Proceedings 7th Conference on Nuclear and Particle Physics

11-15 Nov. 2009, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

NUPPAC’ 09 NUPPAC' 09 Online Proceedings: - The online version of proceedings of the 7th Conference on Nuclear and Particle Physics (NUPPAC' 09) held 11-15 Nov. 2009 at Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. The proceedings (662 pages) contains the available martial of 81 contributions:15 invited talks, 11 abstracts of delivered contributed talks and 55 accepted contributions covering conference topics.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I- Session IKN: Plenary, Invited, Keynote Talks Dmitry V. Shirkov (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia) 38 1 1 60 YEARS OF BROKEN SYMMETRIES IN QUANTUM PHYSICS Louis Bimbot for the G0 Collaboration (Institut de Physique Nucléaire, BP n° 1, F-91406, Orsay Cedex, France) 9 2 3 RESULTS FROM THE G0 PARITY VIOLATION EXPERIMENT CARRIED OUT AT JEFFERSON LABORATORY M. Adiband M.Fathalla (Reactor Physics Department, Nuclear Research Center, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt) 10 3 15 PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE AS A TUNABLE SECOND ORDER NEUTRON FILTER M. Anwar Chaudhri1,2 and M. Nasir Chaudhri2 (1 Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Klinikum-Nuernberg-Sued, 90471 Nuernberg, 4 Germany; 2 Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, 25 Laboratories- Complex , Lahore, Pakistan) PA3 SOME APPLICATIONS OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY V.A. Andrianov1, A.A. Andrianov1, and D. Espriu2 (1 V.A. Fock Department 5 of Theoretical Physics, St. Petersburg State University, Russia; 2 Departament 35 d'Estructura i Constituents de la Materia and ICCUB Institut de Ciencies del Cosmos, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 647, 08028 Barcelona, Spain) 43 PARITY VIOLATION IN QCD MOTIVATED HADRONIC MODELS AT EXTREME CONDITIONS Giancarlo Jug (Dipartimento di Fisica e Matematica Universita' dell'Insubria Como, ITALY; and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Sezione di Pavia Pavia, ITALY) 77 6 THEORY OF DIPOLAR ECHOES IN AMORPHOUS MATTER AT LOW 37 TEMPERATURES:ANALOGIES AND DIFFERENCES WITH THE NUCLEAR SPIN ECHOES AND THE ROLE OF AN APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELD Pierre Depommier (University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada) 85 7 39 A SEARCH FOR NEW PHYSICS IN A KAON DECAY Mohamed E. Abdeaziz (National Center for Nuclear safety and radiation 8 Control, EAEA, Egypt) PA4 49 SUPER HIGH ENERGY COLLIDING BEAM ACCELERATORS K.A. Gridnev and S.Yu. Torilov (Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia) 66 9 BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATE IN NUCLEI – THEORY AND 65 EXPERIMENT J. Marton (Stefan Meyer Institute for Subatomic Physics, Austrian Academy of Sciences 10 67 Boltzmanngasse 3, 1090 Vienna, Austria) 124 LOW-ENERGY INTERACTION OF ANTI-KAONS A.M. Hassan (Reactor Physics Department, Reactors Division, Nuclear 11 Research Centre, Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo - Egypt) 24 69 BULK - SAMPLES PGNAA WITH ISOTOPIC NEUTRON SOURCES G.V. Lashkarev1, O.I. Dmitriev1, V.M. Kaminskiy1, P.E. Butorin1,2, Z.D. Kovalyuk1, V.I. Ivanov1, A.M. Balagurov2 and A. I. Beskrovnyy2 (1 I.M. Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science, National Academy of 12 Sciences of Ukraine, Krzhizhanivskogo 3, 03680 Kyiv, Ukraine; 2 Joint Institute 79 for Nuclear Research, Joliot-Curie 6, 141980 Dubna, Russia) 70 NEUTRON DIFFRACTION RESEARCHES OF CHARGE DENSITY WAVES IN LAYERED InSe M.A. Gomaa (IRPA-Egypt C/0 Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt) 37 13 ICNIRP LIMITS OF EXPOSURE TO STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS 87 OCCUPATIONAL AND GENERAL PUBLIC M.N.H. Comsan (Egyptian Nuclear Physics Association, Egypt) 117 14 89 THE PHYSICS OF Mo-99 PRODUCTION L. T. Akhobadze, V.R. Garsevanishvili and Yu. V. Tevzadze (Institute of High Energy Physics and Informatization, Tbilisi State University, Universitetskaya st. 9, 0186, Tbilisi, Georgia) 5 15 91 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF AVERAGE CHARACTERISTICS OF PI(-) MESONS AND PROTONS PRODUSED IN NONCENTRAL AND SEMICENTRAL CTa-COLLISIONS AT 4.2 AGeV/c II- Session NSR: Nuclear Scattering and Reactions K.M. Hanna, R.A.R. Ghobrial, Sh.M.E. Sewailem, H.O. Nafie and M.S.M. Nour El-Din (Mathematics & Theoretical Physics Dept., Atomic Energy 16 Authority,P.O.13759, Cairo-Egypt) 122 105 SCATTERING OF K{+}MESON FROM LIGHT NUCLEI AT INTERMEDIATE ENERGIES T.V. Chuvilskaya and A.A. Shirokova (Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia) 130 17 117 YIELD OF HIGH-SPIN ISOMERIC STATES IN REACTIONS INDUCED BY He ISOTOPES E.V. Zemlyanaya, V.K. Lukyanov, K.V. Lukyanov and K.M. Hanna1 (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow oblast, 141980 Russia; 1 Math. and Theor. Phys. Dep., NRC, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt) PA1 18 119 THE K(+)-NUCLEUS MICROSCOPIC OPTICAL POTENTIAL AND CALCULATIONS OF THE CORRESPONDING DIFFERENTIAL ELASTIC AND TOTAL REACTION CROSS SECTIONS M. Al-Abyad1, H. Al-Shewaimy1, A. Khalaf2 and M.N.H. Comsan1 (1 Experimental Nuclear Physics Department (Cyclotron Facility), Nuclear Research Centre, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Postal Code 13579, Egypt; 2 19 129 Physics Department, Facukty of Science, Al-Az’har University, Cairo, Egypt) 50 RADIONUCLIDES PRODUCED BY PROTON INDUCED REACTIONS ON In AND Mn TARGETS AT LOW ENERGY K.M. Hanna1, R.A.R. Ghobrial1, Sh.M.E. Sewailem1, H.O. Nafie2, and M.S.M. Nour El-Din2 (1 Mathematics & Theoretical Physics Department, Nuclear Research Centre, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt; 2 Physics 20 131 Department, Faculty of Science, Banha University, Egypt) 121 ONE–BOSON–EXCHANGE MICROSCOPIC POTENTIALS IN K(+)- NUCLEON AND NUCLEI INTERACTIONS A. Chafa, F-Zohra Messili and S. Barhoumi (SRIM Laboratory, Physics Faculty, USTHB, BP N° 32 El Alia, Bab Ezzouar, Algiers, Algeria) 106 21 145 CONTRIBUTION OF 194.1 keV RESONANCE TO 17O(p, alpha)14N REACTION RATE USING R MATRIX CODE H. Iwamoto1, Y. Koba1, Y. Fukui1, Y. Fukuda1, G. Wakabayashi1and Y. Uozumi1; P. Evtoukhovitch2, V. Kalinnikov2, N. Khomutov2, N. Kuchinskii2, A. Moiseenko2, V.Samoilov2 and Z. Tsamalaidze2; A. Mzavia3 (1 Department of Applied Quantum Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Kyushu University, 22 155 Fukuoka, Japan; 2 Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia; 3 Tbilisi University, Tbilisi, Georgia) 71 STUDY OF LIGHT CHARGED PARTICLE PRODUCTION DOUBLE- DIFFERENTIAL CROSS SECTIONS AT INTERMEDIATE ENERGY

III- Session HEP: High Energy Physics 23 A. Abdelsalam1, M.S. EI-Nagdy2, B.M. Badawy3, and E. El-Falaky4 (1 Phys. 163 Dept. Faculty of Science, , Giza, Egypt; 2 Phys. Dept. Faculty of Science, , Helwan, Egypt; 3 Reactor Phys Dept., Nucl. Research Center, Atomic Energy Authority, Egypt; 4 Physics Deprtment, Faculty of Science, , El-Suez, Egypt) 14 INCLUSIVE PION PRODUCTION IN RELATIVISTIC pA AND AA COLLISIONS M.S. El-Nagdy1, A. Abdelsalam2 and B.M. Badawy3 (1 Phys. Dept., Faculty of Science, Helwan University Helwan, Egypt; 2 Phys. Dept., Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt; 3 Reactor Phys. Dept., Nucl. Research Center, 24 175 Atomic Energy Authority, Egypt) 15 ON THE POSSIBILITY OF A NEW LIGHT NEUTRAL BOSON IN HEAVY ION COLLISIONS M. Tammam (Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt) 53 25 THE ROLE OF S11(1535) RESONANCE ON INCOHERENT ETA 183 ELECTRO-PRODUCTION OFF THE DEUTRON IV- Session NSS: Nuclear Structure and Spectroscopy S.G. Zemlyanoi, Yu.P. Gangrsky, D.V. Karaivanov, K.P. Marinova and B.N. Markov (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Moscow Region, 26 193 Russia) 99 HYPERFINE MAGNETIC ANOMALY IN EUROPIUM ISOTOPES Yu.M. Tchuvil'sky (Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia) 129 27 195 SEARCH FOR P-ODD CP-VIOLATING EFFECTS IN NUCLEAR GAMMA TRANSITIONS V- Session NRP: Neutron and Reactor Physics R.M.A. Maayouf (Reactor Physics Department, NRC, Atomic Energy Authority, 28 Egypt) 153b 107 ON THE USE OF PLEXIGLASS SUBSTRATES FOR NEUTRON MIRRORS N. Habib (Reactor Physics Department, Atomic Reactor Division, Nuclear Research Center, Atomic Energy Authority, Post Code, 13759, Cairo, Egypt) 11 29 205 NEUTRON TRANSMISSION OF GERMANIUM POLY- AND MONO- CRYSTALS Moustafa Aziz and Riham Refeat (National Center for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Control, Atomic Energy Authority, 3 Ahmed Alzomer Str., Nasr City, 30 Egypt) 84a 215 BURNUP AND CRITICALITY ANALYSIS OF CARBON COATED PARTICLE FULE IN HTR-10 REACTOR Mykola Kolomiiets (INSCICON” LLC, Kiev, Ukraine) 142 31 225 NEUTRON PROPAGATOR ON LIGHT ELEMENTS NUCLEI S.M. Khaled and G.M. Doaa (Mathematics Department, Faculty of Science, 32 Helwan University, Helwan, Egypt) PA2 227 POWER EXCURSION ACCIDENT ANALYSIS OF RESEARCH WATER REACTOR C.A. Margeanu and A.C. Rizoiu (Institute for Nuclear Research Pitesti, Romania) 131b 33 239 THORIUM-BASED FUELS PRELIMINARY LATTICE CELL STUDIES FOR CANDU REACTORS

VI- Session RQP: Relativistic and Quantum Physics M. Ismail and W.M. Seif (Cairo University, Egypt) 31 34 ON THE ORIENTATION BARRIER DISTRIBUTION OF COLLIDING 251 DEFORMED NUCLEI M. Aouachria(University of Batna, Algeria) 100a 35 263 PATH INTEGRAL TREATMENT FOR THE RABI OSCILLATIONS S.A. Elwakil, M.A. Zahran, E.K. El-Shewy and H.G. Abdelwahed (Theoretical Physics Group, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, ) 36 150 273 EFFECT OF DIFFERENT SIZE DUST GRAINS ON THE PROPERTIES OF SOLITARY WAVES IN SPACE ENVIRONMENTS S. Boufas1, F.Z. Ighezou1 and R.J. Lombard2 (1 Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene, BP 32, El Alia, 16111 Bab Ezzouar, Alger, Algérie; 2 Groupe de Physique Théorique, Institut de Physique Nucléaire, 91406 37 285 Orsay Cedex, France) 62 APPLICATION OF THE BERTLMANN-MARTIN INEQUALITY TO SYSTEMS WITH SPIN A. Elghazaly(Reactor & Neutron Physics Department, Nuclear Research Center, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt) 48 38 291 RADIATIVE TRANSFER EQUATION FOR ANISOTROPIC SPHERICAL MEDIUM WITH SPECULAR REFLECTIVE INDEX M. Aouachria(Département de Physique, Faculté des Sciences, Université El- Hadj Lakhdar, 05000 Batna, Algeria) 100b 39 301 TWO-LEVEL ATOM IN AN ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE OF CIRCULAR POLARIZATION: EXACT SOLUTION VIA PATH INTEGRAL S. Zaim(Département de Physique, Faculté des Sciences,Université El-Hadj Lakhdar, 05000 Batna, Algeria) 29 40 311 PAIR CREATION PARTICLES IN ANISOTROPIC NONCOMMUTATIVE SPACE-TIMES S.A. Elwakil, M.A. Zahran, E.K. El-Shewy and H.G. Abdelwahed (Theoretical Physics Group, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt) 151 41 323 SOLITARY WAVES IN SPACE DUSTY PLASMA WITH DUST OF OPPOSITE POLARITY

VII- Session MCS: Modeling, Codes and Simulation L. Ait Gougam, H. Taibi, A. Chikhi and F. Mekideche-Chafa (Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, Faculté de Physique, USTHB, BP32, El Alia, Bab Ezzouar, Alger, Algérie) 59 42 335 EFFICIENT SECOND ORDER ALGORITHMS FOR FUNCTION APPROXIMATION WITH NEURAL NETWORKS. APPLICATION TO SEXTIC POTENTIALS Khaled S.M. Essa and M. Embaby (Mathematics & Theoretical Physics 43 Department, NRC, AEA, P.O. 13759, Cairo, Egypt) 116 343 WORST AIR CONCENTRATION FROM NON-GAUSSIAN PLUME MODEL Sherief M. Hashimaa1, Imbaby I. Mahmoud1 and Atef A. Elazm2 (1 Eng.Dept. NRC, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt; 2 Commun & Elect. Dept. Faculty 44 of Electronic Engineering, Menoufiya University, Menouf, Egypt) 103 353 HARD WARE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIAMOND SEARCH ALGORITHM FOR MOTION ESTIMATION AND OBJECT TRACKING

VIII- Session NAT: Nuclear Analytical Techniques M. Fayez-Hassan and M.A. Ali (Experimental Nuclear Physics Department, Nuclear Research Centre, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt) 20 45 367 THIN FILM THICKNESS DETERMINATION USING INSTRUMENTAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS N.F. Soliman1, A. Sroor2, L.S. Ashmawy1, N. Walley El-Dine2 and T. El Mohamed2 (1 Reactor Physics Department, Atomic Reactor Division, Nuclear Research Center, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt; 2 Nuclear Phys. Lab, 46 Faculty of Girls, Cairo, Egypt) 49 369 Na, Al, K, Mn, g , Br, Ca, AND Cl CONCENTRATION VALUES IN THE WHOLE BLOOD SAMPLES OF HUMAN CANCER USING SHORT TIME NEUTRON IRRADIATION FACILITY OF ET-RR-2 M. Fayez-Hassan and Kh.M. Hella (Experimental Nuclear Physics Department, 47 Nuclear Research Centre, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt) 32 381 SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS OF GAMMA SPECTRA G.Y. Mohamed, M. Fayez-Hassan, M. Abd-EI-Wahab1 and M.A. Ali (Experimental Nuclear Physics Department, Nuclear Research Centre, AEA, Cairo, Egypt; 1 Physics Department, Faculty of Women, Ain-Shams University, 48 387 Cairo, Egypt) PA5 RADIO-ISOTOPIC NEUTRON SOURCES FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS AND BASIC RESEARCH A.H. El-Farrash2 , H.A. Yousef2,and A.F. Hafez1 (1 Phys. Dept., Faculty of Sciences, , Alexandria, Egypt; 2 Env. Radioactivity & Nucl. Phys. Research Lab., Phys. Dept., Faculty of Science, Mansoura 49 395 University, Mansoura, Egypt, P.O. Box 35516, Mansoura, Egypt) 41 238U AND 232Th CONCENTRATION IN ROCK SAMPLES USING ALPHA AUTORADIOGRAPHY AND GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY TECHNIQUES Z. Idiri1, H. Mazrou1, A. Amokrane2 and S. Beddek1 (1 Centre de Recherche Nucléaire d’Alger 02 Bd Frantz Fanon, B.P. 399, Alger-Gare, Algeria; 2 Faculté de Physique,USTHB, Alger, Algeria) 72 50 403 METHODOLOLOGY FOR QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF LARGE LIQUID SAMPLES WITH PROMPT GAMMA NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS USING Am-Be SOURCE L. Lakosi, J. Zsigrai and C. Tam Nguyen (Institute of Isotopes Hungarian Academy of Sciences P. O. Box 77, H-1525 Budapest, Hungary) 101 51 413 CHARACTERIZATION OF URANIUM-BEARING MATERIAL BY PASSIVE NON-DESTRUCTIVE GAMMA SPECTROMETRY P. Fetfatzis, E. Fokitis, S. Galanis, A. Georgakopoulou, V. Gika, M. Kompitsas, G. Koutelieris, S. Maltezos and I. Manthos, K. Patrinos, A. Aravantinos (National Technical University of Athens, Greece) 143 52 425 ULTRA HIGH ENERGY COSMIC RAYS AND ATMOSPHERIC MONITORING OF AIR-FLUORESCENCE AND AIR-CHERENKOV TELESCOPES VIA HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION LIDAR M. Tohamy1, M. Fayez-Hassan2, S. Abdel-Ghany3, S. El-Minyawy3, M.M. Abdel-Khalek2 and M.N.H. Comsan2 (1 Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Cairo, Egypt; 2 Experimental Nuclear Physics Department, Nuclear 53 Research Centre, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt; 3 Physics Department, 431 Faculty of Science, Al-Az'har University (Girls Branch), Cairo, Egypt) 123 A DUAL-HEMISHERE (SPHERICAL) IRRADIATION FACILITY FOR Am- Be NEUTRON FIELD OPTIMIZATION

IX- Session ARU: Accelerator and Reactor Utilization M. Samir Adel-Azim (Quality Assurance Department, Nuclear Regulatory and Safety Center, Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority, Egypt) 30 54 QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL ACTIVITIES 439 RELEVANT TO SITE QUALIFICATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANT O. Kochnov1 and V. Pavshook2 (1 Federal State Unitary Enterprize “Karpov Institute of Physical Chemistry” 249020 Obninsk, Kaluga Region, Russia; 2 Russian Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, Kurchatov sq., 1, 123182, 55 Moscow, Russia) 119 445 PRODUCTION OF Mo-99 IN THE FEDERAL STATE UNITARY ENTERPRIZE “KARPOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY”: ORDINARY AND ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGYES D. Ighigeanu1, D. Martin1, I. Calinescu2, E. Manaila1 and G. Craciun1 (1 National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Magurele, 56 Romania; 2 University “Politehnica”, Bucharest, Romania) 134 447 HIGH-ENERGY ELECTRON BEAM APPLICATION TO AIR POLLUTANTS REMOVAL 57 D. Martin1, G. Craciun1, I. Margaritescu2, M. Neagu3, E. Manaila1, D. 461 Ighigeanu1 and D. Chirita2 (1National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Magurele, Romania; 2 Military Clinical Hospital “Carol Davila”, Bucharest, Romania; 3 National Institute “Victor Babes”, Bucharest, Romania) 136 APPLICATION OF ELECTRON ACCELERATORS IN CONJUNCTION WITH MICROWAVE SOURCES IN MEDICAL STUDIES

X- Session DI: Detectors and Instrumentation M.A. El-Kolaly (Radiation Protection Department, Nuclear Research Center, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt) 56 58 475 THERMOLUMINESCENCE STUDIES OF SOME TLD MATERIALS AND ITS USABILITY IN RADIATION MEASUREMENTS T.M. Taha and T.M. Morsi (Radiation Protection Department, Nuclear Research Center, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, P.O. 13759, Egypt) 73 59 485 CALIBRATION OF SINGLE HIGH PURITY GERMANIUM DETECTOR FOR WHOLE BODY COUNTER E.A. Osman, M.I. El-Gazar, M.K. Shaat, A.A. El-Kafas, W.I. Zidan and A.A. Wadoud (Reactors Department, Nuclear Research Center, Atomic Energy 60 Authority, Cairo, Egypt) 92a 493 AN ESTIMATION OF A PASSIVE INFRA-RED SENSOR' PROBABILITY OF DETECTION

XI- Session RAR: Radiation and Radioactivity W.A. Moafy and M.S. El-Tahawy (National Center for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Control, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt) 120 61 503 RADIOLOGICAL STUDY INVESTIGATION OF THE BLACK SAND REGION OF THE NORTH-EAST OF THE NILE DELTA Kh.A. Ramadan1,2, M.K. Seddeek3, T. Sharshar4 and H.M. Badran2 (1 Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Gaza, Palestine; 2 Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, , Tanta 62 31527, Egypt; 3 Department of Physics, Faculty of Education, Suez Canal 509 University, Al-Arish, Egypt; 4 Department of Physics and Chemistry, Faculty of Education, Kafr El-Shaikh University, Kafr El-Shaikh, Egypt) 65 RADIOMETRIC CHARACTERIZATION OF SAND IN NORTHEAST SINAI G.M. E-Aragi*, M.A. Ayad, M.A. El-Kolaly and W. Madcour (* Plasma Physics Department, and Radiation Protection Department, Nuclear Research 63 Center, AEA, P.O. Box 13759, Cairo, Egypt) 114 519 SCATTERED IONIZING RADIATIONS FROM LOW ENERGY PLASMA FOCUS AND RADIATION DOSIMETERY ASSESSMENT Amr Abdelhadyand Talal Abou El Maaty (Reactors Department, Atomic 64 Energy Authority, Egypt) 126 527 RADIOLOGICAL IMPACT OF RADIOACTIVE IODINE DISCHARGE AFTER HYPOTHETICAL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT C.A. Margeanu, S. Margeanu and D. Barbos (Institute for Nuclear Research Pitesti, Romania) 131a 65 535 HEU AND LEU FUEL SHIELDING COMPARATIVE STUDY APPLIED FOR SPENT FUEL TRANSPORT A. Al-Sharkawy1, T. Sharshar2,3 and H.M. Badran1 (1 Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta 31527, Egypt; 2 Department of Physics and Chemistry, Faculty of Education, Kafrelsheikh University, 66 547 Kafrelsheikh, Egypt) 104 EVALUATION OF MERCURY AS A PASSIVE SHIELDING FOR THE LOW-LEVEL GAMMA-RAY SPECTROMETERS Kh.A. Ramadan1,2, M.K. Seddeek3, T. Sharshar4,5 and H.M. Badran2 (1 Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Gaza, Palestine; 2 Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta 31527, Egypt; 3 Department of Physics, Faculty of Education, Suez Canal University, Al-Arish, Egypt; 4 Department of Physics and Chemistry, Faculty of 67 Education, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt; 5 Physics 559 Department, Faculty of Science, Taif University, Taif, 888 Hawiya, Saudi Arabia) 105 RADIOLOGICAL STUDIES IN THE HOT SPRING REGION OF OYOUN MOSSA AND HAMMAM FARAUN THERMAL SPRING AREAS IN WESTERN SINAI Mitica Dragusin (National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering-Horia Hulubei-IFIN-HH, Romania) 128 68 569 ALARA PRINCIPLE APPLICATION FOR LOADING SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL ASSEMBLIES FROM NUCLEAR RESEARCH REACTOR VVR-S MAGURELE-BUCHAREST ROMANIA INTO TRANSPORTATION CASKS Felicia Mihai (Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering – Bucharest, Romania) 140 69 575 HALIDE FILM DOSIMETER SYSTEM RESPONSE INFLUENCED BY CHEMICAL PROCESSING

XII- Session AR: Activity Reviews Bahaa Mohamed and Amany Gouda (Plasma and Nuclear Fusion Dept.,NRC, AEA P.O. 13759, Cairo, Egypt) 118 70 579 ELECTRON ACCELERATION BY MICROWAVE RADIATION INSIDE RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDE E.E. Abdel-Hady, R.M. Abdel-El-Latif and Salwa S. Mohamed (Physics Department, Faculty of Science, , B.O. 61519 Minya, Egypt) 71 PA6 589 POSITRON LIFETIME AS A NANOPROBE FOR FREE VOLUME IN MICROBIAL POLY(3-HYDROXY BUTYRATE/ POLYMETHYLMETHACRYLATE) BLENDS E.E. Abdel-Hady, and M.R.M. El-Sharkawy (Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Minya University, B.O. 61519 Minya, Egypt) PA7 72 EFFECT OF GAMMA IRRADIATION ON POLYOXYMETHYLENE 591 COPOLYMER STUDIED BY POSITRON ANNIHILATION LIFETIME TECHNIQUE F.W. Abdel Salam, A.G. Helal and H. El-Khabeary (Accelerators and Ion Sources Department, Nuclear Research Center, Atomic Energy Authority P.N. 73 593 13759, Inchas, Cairo, Egypt) 36 RECENT RESULTS WITH A COLD CATHODE ION SOURCE SYSTEM Amin Hassan (Accelerators and Ion Sources Department, Nuclear Research 74 Center, AEA, Egypt) 42 595 SURFACE MODIFICATION OF METALS USING PLASMA TORCH E.E. Abdel-Hady, M.O. Abdel-Hamed and A.M. Hammam (Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Minia University, Egypt) PA8 75 605 EFFECT OF Cu SUBSTITUTION IN Li0.5-0.5xCuxFe2.5-0.5xO4 STUDIED BY POSITRON ANNIHILATION TECHNIQUE Dorina Toader1, Silvia Marghitu2, Gabriela Craciun1, Elena Manaila1 and Constantin Oproiu1 (1 National Institute of Research for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics-Bucuresti; 2 ICPE Electrostatica S.A - Bucuresti,Romania) 76 607 132 ELECTRON BEAM DIAGNOSIS AND DYNAMICS USING DIADYN PLASMA SOURCE G. Craciun, D. Martin, E. Manaila, M. Nemtanu, M. Brasoveanu and D. Ighigeanu (National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, 77 Magurele, Romania) 133 615 BIODEGRADABLE POLYELECTROLYTES OBTAINED BY RADIATION POLYMERIZATION Bogdan Constantinescu1, Angela Vasilescu1, Martin Radtke2 and Uwe Reinholz2 (1 Department of Applied Nuclear Physics, “Horia Hulubei” National Institute of Nuclear Physics and Engineering, PO BOX MG-6, Bucharest 077125, Romania; 2 Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing 78 627 (BAM), Richard-Willstätter Strasse 11, 12489, Berlin, Germany) 74 MICRO-SR-XRF STUDIES FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL GOLD IDENTIFICATION – THE CASE OF CARPATHIAN GOLD AND OF DACIAN BRACELETS Daniela Stan1, B. Constantinescu1, Catalina Pauna1, Antonela Neacsu2 and Gh. Popescu2 (1 National Institute of Nuclear Physics and Engineering, POB MG-6, 077125, Bucharest, Romania; 2 Faculty of Geology, University of Bucharest, 79 635 Romania) 75 SOME APPLICATIONS OF X-RAY BASED ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS METHODS FOR ROMANIAN GOLD MINERALS STUDIES 80 E. Manaila1, D. Martin1, G. Craciun1, D. Zuga2 and D. Ighigeanu1 (1 National 645 Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Bucharest, Romania; 2 National R&D Institute for Textile and Leather, Bucharest, Romania) 135 ELECTRON BEAM PROCESSING OF RUBBER MIXTURES WITH POLYFUNCTIONAL MONOMERS E.A. Osman, M.I. El-Gazar, M.K. Shaat, A.A. El-Kafas, W.I. Zidan and A.A, Wadoud (Reactors Department, Nuclear Research Center, Atomic Energy 81 Authority, Cairo, Egypt) 92b 653 DISTRIBUTION AND PARAMETER'S CALCULATIONS OF TELEVISION CAMERAS INSIDE A NUCLEAR FACILITY