Posted: 28.02.2019
On February 28, the 30th anniversary of “Nevada-Semey” antinuclear movement was observed. To commemorate this historical event, the Memorial Day “30 zhyl unsizdik. 30 years of calm” took place in the regional children and youth library. At this event a lot was said about the main reason why this movement began, i.e. about the Semipalatinsk […]
Posted: 18.11.2019
As part of IAEA’s technical cooperation project KAZ9014 ‘Scientific and technical support of activities on the release of lands of the former Semipalatinsk Test Site (STS) to economic use’, the branch IRSE RSE NNC RK acquired a new analytical instrument ‘Pyrolyser-6 Trio’ in 2019. This equipment was specifically designed and tested to extract tritium and […]
Posted: 12.06.2017
Between May 29 and June 2, 2017 the International ENVIRA 2017 Conference on Environmental Radioactivity was held in Vilnius city, Lithuania, which was organized by the Center of Physical Sciences and Technologies. New scientific knowledge on applications of natural and anthropogenic radionuclides and isotopes was presented at the conference in researching into terrestrial (atmosphere, hydrosphere, […]
Posted: 21.07.2020
Staff members of Institute of Radiation Safety and Ecology NNC RK have been engaged in research into tritium behaviour in environmental objects, its accumulation by plants and redistribution processes including OBT for the last few years. Experiments with various crops are conducted both in greenhouse conditions and in full-scale conditions of tritium contamination at Semipalatinsk […]
Posted: 05.09.2017
On August 3 of the same year, a Japanese film crew from the HNK TV company visited the museum of Semipalatinsk Test Site history as part of the program of a stay to make a large-scale TV movie aimed at covering progressive dynamics in development of Kazakhstan. The editorial staff of the Japanese TV company […]
Posted: 28.07.2020
One way to control the content of the content of radionuclides in water – radioecological monitoring of aquatic medium. The most important and integral part of the monitoring is to determine local ‘background’ concentrations of radionuclides. Comparison of radiation measurements with determinations of background values allows to establish adverse tendencies in changes of environmental quality, […]
Posted: 21.09.2018
Between September 17 and 21, 2018 there was IX International Russian Conference “RADIOCHEMISTRY-2918” held in St. Petersburg city, Russia, which was arranged by the Russian Academy of Sciences in cooperation with the “Rosatom” State Corporation and JSC “V.G. Khlopin Radium Institute”. The Russian scientific conference on radiochemistry is a conventional event held every three years […]
Posted: 29.04.2020
As the spring ends, on the threshold of the beginning of fieldworks a specific attention is paid to preparation for the expeditions: the workscope is being determined, trips are planned and the equipment is being prepared. However, all this is hardly related to the laboratories for radionuclides analysis of the branch «Institute of Radiation Safety […]
Posted: 07.12.2018
The Institute of Radiation Safety and Ecology, RSE NNC RK provides advanced training for its staff members on a regular basis in order to extend previous and acquire new professional knowledge and skills for improving operation quality and efficiency at the entire enterprise. On November 13 through 23, 2018 the Technical Rosatom Academy in St. […]
On behalf of the branch ‘Institute of Radiation Safety and Ecology’ RSE NNC RK, the conference were attended by the head of laboratory of experimental research into transfer mechanisms, Department of Development of Environmental Monitoring Systems (DDEMS) А.К. Aidarkhanova and the head of monitoring research laboratory, DDEMS М.R. Aktayev. In the area of ‘Radioecology’ А.К. Aidarkhanova delivered an oral presentation on the subject ‘Current levels of radionuclide contamination in natural lakes in the territory of Semipalatinsk Test Site’, and by М.R. Aktayev – ‘Monitoring of surface and ground water in the territory of Semipalatinsk Test Site’. Following the conference, a presentation by М.R. Aktayev was noted to be the best at the ‘Radioecology’ breakout session and the author was awarded the respective certificate.
