Rosatom Launches Nuclear Instrumentation Technology Cluster to Produce Radiation Monitoring and Dosimetry Detectors

Rosatom has recently launched a nuclear instrumentation technology cluster at its subsidiary Instrument Engineering Specialized Research Institute JSC. The cluster will be used for the development and mass production of detectors for applications including radiation monitoring, personal dosimetry, medical and scientific research.

According to reports, the science and technology complex will concentrate the synthesis of new materials, the manufacture of detectors and electronic components, the application of special coatings, and post-processing operations such as painting and polymerization in a single location. With the key process chain from R&D and testing to production centralized in one place, the development cycle for related products is expected to be shortened, and production costs will be reduced accordingly.

Andrey Butko, CEO of Rosatom Automated Control Systems JSC, stated that the facility has a design capacity of 1,500 detectors and 10,000 standardized electronic components per year. The related products will be used in personal dosimeters and radiation monitoring components, and will serve the personnel safety assurance needs of nuclear power plants under construction in Russia and abroad.

The project received support from the Industrial Development Fund. Roman Petrutsa, head of the fund, introduced that the fund provided a 200 million ruble preferential loan to Instrument Engineering Specialized Research Institute JSC through the "Components" program to help the enterprise build a production line for radiation monitoring components. Such components previously had to be purchased from abroad. The total investment in the project amounts to 260 million rubles.

In addition, Rosatom and the Industrial Development Fund have signed an agreement to continue implementing an equipment modernization project at the institute's site. The project will involve seven types of equipment, with application areas including liquid, gas, aerosol and iodine-131 radiation monitoring, as well as process spectroscopy and gamma dose rate measurement.