At the meeting, the inspection team presented an overview of
the project, highlighting the role and advantages of having a Nuclear Science
and Technology Research Center built, which then would impact the development
of local science and technology and the development of other fields in Long
Khanh city, Dong Nai province as well as the region as a whole. The team also
clarified the safety of the project, environmental protection and nuclear
safety.
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The team visits the proposed
construction zone of the project
The Nuclear Science and Technology Research Center contains
a main component of a small-capacity nuclear reactor to produce radioactive
isotopes for medical and industrial purposes; and to irradiate doped silicon
with neutrons to produce semiconductors. Completing the project will shape Long
Khanh city as the second center of Vietnam after Da Lat city in the nuclear
medicine development scene.
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MOST Minister Huynh Thanh Dat addresses
the working session
Concluding the progress inspection, MOST Minister Huynh
Thanh Dat requested the Project Management Board to coordinate with the
engineering contractors to speed up the progress of its bomb disposal work;
closely coordinate with the main contractors and subcontractors to prepare for
the survey work according to regulations; promptly complete the zone design
plan to ensure conditions for establishing and approving the detailed 1:500
scale planning of the project; coordinate with Long Khanh city to form a media
unit based in the city; and thoroughly implement the project in accordance with
legal regulations.
After the working session, the inspection team went to the
project's planned construction zone to check the progress of mine clearance to
ensure the project's construction safety in accordance with the progress and
roadmap signed in the memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of
Science and Technology and the Russian National Atomic Energy Corporation.
LH (P.Huong)