Projects

Projects

 IAEA’S NATIONAL PROJECT LIT 2022001 ‘STRENGTHENING NATIONAL CAPACITY FOR RADIOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE IN THE EVENT OF A NUCLEAR OO RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY’

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 IAEA NATIONAL PROJECT LIT9019. STRENGTHENING NATIONAL CAPABILITIES TO CONDUCT RADIATION SURVEY IN THE EVENT OF A NUCLEAR OR RADIOLOGICAL ACCIDENT

The project strengthened the capacity of the country’s responsible authorities to properly assess the radioactive contamination of areas in the event of a nuclear or radiological accident and to make recommendations on protective measures for the population. An international technical meeting in Bern, Switzerland, was held with the SSAT to learn about the experience of conducting aerial radiological reconnaissance. The RSC, together with the PAGD and the VSAT, also participated in an exercise in Cernova, Romania, where they carried out airborne and vehicle-based radiation reconnaissance with mobile radiation measurement equipment provided by the RSC and took part in practical exercises on radiation detection in a moving traffic of vehicles and people. RSC specialists at the IAEA Saibersdorf Laboratory (scientific visit and internship) furthered their knowledge in the field of radiological research and participated in the annual meeting of the IAEA’s ALMERA network. Technical assistance was also provided in the form of reference test materials for quality control of radiological surveys, an unmanned aerial vehicle for the assessment of radiologically contaminated areas and a device for the measurement of radioactive iodine in air. 

 IAEA NATIONAL PROJECT LIT9016. ESTABLISHING AN E-LEARNING SYSTEM FOR TRAINING IN RADIATION PROTECTION

The RSC implements a national technical cooperation project LIT9016 “Establishing an E-learning System for Training in Radiation Protection” aimed to create a user-friendly, flexible electronic system that will help anyone dealing with sources to upgrade their knowledge in radiation protection conveniently and quickly. The objectives of this project is to strengthen the radiation protection training system in Lithuania, to promote the radiation protection culture of exposed workers, to make training management conditions more flexible as for learners as well as for educational institutions. It is also foreseen that the e-learning platform will be accessible not only to exposed workers, but also to all Lithuania residents interested in ionizing radiation, its application fields and the radiation protection itself.

 IAEA’s TECHNICAL COOPERATION PROJECT LIT/6/005. ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL BIOLOGICAL DOSIMETRY LABORATORY FOR CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF IONISING RADIATION EXPOSURE AND BIOLOGICAL DOSE ASSESSMENT

Under the Project the IAEA has provided Lithuania with support in the establishment of a new Biological Dosimetry Laboratory within Lithuania’s Radiation Protection Centre (RPC). The new, dedicated premises are equipped with state of art instrumentation to perform assays using traditional cytogenetic techniques, as well as the more advanced ‘fluorescence in situ hybridization’ (FISH) method. Two junior laboratory staff have received comprehensive, hands-on training in top institutions in the region, gaining knowledge and experience in operating the new equipment according to best international practices. Since then, the laboratory has become fully operational. The results of the project mark an important step towards further enhancing Lithuania’s radiation safety infrastructure in the field of emergency preparedness and response.

  IAEA COORDINATED RESEARCH PROJECT

As part of the IAEA Coordinated Research Project MEDBIODOSE: Application of Biological Dosimetry Methods in Radiotherapy, Nuclear Medicine, Diagnostics and Interventional Radiology’, the RSC specialists are investigating the possible correlation between radiosensitisation in cancer patients and adverse reactions caused by radiotherapy treatment by cytogenetic methods, in collaboration with the Lithuanian ASPĮ staff. During the project‘s successful implementation, radiosensitisation has been studied in more than 100 cancer patients, and the results of the research have been published in scientific publications and defended in the form of a Master‘s degree in Medical Physics at the Kaunas University of Technology and a PhD in Biomedical Sciences at Vilnius University

 BILATERAL AGREEMENT WITH THE BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF RADIOELECTRONICS.

Under the bilateral agreement between the RSC and the Belgian Institute of Radioelements (IRE-Elit), within the framework of the Belgian project on strengthening the safety of nuclear facilities in Eastern and Central Europe, the RSC implement the following projects. Belgian experts representing IRE-Elit, the Nuclear Research Centre (SCK-CEN) and the Federal Agency for Nuclear Regulation (FANC), and RSC experts in various seminars, internships, technical meetings, In the framework of workshops, seminars, workshops, comparative studies and other joint events, they shared their experience in the areas of implementation of radioactive contamination control at scrap metal and waste collection and recycling sites, testing of drinking water and foodstuffs, strengthening of capacities for monitoring radioactive contamination of water, conducting radiation reconnaissance and preparedness for nuclear and radiological emergency response. The implementation of the terms of the Agreement was crowned by the development of the capacity to monitor the radiological status of the River Neris (installation of an additional automated station for the measurement of radioactive contamination of water, provided free of charge by the Belgian Government).

Projects for the implementation of Progress Measure 1-001-02-10-01 “Improving the Management of Threats and Risk Factors to Health” of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania’s Health Protection and Promotion Development Programme for 2022–2030:

 PROJECT ‘IMPROVEMENT OF THE STATE REGISTER OF SOURCES OF IONIZING RADIATION AND EXPOSURE OF WORKERS THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION OF A DOSE MODULE FOR EMERGENCY WORKERS’

The RSC aims to modernize the current Registry and ensure the long-term continuity of the digital transformation of business processes. The updated and modernized registry will optimize the human and financial resources allocated to the RSC’s business processes (reducing the amount of paper used, etc.), as well as providing more detailed data on business processes to the public and increasing transparency and openness of processes. It will allow for the rapid and convenient reporting of changes in the conditions for source activities and of all the documents necessary for the validation and implementation of source activities. Source operators will be able to easily and comprehensively find information on available sources, exposed workers and their annual effective doses, radiation protection inspections carried out and their requirements, etc.

 PROJECT ‘DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF ALGORITHMS FOR RSC MOBILE SERVICE DELIVERY INCLUDING RADIOLOGICAL OR NUCLEAR EMERGENCIES’

The aim of this project is to extend the geo-information tools used by the RSC into a comprehensive geospatial data management platform (hereinafter – GIP) for efficient structuring, analysis and use of information in the fields of nuclear or radiological accident management, radiological monitoring and radiation protection oversight. The technical capabilities of the GIP have been expanded with the introduction of advanced software and hardware to automate the management of tasks (planning, preparation, allocation and analysis of results), to digitize the process of preparedness for nuclear and radiological emergencies by establishing effective interaction with other responsible authorities and to ensure interactive public information. The solutions developed under the project will enable RSC specialists and representatives of other responsible institutions to monitor trends in indicators relevant to radiation protection, to identify correlations with other data and phenomena, to find the causes of changes in certain indicators and to provide measures to influence the impact of these changes, and to ensure an operational, data-driven tactical and strategic decision-making process in the event of a nuclear or radiological emergency that is relevant to the needs of modern state.

 PROJECT ‘INCREASING PUBLIC AWARENESS AND RESILIENCE IN THE EVENT OF A POTENTIAL ACCIDENT AT THE BELARUSIAN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT’

Raising awareness among the public, public authorities and communicators in the field of radiation protection and in the event of a potential nuclear or radiological emergency is aimed at promoting their involvement in various communication initiatives, as well as the use of advanced communication tools. Seminars on “The role of communicators in the event of a possible nuclear or radiological emergency” were organized for media representatives, communicators from state and municipal authorities and professionals working in the field of information dissemination. A representative survey of the Lithuanian population (18–75 years old) was also carried out by ‘Spinter Tyrimai’ company. 

 For more information  ->  Radiation Protection Centre Annual Report 2023