BATAN - IAEA cooperation in the program of decontamination and post irradiation examination (PIE) in Radiometallurgy Installation hot cell - BATAN

BATAN received expert assistance from the IAEA in cooperation of decontamination and post-irradiation examination program in Radiometallurgy Installation hotcell - BATAN. Some of test equipments in the hotcell has undergone aging and therefore can not function anymore. For the test equipment that has been damaged and can not be repaired must be removed from the hot cells and will be replaced with new equipment. Hot cell decontamination activities has been carried out to remove the test equipment that has been damaged from the hot cells. BATAN staffs have conducted decontamination in concrete hot cells. Through the cooperation with the IAEA, in 2015 BATAN has held an interregional workshop on various techniques of decontamination in hot cell facilities. Cooperation between BATAN and IAEA continues with the arrival of experts to Indonesia in April 2017 through the IAEA Expert Mission on the decontamination of hot cells and PIE program in Indonesia. The activities carried out in the form of a workshop on decontamination and post-irradiation examination in April 2017. BATAN - IAEA cooperation activities in the decontamination and PIE facility preparation program in nuclear fuel technology center - BATAN will be described in the paper. (author)