International Development Grant
Strengthening radioactive source security in Brazil
Project Number: CA-3-D003546001
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $1,453,953.00
Start Date: July 30, 2015
End Date: June 07, 2017
Duration: 1.9 years
Project Description
Implemented in cooperation with the US State Department and the International Atomic Energy Agency this project aims to reduce the security threat posed by Canadian-origin high activity disused sealed radioactive sources (DSRS) in Brazil by safely and securely removing them from the national inventory.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) consolidated 25 high-activity Canadian-origin DSRS at a central repository facility in Sao Paolo; (2) dismantled conditioned and repackaged the DSRS; and (3) transported the DSRS to a German company for recycling.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of the end of the project (April 2017) include: (1) consolidated 26 Canadian-origin disused sealed radioactive sources (DSRS) at a central repository facility in Sao Paolo; (2) contracted the Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa to provide and operate a mobile hot cell that dismantled conditioned and repackaged the DSRS; and (3) transported all 26 Canadian-origin DSRS in March 2017 to Gamma Service Recycling GmbH in Germany for recycling.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
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Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
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Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Project-type interventions
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Foreign Affairs and Trade Gs&Cs