Non Power Application of Nuclear TechnologyLast Updated Thursday, 01 January 2009 09:00

Nuclear energy can contribute to the sustainable development of mankind not only throughelectricity generation but also through the numerous applications in the various fields.

Dr. Machi, the keynote speaker of the session I, delivered his presentation titled УNucleartechniques for mankind in sustainable development. In his presentation, he reviewed varioustechniques such as Cleaning flue gases; Waste water treatment; Medical applications;Agricultural (Food) application; Industrial products like latex and so on.

Some studies related to above areas were introduced in the technical presentations such as:

- producing 18F-FDG used in cardiological application; - the future application of biotechnology and its relation to nuclear applications; - nuclear desalination system; - radiation dose estimation technique crucial to the astronauts; and, - intense ultra-short laser applications relating to laser fusions.

After the presentation, participants discussed the current situation and prospects of non-powerapplications of nuclear energy and what the main challenges would be.

Many participants were interested in how to combine nuclear technology with othertechnologies such as biotechnology, nano-technology and so on.

There was a question regarding what was the main obstacle to commercialize a nucleardesalination system. It was answered that economic compatibility was the main obstacle toimplement a nuclear desalination system and that was the reason future technologydevelopment was needed.

Participants of the session learned various possibilities of nuclear energy and agreed on theopinion that the future of the non-power application of nuclear energy was bright and moreattention should be paid to it.

NPA have high potential as promoter of the nuclear science and technology's benefit for themankind since nobody can deny the benefits of radiography, radiotherapy, etc. to the society.

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Non Power Application of Nuclear TechnologyLast Updated Thursday, 01 January 2009 09:00

But the discussions showed that NPA are not being contemplated as an efficient instrument tochange the negative public's opinion about nuclear. So it is highly recommended to implementseveral public communication programmes in order to inform properly the benefits that NPAprovides for the human being.

This is a personal comment from the Chair and Co-chair of the session.

We can recognize the variety of the applications of nuclear engineering other than powerapplications through the discussions. But the categories covered in the session were so widethat it was sometimes difficult to organize the session and discussion.

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