NNRA RECEIVES FUNDING FROM IAEA FOR RESEARCH PROJECT IN NIGERIA.

NNRA RECEIVES FUNDING FROM IAEA FOR RESEARCH PROJECT IN NIGERIA.

The DG/CEO Nigeria Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA) Dr. Yau Idris, on 16^th September 2021 signed a Contract with the International Atomic Energy Commission (IAEA) for a project that involves generating data through the use of ionization chamber and solid waste detectors in laboratories and twelve (12) hospitals with general radiography and CT scanner for various beam quality.  

This is as a result of the submission made by the technical arm of the Authority; National Institute of Radiation Protection (NIRPR) to participate in the Coordinated Research Project of the IAEA under the topic: Evaluation of the dosimetry needs and practices for the update of the code of practice for dosimetry in diagnostic biology (TRS-457).

The grant which is in the sum of Euro 32,000 (Thirty Two Thousand Euro) is earmarked for the development of the Code of Practice for Dosimetry in Diagnostic Radiology in Nigeria.

According to the IAEA, the Institute was awarded the fund because it showed capacity and readiness to undertake the Project and further encouraged the Institute to make publications in conformity with the specified requirements of data connected with this Research Project

The programme of work to be performed under this Research Project include:

• Perform measurements using ionisation chambers and solid-state detectors in a laboratory and clinical environments for various beam qualities.
• Assess the accuracy of measurements performed using semiconductor-based dosimeters and
• ionisation chambers in various beam qualities.
• Provide recommendations on the performance specifications for reference dosimeters in a
• laboratory and clinical environments for various beam qualities.
• Estimate and provide measurement uncertainties for measurements performed.
• Develop and test harmonised methodologies for kerma-area product (PKA) measurements
• relevant to calibration laboratories and end users at the hospitals.
• Obtain data pertaining to intra- and inter-scanner variations in measured vs. displayed CT dose indices.

The NIRPR shall execute this Research Project in the space of 5yrs from the time of signing the contract.