Other Names: n/a
Location: n/a
Subordinate To: Atomic Energy Commission of Syria (AECS)
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Primary Function: Management of radioactive waste
Description: In 2001, Mohammed Ghafar, a staff member at Radioactive Waste Management Division (RWMD), AECS, reported to an IAEA-sponsored conference that the AECS had recently established his division and was in the process of planning the construction of a waste processing facility. He said that the organization was undertaking these activities to manage the waste resulting from the production and application of radioisotopes. AECS has established a separate, Radioactive Waste Management Division to oversee the collection, treatment, and storage of radioactive waste.[1]

Sources:
[1] Mohammad Ghafar, "Radioactive waste management facility in Syria," International Conference on Management of Radioactive Waste from Non-Power Applications, IAEA, Report No. IAEA-CN-87/79, 1 July 2001, via ETDEWEB, <http://www.etde.org/etdeweb/>.

	Updated August 2003