Doha, January 10 (QNA) - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) approved a number of technical cooperation projects with the State of Qatar in the field of peaceful uses of nuclear energy for 2022-2023.

The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, represented by the Radiation and Chemical Protection Department, said that the projects cover the areas of food safety that will be implemented with the Ministry of Public Health; strengthening national capabilities in radiological diagnosis of diseases with Hamad Medical Corporation and Sidra Medicine; strengthening the supervisory work on radiological applications in the medical, industrial and environmental fields which will be implemented by the Radiation and Chemical Protection Department; as well as the establishment of a secondary calibration laboratory for radioactive devices which the largest of its kind in the Middle East, with the aim of improving radiation protection programs in the State of Qatar.

The State of Qatar has 35 technical cooperation projects with the International Atomic Energy Agency, including 10 national projects, 23 regional projects, and two projects at the global level, all of which are implemented through more than 10 different institutions in the country. The Radiation and Chemical Protection Department follows up on these projects with the various entities and institutions implementing them within the State of Qatar.

These projects cover the areas of agriculture, improving animal production, combating diseases, medicine and human health, strengthening control over radiological activities, environmental radiological survey, combating the effects of climate change, developing human capabilities in the field of peaceful uses of atomic energy, environmental survey of the seas, plastic pollution, antiquities, food safety and groundwater. (QNA)