The research activities of the Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute (VINATOM) during the period from 1 January to 31 December 2010 are presented in this Report. The research activities are focused on the following fields:
1. Nuclear Physics, Reactor Physics;
2. Resesearch Reactor, Nuclaer Power Technology, Nuclear Safety, Nuclear
3. Instrumentation, Nuclear Electronics;
4. Industrial Applications;
5. Applications in Ecology, Environment and Geology;
6. Applications in Biology, Agriculture and Medicine;
7. Radiation Protection and Radioactive Waste Management;
8. Radiation Technology;
9. Radiochemistry and Materials Science;
10. Computation and Other Related Topics.
The total number of permanent staff working at the VINATOM as December 31, 2010 was 737 including the clerical service staff. The VINATOM was funded from the Government with the amount to 73.812 billion VN Dong for FY 2010. The international support for the VINATOM activities is committed over 437,378 USD to the operating projects including equipment, staff training and expert services.
Main results of fundamental and applied research implemented in the year were presented in 77 scientific articles, reports and contributions published in many journals, proceedings of conferences, etc. These results were obtained on the basic of the IAEA technical cooperation projects (11 VIE projects), the regional projects (42 RAS projects), the research contracts with the IAEA (15 RCs).
During the time of year 2010, in the VINATOM there were 2 graduated in Ph.D. courses; about 100 people have been trained abroad in the fields of nuclear science and technology.