Counting system for Nuclear Medicine, utilized for “in vivo” and “in vitro” diagnoses.

The activities developed by IEN in the instrumentation field represent an expressive contribution to the Brazilian nuclear sector. In the past 30 years, tens of spectrometry, radioprotection, nuclear medicine and research reactor equipment prototypes have been developed. At present, the development of new equipment targets the transference of technology to the private sector. In addition, demands for the development of specific systems are met, such as the ones manufactured for Angra I Nuclear Center and for the Brazil-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials.

In 1985, IEN developed the nuclear instrumentation for its research reactor, the Argonauta. With this acquired experience, the instrumentation for two other reactors – the IPEN/MB-01 reactor of the Institute for Energy and Nuclear Research (IPEN/CNEN), in 1988, and the IPR1 reactor of the Nuclear Technology Development Center (CDTN/CNEN), in 1996 – was also developed and manufactured.

Since 1997, all the nuclear instrumentation development and production have been carried out according to the NBR ISO 9001 norm. Electronic and nuclear equipment repair and professional qualification in nuclear instrumentation maintenance, in the scope of the International Atomic Energy Agency cooperative programs for Latin America, complement these activities.