Exchange Initiative Natalia Klos and representative of the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) Zlatan Delalic, within the Global Partnership against Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction”. The event […]

TAE Technologies States It Can “Retain Plasma as Needed”

California-based company TAE Technologies, which studies the potential of thermonuclear energy, has announced that their Norman installation is capable of withstanding the high temperatures generated by nuclear fusion. Most well-known and advanced thermonuclear reactors use a toroidal chamber: a tokamak, where the plasma is heated and contained by a magnetic field, however, TAE Technologies uses […]

Radiation Can Be Used for Wireless Transmission of Digital Data

A team of engineers from the Lancaster University in the UK, jointly with scientists from the József Stefan Institute in Slovenia, has successfully transmitted information wirelessly using nuclear radiation.                            Radioactive element californium-252 was chosen as a source of fast neutrons. The researchers measured the radiation level and recorded the result, after which they encoded a […]

Frontier for Radiation. How Radiation Control at the State Border is Carried Out

“Radioactive Cargo Detained at the Border”. “A Tourist Tried to Smuggle Radioactive Watches Across the Border”. “The Stationary Monitoring System at the Border Crossing Point Detected Radiation Background Exceeding in the Luggage”. Such publications appear periodically on Uatom.org site due to the vigilance of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine in combating the illegal […]

Acting director general of the SUNPP finally approved

Igor Polovych, who held the position of acting director general of the South-Ukrainian NPP, was appointed on August 26, 2021 the director general of this separate division of NNEGC Energoatom. This was announced by the Interim President of Energoatom Petro Kotin during a working visit to the station. Igor Polovych had been heading the SUNPP […]