The IAEA Programme Manager Officer (PMO), Maria Del Pilar Murillo Fuentes, accompanied by the representatives of Serbian Radiation and Nuclear Safety and Security Directorate (SRBATOM) has visited today Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences. The Director of the Department of Radioisotopes, Dr Sanja Vranjes Djuric, took this opportunity to present to the guest the work and the research activities at the Vinca Institute.

She also introduced the guests with the objectives and achieved results within the project “Strengthening the National Capacities for Radiopharmaceutical Production in the Republic of Serbia”, which is being successfully implemented in the Department of Radioisotopes. Together with the national project counterpart, Dr Marko Peric, the guests took a tour of the rooms and premises with the equipment installed in this Department.

Afterwards, Maria Del Pilar had the opportunity to gain insight into the progress of another project “Strengthening Calibration Services at the Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratory for Radiotherapy Applications”, which is implemented in the Department of Radiation and Environmental Protection.

The national counterpart for this project, Dr Milos Zivanovic, presented this project objectives, activities and achieved results to the guests and then took them on a tour of the laboratories with the equipment donated by the IAEA.