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Methods and Techniques for Nuclear Security, Monitoring and Traceability

The TNMT Section applies nuclear methods and techniques for security, monitoring, traceability and CBRN risk mitigation. It also develops methodologies and experimental studies for nuclear applications in the fields of biomedical, environmental, and material science.

The TNMT Section implements services for public administrations and regulatory bodies, in its function of ENEA Traceability Laboratory (NUC-TNMT), in the frame of agreement between ENEA and the Emilia-Romagna Region to develop the Emilia-Romagna High Technology Network. The Section is accredited within the regional High Technology Network as a Research Center with industrial applications (type C) and operates at the ENEA Technopole in Bologna.

It provides traceability studies for products and processes through mass spectrometry analysis of isotopes, tracing the origin of materials and foods to identify frauds and misuse.

The Section manages the Radiometry and Traceability laboratories at the Research Center of Brasimone and Bologna; it performs radioecology analysis, including " difficult-to-measure” radionuclides" (primarily radiocarbon and tritium), spectroscopic and spectrometric measurements for site characterization, pollutant monitoring, security and traceability in the agri-food sector and cultural heritage.

It uses analytical methods, computational codes and Monte Carlo simulations to characterize radiation devices for medical and nuclear forensic applications, to investigate radionuclide migration in the environment and to characterize neutron detectors, supporting international experiments, including those at CERN.

TNMT Section is responsible of the Italian National Data Center - Radionuclides and the "Noble Gases" laboratory for the verification regime of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), supporting the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in the areas of nuclear security and non-proliferation.

It contributes to ENEA's participation in national and international working groups and initiatives on security issues, particularly the Global Partnership Working Group to prevent the proliferation of Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) weapons; to IAEA, NEA (gender balance in nuclear energy), ITWG Nuclear Forensic Working Group, NSSC (Nuclear Security and Support Center), and ETSON (openness to society) panels.
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