The third scientific calendar for the year 2012 consisting of twelve events has been completed successfully. More than Six hundred scientists/engineers from various research organizations/universities participated in the events. The scientific calendar for the year 2013 has been published which comprises thirteen events.

Congratulation to our colleagues on their well-deserved promotions and wish them even more successful in their career. It is hoped that our elevated colleague will excel more in their new role. On behalf of PINSTECH colleagues, deepest gratitude is expressed in respect of PAEC higher authorities for acknowledging the contribution and services rendered by the scientists/engineers.

Visit of DDG, IAEA to PINSTECH

DDG, IAEA Addressing the Scientists/Engineers at PINSTECH

ISSUE NO 19 November - December, 2012

establishing the laboratory facilities and human resource development. He appreciated the contributions of IAD in providing isotope analytical services to IAEA member states. He noted that apart from hydrology, PINSTECH/PAEC has made very good progress in many other fields like environment, human health, agriculture, etc. and advised that these areas should also be highlighted. He also advised to transfer technological developments into economic benefits by implementing the nuclear technology applications at end-user level. During the meeting Dr. Badar Suleman, Member (Science), PAEC proposed to have “Isotope Hydrology Section” of PINSTECH as “Collaborating Centre” of IAEA. DDG (IAEA) very kindly agreed to it and suggested that PINSTECH should start the necessary process in this regard.

Dr. Daud Mohammad, Deputy Director General (DDG), Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), visited PINSTECH on 14-12-2012. He was accompanied by Mr. Waqar Ahmed, Director General I.A. & Trg. and Mr. Arshad Rashid Bhatti, Director International Affairs, PAEC Headquarters. Dr. Badar Suleman, Member (Science), Dr. Javed Iqbal Akhter, Director General PINSTECH alongwith Directors welcomed the guest. DDG (IAEA) addressed the scientists/engineers of PINSTECH & PIEAS at Dr. I. H. Usmani Auditorium. During his address he briefed about the efforts of IAEA in general and his Department (Nuclear Sciences and Applications) in particular, in promoting the peaceful applications of nuclear science and technology for helping IAEA Member States in their socio-economic development. He appreciated the progress made by various institutions of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission in the areas of food & agriculture, human health, environment, water resources, industrial applications and human resource development.

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He also appreciated the efforts of PINSTECH regarding promotion of nuclear science & technology and its contribution in promoting Technical Cooperation among Developing Member States of IAEA. He held a meeting with “Hydrology Group” of Isotope Application Division (IAD). He was briefed about the status of activities of “Hydrology Group” and development made in

A two days workshop on “Materials Testing facilities/expertise available at PINSTECH and elsewhere in PAEC”, was organized at Dr. I. H. Usmani auditorium on December 19-20, 2012. A total of 44 scientists and engineers from various organizations including 28 from outside PINSTECH participated in the workshop. These participants were from KRL, SUPARCO, Y-Lab, KCP-1, C-1, DTD, DGRE, DNPER, CPC, and O-labs. The main objective of the workshop was to share information about

Two days workshop on Materials Testing facilities/expertise available at PINSTECH and else where in PAEC

Sri Lankan AEA Chairman visits PINSTECH

A delegation from Sri Lanka headed by Dr. R.L. Wijayawardana, Chairman Atomic Energy Authority (AEA) visited PINSTECH on 12-11-2012. He was accompanied by Dr. W.M.A.D.D. Wickramasinghe, Director Natural Resource Centre, Department of Agriculture, Prof. Janitha A. Liyanage, Head Department of Chemistry, University of Klaniya, and Mr. T.M.R. Tennakoon, Project Director National Centre for NDT, AEA, Sri Lanka. Director General, PINSTECH Dr. Javed Iqbal Akhter welcomed the delegation and presented a brief introduction of PINSTECH highlighting the major facilities and scientific/technical activities carried out at PINSTECH. He wished to establish close collaboration with Sri Lankan Atomic Energy Authority and other scientific and technical institutes. Chairman Sri Lankan Atomic Energy Authority indicated that Sri Lanka wants to train manpower in various areas including Hydrology, NDT & Agriculture and would like to seek help of PAEC in this regard. D.G. PINSTECH offered to extend cooperation in various disciplines of science and technology available at PINSTECH. The delegation visited various laboratories including Radioisotope /Stable Isotope Hydrology, Electron Microscopy, Central

99 99mAnalytical Facility Labs., Mo production facility, Tc & 131I production plants, Industrial Applications, Non-Destructive Testing and Central Diagnostics Laboratories.

Dr. Tania Jabbar, Senior Scientist, Health Physics Division, PINSTECH, has been awarded Ph.D. degree in the field of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry University of Vienna, Austria. The title of research was “Determination of Iodine-129 in environmental samples”. She completed her research work under

PINSTECH Scientist Awarded Ph.D. Degree

Participants of the Workshop

Sri Lankan Delegation visiting PARR-I

From SPS 11 to 12Dr. Waheed ArshadDr. Javed Bashir Mr. Ghulam Yahya Hasan

From SPS 10 to 11Mr. Tariq Mahmood; Mr. Ghulam Sarwar; Mr. Farooq Jan; Mr. Bashir Ahmad; Dr. Muhammad Nasir Khan Dr. Masood Iqbal; Mr. badi-uz-Zaman Dr. Muhammad Nawaz Akhtar; Mr. Zafar Iqbal

Promotion of Officers in PINSTECH

the instruments and expertise available in various organizations under the umbrella of SPD, as well as to provide a platform for discussion and initiang mutual collaboration. The first day of the workshop included a brief introduction to PINSTECH and R&D activities of its various Divisions by Dr. J. I. Akhter, D.G, PINSTECH. This was followed by detailed presentations from Materials Division, Physics Division, Central Analytical Facility Division, Chemistry Division and Nuclear Engineering Division on material testing / characterization facilities available in respective Divisions.

On the second day, the participants visited different facilities and had interactive sessions with the experts working in these fields. In the concluding session, the participants exchanged their feelings and ideas on ways to enhance the collaboration in the field of materials testing/characterization both within PAEC and among strategic scientific organizations. There was strong consensus among the participants for sharing the researcher's expertise for enhancing problem solving capabilities. It was urged by the participants to arrange this kind of workshops in future. Various steps were also proposed to strengthen inter-organizational collaboration.

Sri Lankan Delegation with PINSTECH Scientist/Engineers

the supervision of Prof. Dr. Gabriele Wallner, University of 129Vienna, Austria. Dr. Tania Jabbar measured I

concentrations in aerosol samples from Vienna and high altitude Alp stations (Sonnblick and Zugspitze) to track the pathway of iodine in the atmosphere. The promising

129 127potential use of the I/ I ratio for dating purpose was also investigated for petrified wood samples surface picked from northern Lower Austria. She published five papers in international journals and presented her work in two conferences.

Radiation and Isotope Application Division (RIAD) was established at PINSTECH in 1972 and in 2007 was renamed as Isotope Application Division (IAD). The main objectives of this Division are as follows:

�to carry out R & D on the use of radiation and isotope techniques in various disciplines

�to promote peaceful uses of nuclear technology for socioeconomic benefits

�to provide radiation & isotope based scientific and technological expertise & services to public & private sector end-users for solution of their specific problems

Since its inception, IAD is applying nuclear techniques in conjunction with non-nuclear techniques for applied research in various fields like hydrology, environment, life sciences and industry. To streamline R&D activities, the Division is divided into five applied research groups namely, Stable Isotope Hydrology Group, Radioisotope Hydrology Group, Isotope Geochemistry & Ecological Research Group, Life Sciences Group and Industrial Applications Group. IAD has highly qualified, trained and skilled manpower comprising of physicists, chemists, hydrologists, geologists, geophysicists & biologists. IAD has developed state of the art facilities for isotope analyses achieving international standards. Facilities are

2available for analysis of key environmental isotopes ( H, 13 15 18 34 3 14C, N, O, S, H, & C), chemical analysis and radioactive tracer applications. These laboratories are among the leading laboratories of international repute, which have been taking part in IAEA's programme of inter-calibration of standards in hydrology, biology and agriculture since 1989. RCA (Regional Co-operative Agreement) and IAEA have declared IAD as Regional Resource Unit (RRU) for providing expert training and analytical services to Member States in the above mentioned fields.

IAD can extend expertise and services in the following domains:

Isotope Hydrology

�Origin and age/residence time of groundwater�Recharge mechanism of groundwater�Interrelation between surface water and groundwater�Leakage/seepage from dams/reservoirs and canals

1. 22-23 January, 2013, Seminar on Processing and Applications of Composite Materials

Organizer: Materials Division

2. 18-22 February, 2013, Workshop on Atomic Absorption Spectrometry and Neutron Activation Analysis

Organizer: Chemistry Division

Forthcoming Scientific Events at PINSTECH

Isotope Application Division (IAD) (Directorate of Technology)Head: Dr. M. Azam Tasneem

Divisions of PINSTECH

�Ranking the potential of geothermal resources�Soil erosion and sedimentation

Isotope Geochemistry & Ecology

�Eco log i ca l / r ad io l og i ca l s t ud ies f o r s i t e characterization of NPP

�Study of fate and behavior of contaminants in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystem

�Determination of pollutants in marine ecosystem�Radiological risk assessment in aquatic ecosystem�Remediation of contaminants from soils.

Life Sciences

13�C urea breath test for diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori

�Bioavailability of nutrients�Suitability/cost effectiveness of fortificants (in food)�Gastric emptying using breath tests.

Industrial Applications

�Residence Time Distribution (RTD) analysis of industrial systems by radiotracer technique

�Diagnosing industrial multiphase flow systems using radioisotope technology and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) technique

�Inter-well tracing for enhanced oil recovery�Contaminant transport studies in soil-water

environment�Dilution/dispersion studies in surface waters�Leakage detection in heat exchangers, relief valves,

buried pipelines, etc. �Flow rate, mixing/blending time measurement �Nuclear borehole logging for in-situ evaluation of

mineral resources �Wear/erosion/corrosion monitoring in industrial

systems�Gamma column scanning

The facilities and expertise have been extensively utilized for carrying out numerous problem oriented hydrological, environmental, industrial and health/nutrition studies. Several studies have been conducted for PAEC Projects including NPPs (C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4, K-2) and in-situ leach mining projects. Twenty-five applied projects sponsored by other national organizations (WAPDA, PCRWR, PSF, PMD, IRI, WASAs, OGDC) have been concluded while four are in progress. Fifty-nine IAEA projects have been completed and ten are in progress. Isotope analyses, training and expert services have been extended to 23 countries including China and South Korea.

From SPS 9 to 10Ms. Fariha Malik; Dr. Muhammad Sajid; Mr. Javed Iqbal Gill; Dr. Kashif Naeem; Mr. Tayyab MahmoodDr. Hassan Waqas; Dr. Atta Muhammad Dr. Farhan Imtiaz; Dr. Muhammad Shahzad

From SPS 8 to 9 Dr. Adnan Safdar; Dr. Sadia Zafar Bajwa; Mirza Sajjad Hussain; Mr. Muhammad Saif Ullah; Mr. Shafket Rasool; Ms. Amina Zafar; Mr. Amir Saleem Aziz; Mr. Muhammad Tariq Aziz