Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares

2014 - 2016

ProgressReport

2018São Paulo – Brasil

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2014 - 2016

ProgressReport

Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares

2018São Paulo - Brasil

Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares

Mission

Introduction | Progress Report 05

Our mission is to improve the Brazilian people quality of life by producing scientific knowledge, developing technologies and services and promoting human resources for nuclear and correlated areas.

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Progress Report 2014-2016 is a periodical institutional publication – available only in electronical edition

All the research activities, products and services are responsibility of the scientific staff of IPEN.

Electronic edition available through www.ipen.br

ORGANIZED BY

Research, Development and Education Board - IPEN/CNEN-SP

GENERAL COORDINATION

Marcelo Linardi

EDITORIAL BOARD

Alberto Saburo Todo, Almir Oliveira Neto, Ana Copat Mindrisz, Carmem Cecilia Bueno, Claudio José da Rocha, Eduardo Landulfo, Gilberto Hage Marcondes,

Janete Cristina G. Gaburo Carneiro, Guilherme Soares Zahn, Marcelo da Silva Rocha, Marcelo Francis Maduar, Martha Marques Ferreira Vieira, Mery

P. Zamudio Igami, Regina Célia Gorni Carneiro, Roberto Vicente

EXECUTIVE COORDINATION AND EDITION Martha Marques Ferreira Vieira and Mery P. Zamudio Igami

GRAPHIC PROJECT AND EDITING

Rodrigo Fortes

PHOTOS

Edvaldo Fonseca Marcello Vitorino

IPEN scientific and clerical staff

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PRESIDENT OF REPUBLIC

Dilma Roussef / Michel Temer

GOVERNOR OF STATE OF SÃO PAULO Geraldo Alckmin

MINISTER OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

Marco Antonio Raupp / Clelio Campolina Diniz / Aldo Rebelo / Celso Pansera / Gilberto Kassab

SECRETARY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

Rodrigo Garcia / Nelson Baeta Neves Filho / Márcio França

PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL NUCLEAR ENERGY COMMISSION

Ângelo Fernando Padilha / Renato Machado Cotta

DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Isaac José Obadia / Altair Souza de Assis

GENERAL COUNCIL

José Roberto Cardoso / José Roberto Castilho Piqueira – USP – PresidentJosé Roberto Castilho Piqueira / Emico Okuno – USP

Miracy Wermelinger P. Lima / Cristóvão Araripe Marinho – CNENJosé Augusto Perrotta / Francisco Rondinelli Junior – CNEN

Marcos Cintra Cavalcanti de Albuquerque / Marcio Luiz França Gomes / Fernando Batolla – SDECT

Pierangelo Rossetti – FIESP

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Carlos Roberto Jorge Soares

Niklaus Ursus Weter

Margarida Mizue Hamada

Martha Marques Ferreira Vieira

EDUCATION RADIOPHARMACY

Ademar Benévolo Lugão

Ulisses d’Utra Bitelli

Leslie Molnari

Frederico Antonio Genezini

Jair Mengatti

BIOTECHNOLOGY CHEMICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY

FUEL CELL

LASERS AND APPLICATIONS NUCLEAR ENGINEERING NUCLEAR FUEL

RADIATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH REACTOR

SCIENCE AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY

Fabio Coral Fonseca

Adonis Marcelo Saliba Silva

Elita F. Urano de Carvalho

Emilia Satoshi Miyamaru Seo

Sonia Regina Homem

de Mello Castanho

Research & Development Areas

SUPERINTENDENT DIRECTORS

R&D and Education - Marcelo LinardiProducts and Services - Jair MengattiAdministration – José Antonio Diaz Diegues / Wilson A. Parejo CalvoNuclear and Radiological Safety - Linda V. E. CaldasPlanning and Management - Willy Hoppe de Sousa

MEMBERS

José Roberto Castilho Piqueira / Emico Okuno – USPMiracy Wermelinger P. Lima / Cristóvão Araripe Marinho – CNENJosé Augusto Perrotta / Francisco Rondinelli Junior – CNENMarcos Cintra Cavalcanti de Albuquerque / Marcio Luiz França Gomes / Fernando Batolla – SDECTPierangelo Rossetti – FIESP

PRESIDENT

José Roberto Cardoso / José Roberto Castilho Piqueira - USP

José Carlos Bressiani

General Council

IPEN Management and Technical Council

Organization Chart

Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares

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IPEN – Nuclear and Energy Research Institute is a State of São Paulo autarchy, associated to the University of São Paulo – USP for educational purposes and supported and operated technically and administratively by the National Nuclear Energy Commission – CNEN, a federal agency of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovations and Communications.

The Institute was founded in 1956 with the main purpose of doing research and development in the fields of nuclear energy and its applications. It is located at the campus of USP, in the city of São Paulo, in an area of nearly 500,000 m2. It has over 800 employees and 35% of them have qualification at master or doctor level.

IPEN is recognized as a national leader institution in research and development in the areas of radiopharmaceuticals, industrial applications of radiation, basic nuclear research, nuclear reactor design and operation and nuclear applications, materials science and technology, laser technology and applications.

Along with the R&D field, it has a strong educational activity, having a graduate program in Nuclear Technology, in association with the University of São Paulo, USP, ranked as the best university in the country. The Federal Government Evaluation Institution (CAPES), granted to this course grade 6, considering it a program of Excellence. This program started in 1976 and has awarded 706 Ph.D. degrees and 1511 master degrees since then. The actual graduate enrollment number is around 400 students.

The internal organization structure comprehends two levels, one for strategic and political issues and for decisions making, composed by the Technical and Administrative Council – CTA and another one for the executive and operational actions, coordinated by the Research and Development Centers, grouped according to their research, development and innovation activities.

IPEN has a rigorous program of radiological control and nuclear safety for the activities related to nuclear and radiological aspects. This program comprises personal and environmental monitoring and radiological emergency assistance.

The Technology Transfer Office (NIT-Núcleo de Inovação Tecnológica) was created in 2004 and has become an institutional instance of intellectual property management and technology transfer in order to create an additional dialogue and a new dynamic in the management of relations between the different actors, researchers and business partners, ensuring that plays its role within the Brazilian innovation system. Nowadays IPEN has 132 patent applications, 15 granted patents, 8 trademarks and 1 registered software. The office has already promoted at IPEN three “Technological Fairs”, in order to identify mature technologies for transfer to the productive sector. As a result IPEN has achieved 13 agreement of joint development with private companies.

Short profile

Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares

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The period covered by this report, 2014-2016, was marked by several events relevant to the progress of activities developed at IPEN (Nuclear and Energy Research Institute).

The Institutional Digital Repository, open access institutional equipment, was created with the objective of gathering, preserving, making available and giving greater visibility to the Scientific Production published by the Institute since its creation in 1956. Access to the digital content of articles from periodicals, national and international events, books, chapters, theses and dissertations is available in the Repository.

The Radiopharmacy Center and the Cobalt-60 Multipurpose Irradiator obtained the operating license within the new security and protection standards required by CNEN (National Nuclear Energy Commission). The permission was issued on December 2014, after thorough inspection and evaluation of the facilities. This license assures the institutional competence to produce radiopharmaceuticals without radiological risk, maintaining compliance with the characteristics of a radioactive installation, according to normative requirements of CNEN.

A new internet portal for the institute was launched in 2015. It was created to allow greater visibility and to facilitate navigation and access to information.

The Nuclear Technology Graduate Program of IPEN, in association with the University of São Paulo, achieved the mark of 2217 titles concluded: 1511 masters and 706 doctorates and maintained the excellence mark (grade 6) in the Federal Government Evaluation (CAPES) for the period 2013-2016.

The results of the R&D centers are presented according to the main programs: Radiopharmacy, Ionizing Radiation Applications, Nuclear Science and Technology, Nuclear Reactors and Fuel Cycle, Renewable Energies, Materials and Nanotechnology, Environmental Science and Technology, Biotechnology and Lasers Technology. It must be emphasized that all these results were accomplished due the efforts and dedication of the IPEN staff and were supported by several funding agencies: CNEN, MCTI, SDECTI/SP, University of São Paulo, IAEA, FAPESP, FINEP, CAPES and CNPq.

Foreword

Lasers Technology

Applications of Ionizing Radiations

Biotechnology

Renewable Energies

Radiopharmacy

Nuclear Science and Technology

Environmental Science and Technology

Nuclear Reactors and Fuel Cycle

Materials and Nanotechnology

Nuclear Safety

Education

Brazilian Multipurpose Reactor

Scientific and Technical Production

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