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Subordinate To: Atomic Energy Commission of Syria (AECS)
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Primary Function: Neutron activation analysis
Description: The AECS uses the laboratory for neutron activation analysis, production of short-lived radioisotopes and training by utilizing its miniature neutron source reactor (MNSR). The IAEA has supplied various equipment items and radiation monitoring equipment beginning in 1995 through 1999.[1]

Researchers at Damascus University are involved in various scientific research, including a project jointly carried out with researchers at the AECS to develop desalination technologies as part of the new Scientific National Commission for Water Desalination based at the Higher Institute of Applied Science and Technology in Damascus.[2]

Sources
[1] "SYR/4/006: Neutron Activation Analytical Laboratory," IAEA Technical Cooperation Projects, 1999, <http://www-tc.iaea.org/tcweb/tcprogramme/projectsbycountry/query/default.asp>.
[2] S. Al Ayoubi, Z. Salhani, A.H. Zein and M. Azmeh, "The Desalination Commission in Syria," paper presented at the INCO-MED Water Conference Amman, 2001, 11-13 June 2001, <http://www.medaqua.org/Conf2001/abstracts/52.htm>.

	Updated August 2003