TC Project Profiles
Agriculture
Enhancing the quality and yield of rice in Vietnam
Improving livestock production while conserving the environment in the Asia and Pacific region
- Improving the common bean in Costa Rica
- Improving livestock productivity through integrated techniques in Africa
- Monitoring food fortification programmes in the Asia Pacific region using nuclear techniques
- Eradicating tsetse fly from the Southern Rift Valley, Ethiopia
- Developing drought resistant wheat for Kenya’s drylands
- Using diagnostic kits to detect major animal diseases in Senegal
- Eliminating fruit pests in South Africa
- Developing drought tolerant sorghum for food, animal feed and the bioethanol industry, Indonesia
- Breeding salt- tolerant rice, Pakistan
- Enhancing genetic diversity in crops, Mongolia
- Improving milk and beef production in Honduras
- Increasing productivity in barley crops and native varieties of grain, Peru
- Controlling fruit flies to boost the export of fruits and vegetables (Latin America)
Environment
Managing the legacy of uranium mining and milling in Central Asia
- Strengthening the national environmental monitoring system in the marine ecosystem in Guatemala
- Assessing radioactivity in the Gulf of Aqaba, Jordan
- Monitoring the environment in Peruvian mining areas
- Nitrate and pesticide monitoring and modelling in Slovenia
- Rehabilitating agricultural products from the territories affected by the 1986 accident at Chernobyl
- Generating data for air quality management, Metro Manila, Philippines
- Controlling air pollution in Mexico City
- Using oysters as ‘marine sentinels’ to guard against poisoned seafood, Cuba
Human Health
Establishing a nuclear medicine centre in Sana’a, Yemen
Improving programmes for the reduction of childhood malnutrition in Latin America
Improving radiotherapy quality in Asia & the Pacific
Sterilizing human tissue in Uruguay
Upgrading nuclear medicine capabilities in Senegal
- Producing hydrogel membranes to treat burns patients in Cuba
- Radiotherapy: A growing priority for Ghana
- Improving the quality of medical physics and radiotherapy in Lithuania
- Promoting the use of nuclear medicine for early diagnosis of disease in Africa
- Tumour imaging using radioisotopes in Asia and the Pacific
- Controlling fascioliasis in Latin America
- Using cyclotrons and PET scans to improve cancer diagnosis and treatment in Thailand
- Screening for congenital abnormalities in newborns, Uruguay
- Supporting the UNAIDS-WHO African Aids Vaccine Programme
- Detecting drug- resistant tuberculosis (Africa)
- Detecting drug-resistant malaria (Africa)
- Fighting cancer in Zambia
- Neonatal screening for congenital hypothyroidism in the Philippines
- Speeding up diagnostics with modern imaging technology in the Czech Republic
- Improving cancer care in the Dominican Republic
- Enhancing nuclear medicine in Havana, Cuba
HR Training
- Introducing ICT based training methods to strengthen training capacity in AFRA Member States
- Establishing a training centre for the Paks nuclear power plant in Hungary
- Building global competence in radiation protection through education and training
Isotope Hydrology and Water Resources
Protecting and managing water resources in Algeria
- Investigating and managing groundwater and geothermal resources in the Afar rift valley, Ethiopia
- Sustainable development of groundwater resources in southern and eastern Africa
- Identifying safe drinking water, Bangladesh
- Sustainable development of the Upper Lempa River water basin: El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras
Nuclear Energy
Completing the Atucha II Nuclear Power Plant in Argentina
Exploring the nuclear power option in Tunisia
Strengthening planning capabilities for sustainable energy development in Africa
- Establishing sustainable and diversified energy in Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast
- Capacity building for sustainable energy development in Pakistan
- Assessing energy options and strategies in Mexico
Nuclear Technology
Improving non-destructive testing capabilities in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
Preserving cultural heritage artefacts in Latin America
SESAME Synchrotron light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East
Using radioisotope technology for natural resource exploration and exploitation
- Protecting cultural heritage artefacts in the Mediterranean region
- Expanding microanalytical capabilities in Slovenia
- Radiation processing for materials and environmental applications, Algeria
- Upgrading technical capacities in non-destructive testing in Cameroon
- Identifying hazardous materials, Madagascar
- Conserving cultural heritage in Croatia
Safety & Security
Enhancing nuclear security in Africa
Establishing radiological and nuclear emergency response capabilities in Europe
Improved radioactive waste management for the United Republic of Tanzania
Research reactor fuel repatriation in Europe
Strengthening the safe management of radioactive waste in Latin America
- Regaining control over orphan sources in China
- Improving the quality and safety of radiotherapy services in Europe
- Strengthening regulatory capabilities and radiation protection in Lithuania
- Safe transport of nuclear and radioactive material in Latin America
- Improving regulatory infrastructure to increase nuclear safety and radiation protection
- Enhancing the operational safety of nuclear power plants
- Strengthening radiation safety infrastructures

