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Indonesia has targeted to produce a prototype of an intelligent radiation monitoring system at the end of 2024, Minister of Research and Technology Bambang PS Brodjonegoro said.

“At the end of 2024, the prototype for the intelligent radiation monitoring system will be ready for trial and operation," Brodjonegoro, who is also chief of the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), said during an online symposium, which was held to mark the anniversary of the National Atomic Energy Agency (Batan) here on Wednesday.

With the increasing use of nuclear technology and radioactive substances in Indonesia, an integrated radiation monitoring system for nuclear safety and security is needed at the national level, he observed at the Indonesia-Japan Joint Symposium on Nuclear Research and Development, Safety and Education.

At the symposium, Batan chief Anhar Riza Antariksawan said setting up an integrated national radiation monitoring system is among the National Research Priorities (PRN) for 2020-2024 in the industrial sector.

Batan is the national coordinator for implementing the National Research Priorities, he added.

The activity is aimed at developing a wide range of radiation monitoring systems such as radiological data monitoring systems (RDMS), radiation portal monitors (RPM), and mobile radiation detectors, he said.

In addition, there are plans for developing an information technology-based communication system to connect all radiation detectors and compile them into a database, which will be operated by the Nuclear Energy Supervisory Board (Bapeten), he informed. (Antaranews)