Iran to Display Nuclear Achievements in Vienna Exhibition

TEHRAN – The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi said on Teusady that Iran plans to display five achievements of the country’s nuclear sector in an upcoming exhibition in Vienna.

The exhibition, slated to be held in the Austrian capital in October, is an opportunity to demonstrate the broader benefits of the nuclear achievements to the people, Kamalvandi made the remarks in an exhibition titled Narration of Service in Tehran.
He explained that the AEOI is meeting the needs of many domestic industries and has been able to help those industries move forward.
“In the fields of (uranium) enrichment, radiopharmaceuticals, heavy water derivatives, lasers and other (nuclear) fields, the organization has achieved important successes, and by using the capacity of such exhibitions, these achievements, which can be seen in all aspects of people’s lives, should be explained,” the spokesman said.
He also argued that the exhibition is an opportunity to bring happiness to the people in the face of relentless smear campaigns of foreign media outlets against the performance of the Iranian administration.
AEOI Unveils New Gamma Irradiation Machine
On Tuesday in East Azarbaijan, AEOI chief Muhammad Eslami unveiled a new homegrown self-protection gamma irradiation system.
The new technology is a “self-protection two-layered gamma irradiation” system with a daily capacity of 100 tons.
The new machine is used for irradiation of cereals and grains for various processes such as disinfection, germination control, and reduction of storage pest infestation.
By reducing the microbial load of food and eliminating pollutant

microorganisms, the irradiation machine can be applied to various products like wheat, barley, garbanzo, split pea, lentil, bean, rice, walnut, pistachio, almond, and hazelnut.

Food irradiation is the process of exposing foodstuffs to gamma rays to kill bacteria that can cause food-borne disease and to increase shelf-life. It has the same benefits as when food is heated, refrigerated, frozen, or treated with chemicals, but does not change the temperature or leave residues.

In all parts of the world, there is growing use of irradiation technology to preserve food. More than 60 countries worldwide have introduced regulations allowing the use of irradiation for food products including spices, grains, fruit, vegetables, and meat.

It can replace potentially harmful chemical fumigants used to eliminate insects from dried fruit and grain.

According to FAO, nuclear techniques help national authorities in over 50 countries to improve food safety by addressing the problem of harmful residues and contaminants in food products and to improve their traceability systems with stable isotope analysis.