Technical Meeting on Commercial Products and Services of
Research Reactors

28 June–2 July, 2010, IAEA, Vienna

The National Centre for Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology (CNESTEN), a Moroccan state-owned company, is setting up a strategic utilization plan for its recently commissioned and licensed nuclear research reactor, Triga Mark II, 2 MW, over the period of 2010–2015. This strategic plan is aiming to efficiently and effectively meet existing and potential needs: research and development, education and training, and generally all related products and services, both at national and regional level, within a sustainable framework. For that purpose, CNESTEN’s vision is to develop and strengthen its position in the market place by fully integrating both operational and logistical issues in being strategically led, market oriented, competitively focused, operationally efficient, revenue generating applications emphasized, and human resources driven. In terms of existing and potential services and products to be delivered from the research reactor, CNESTEN is more focusing on education and training, for which an international training centre is under development; radioisotopes production, for both medical and industrial uses for which CNESTEN has a leading national position; analytical techniques such as NAA and PGNAA; neutron beam techniques such as neutron imaging and neutron diffraction; and irradiation services for NTD.

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