The field exercise on source identification and recovery was successfully conducted in the office of TAEC in Arusha, Tanzania from 13 to 14 August 2018.
The first day was devoted to presentations on physics, radiation protection, equipment and technical explanations on the different phases of search, identification, characterization and recovery. There was also demonstration of various detection and identification/characterization equipment by the facilitators and the TAEC staff. The scenario of the exercise was explained in details and the main standard operating procedures were also presented.
The second day was devoted to the exercise on the field close to the radioactive waste storage facility. Following the scenario of the exercise, the participants separated in 4 groups trained themselves with appropriate equipment for the different phases of search, identification/characterization and recovery of hidden radioactive sources. Advices were given all along these two days and a debriefing was organized where all participants were able to express themselves about the exercise and their ways of improvement for conducting search, identification/characterization and recovery of radioactive sources. All of them were very enthusiastic and willing to apply soon in their countries the knowledge that they received.
