SARAYKÖY NUCLEAR RESEARCH (SANAEM) Dr. Dilan ÖZMEN Magurele, Romania 9-13 May 2011

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1 TURKISH ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY SARAYKÖY NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTER (SANAEM) Dr. Dilan ÖZMEN Magurele, Romania 9-13 May 2011

2 Sarayköy Nuclear Research Center was founded in 2005 by reconstitution of Ankara Nuclear Research and Training Center and Ankara Nuclear Agriculture and Animal Health Research Center

3 Organization Chart of SANAEM Director Deputy Director Deputy Director Deputy Director Application Department Research & Development Department t Technology Department Measurement & Instrumentation Department Administrative & Technical Section Supplementary Section Library Section Civil il Defense Section Training Section

4 300 STAFF Technical Support Staff TOTAL 300 STAFF Women Men TOTAL

5 Department of Application 1. Health Physics Unit 2. Irradiation Facility 3. Animal Science Unit 4. Agricultural Research Unit 5. Food Unit 6. Medicine Unit 7. Radiopharmaceutical Unit 8. Industry Unit 9. Environmental Unit

6 Agricultural Research Unit Agricultural research in three main areas: -Plant Breeding Group The scope of this group is to generate new cultivars and variations by using nuclear techniques. Starting points of these researches are, improvingi yield and quality, stress tolerance, resistance to diseases, higher nitrogen fixation capacity, suitable for mechanized harvesting. - Plant Protection Group The scope of this group is determination of pesticide which are used to control insects, plant diseases and weeds in the agricultural products residues in the plant and soil by using radiotracer technique in combination with other chromatographic techniques. -Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition Group The scope of this group is the use of radioactive and stable isotopes to investigate t the fertility levelsl of the soils, the fertilizer usage efficiencies of plants, and the relationships of fertilizers in different environments. Also,15N, 13C by IRMS (Isotope Ratio Mass Spectroscopy) py) and neutron probe techniques are used to determine the soil - plant nutrient-water relationships.

7 View of plant protection labs. View of plant breeding labs.

8 General view of greenhouse

9 Gamma Irradiation Facility It was established in 1993 by the assistance of IAEA and UNDP. It is located in SANAEM, The storage area is 800 m 2. It is Hungarian made SVST-1 category IV tote-box type irradiator, The irradiation source is Cobalt-60 radioisotope, Source activity is Ci ( as of April 2011), 2740 m 3 food products and 1030 m 3 medical products were irradiated in 2010.

10 This facility has a license from Ministry of Health to irradiate single-use medical products (compresses and bandages, operation clothes, covers and operation sets, catheters, sutures, dialyze filters and sets, operation gloves etc). It has also food irradiation licence from Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. Food products (Spices, dried vegetables, dried herbs, aromatic additives and herbal teas) are irradiated to provide microbiological decontamination, increase shelf life, prevent germination.

11 Gamma-Cell Co-60 Cs-137 PX-g-30 ISSLEDOVATELJ MARK I-22M (current activity : 1118 Ci ) Dr. Burak KUNTER, TAEK SANAEM, Eğirdir 2011 (current activity : 5200 Ci)

12 Department of Measurement and Instrumentation 1. Radioactivity Measurement and danalysis Unit 2. Analytical Measurement and Analysis Unit 3. Nuclear Electronics and Instrumentation Unit

13 Analytical Measurement and Analysis Unit Non-radiologic chemical analysis are performed in the Unit laboratories. 1. Elemental l Analysis Laboratory 2. Chromatography Laboratory 3. Spectroscopy Laboratory

14 Elemental Analysis Laboratory XRF Spectrometry Atomic Absorption Spectrometer t HR ICP MS IRMS

15 Chromatography Laboratory GC-MS/MS GC LC-MS-MS

16 Spectroscopy py Laboratory FT-Raman Spectrometry Dispersive Raman Spectrometry FTIR Spectrometry

17 Aft thi After this course To apply pp y Irradiation Disinfection on the objects wooden panels and doors from Ethnographic Museum in Ankara and Naturally Mummified Woman Body from Karaman Museum Door at Ankara Ethnographic Museum Naturally Mummified Woman Body at Karaman Museum Wooden W d Panel P l at Ankara Ethnographic Museum

18 TURKISH ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY SARAYKÖY NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTER (SANAEM) Dr. Dilan ÖZMEN