Transcript Regional Training Course on Orphan Source Search PAPAU NEW

Regional Training Course on Orphan
Source Search
PAPAU NEW GUINEA
Country Presentation
19th October 2016
George Otto
Joseph Wapi
David Kolkoma
Introduction –Papua New Guinea
Country Profile
• Westminster system of Government –
Parliamentary democracy
• Land Area: 462,840 sq km
• Location: Western Pacific Region
• Population:: 7.8 million
• Economy: Agriculture, mining, oil/gas, fisheries,
forestry
• Economic status: LMIC
Involvement with IAEA
Joined IAEA in 2012.
CPF for period 2016-2021
CPF covers:
Health & Nutrition
Agriculture
Water and Environment
Radiation Safety
National Projects
1. Improving Access to Radiotherapy and
Radiology services
2. Feasibility study on the use of SIT in the
elimination of cocoa pod borer
3. Genetic Characterization of cattle for
improving beef an milk production.
4. Establishment of Legal and Regulatory
infrastructure for the control of radiation
sources in PNG
Regulatory Framework
• Legislation – Has been drafted and will be
finalised soon for Parliament endorsement
• Regulations- work on developing draft
regulations is on going.
• Regulatory Body – National Institute of
Standards and Industrial Technology (NISIT)
has been appointed to be the regulator for
radiation safety and work has been ongoing to
capacity build the regulatory.
Current
• Current system – users/importers send
notification to Ministry of Health for intention
to possess radioactive source
• Customs require notification/authorization
from Dept of Health in order to release the
radiation sources to the importers/users.
IAEA support
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Advisory missions
Expert Missions
National Workshops
Fellowships
Scientific visits
Equipment procurement – QA/dosimetry
Current Application
Medical
Radiotherapy (Co-60) 300
TBq
• 50 TBq disused source
Co-60
• Brachytherapy (Cs-137
Iodine-131)
• Disused sources – Cs137
Radiology
• Radiography (x-ray,
mammography, dental
radiography)
• Computed tomography
(CT)
• Fluoroscopy (Contract
studies, Cardiac Cath)
• Universities Research: radioactive isotopes(
Cs137, Co 60, Am 241, Ir 192, Cf 252, Th 232).
Industry uses
• Radiography NDT,
• We know there are
(integrity testing)
many sources used in
industry with no
• Gauging (density,
regulatory control.
moisture and fluids) in
Troxler gauges, sources
building and road
used in process control
construction and Oil
are not known, eg.
well logging, mining and
Brewery, beverages and
milling,manufacturing
etc.
Future plans
Future
• Radiotherapy –Introduction of linear accelerator
technology for cancer therapy
• Nuclear Medicine – Gamma ray imaging, PET and
SPECT
• Agriculture- SIT, plant and animal mutation
breeding
• Environmental protection – Use of radioisotopes
for detection and management of ocean
acidification and marine pollutants
National Inventory of sources
Orphan source search in PNG
• Not an issue until this regional training course
on orphan source search which has made us
aware of the need of such.
• No programs for the promotion of orphan
source search in PNG
• No example of orphan source recovery taken
place in the country
• From this regional training course on orphan
source search, we will design a program for
orphan source search in our country.
Thank you for listening