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1. RCARO FELLOWSHIP REPORT

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RCARO Fellowship Report
Sabariah Kader Ibrahim
RCARO Fellow
(16 August – 11 November 2016)
RCA Regional Office
Daejeon, Republic of Korea
11 November 2016

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Contents
1. Introduction 4
2. Works carried out at RCARO 4
3. Presentation at RCARO 7
3.1. First Presentation about my own work at home country 7
3.2. Concluding Presentation at the end of the fellowship tenure 7
4. Technical Document 6
4.1. Guidelines for Implementation of Training Programme (Annex 1) 8
4.2. Training Programme Survey Form (Annex 2) 8
4.3. Training Programme Proposal Form (Annex 3) 8
4.4. Training Programme Aggreement Template (Annex 4) 8
5. Guide Template for RCARO Training Participants 8
5.1. Participants Guide (Annex 5) 8
5.2 Guide for Muslim Participants (Annex 6) 8
6. Participation in Training Programme 8
6.1 RCARO/KAERI Introductory Workshop on Radiation Technology 8
and Its Applications
6.2 Technical Visit 10
6.2.1 National Science Museum 10
6.2.2 KIRAMS 11
7. Suggestion and Recommendations 12
8. Conclusion 16
9. Acknowledgement 17

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1. Introduction
The RCA (Regional Cooperative Agreement for Research, Development and Training
Related to Nuclear Science and Technology for Asia and the Pacific) is an intergovernmental
agreement among International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Member States (MS) of South
Asia, South East Asia and the Pacific, and the Far East that entered into force in 1972. The
Agreement provides a framework for IAEA Member States in Asia and the Pacific region to
cooperate with each other and the IAEA in order to promote and coordinate cooperative
research, development, and training projects in nuclear science and technology through the
appropriate nuclear institutions within the Member States.
The RCA Regional Office (RCARO) was established on 27 March 2002 in Daejeon, Korea
for the purpose of providing enhanced visibility for the RCA and developing partnerships with
other organizations, negotiates and secures funding for RCA projects; implement the directives
of the RCA Member States as agreed upon at the National Representatives Meeting (NRM).
Therefore, to enhance the awareness of the RCA and promote partnership amongst
Government Parties in the region, RCARO establish an annual fellowship programme whereas
fellows were invited for a maximum of three months to support the RCA and the RCARO
activities. It also provides fellow with the opportunity to experience the activities of the RCA
and RCARO.
2. Works carried out at RCARO
During my fellowship tenure from 16 August – 11 November 2016, I have fully understand the
role and modus operandi of RCA and RCARO in operating RCA activities as well as managing
training and academic programmes in collaboration with KAERI and KAIST.

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During the 1st
Working Group Meeting for the RCARO’s Future Role in 2014, RCARO has decided
to implement RCARO Managed Projects including Supplementary Projects, Research Projects
and Training Programe. Based on my previous involvement and understanding with IAEA
Regional Training Course, I was assigned to draft the guidelines, survey form, proposal and
contract for TP.
Below is the task assigned to me, during my tenure:
1. Review, organized and catalog pictures received from LCC to be included in Promotion
video of RCA Activities to be exhibit at the 60th IAEA GC.
2. Contact LCC from Malaysia for requesting some sample for RCA Exhibition during the
General Conference. I have also reviewed the RCA Exhibit Panels that has been prepared
for the GC.
3. Drafted a technical document containing general information and other important notes
to go with the survey sheet to be circulated to all NRs for the implementation of the
first-ever RCA Training Project to commence.
4. Drafted Project Proposal forms (research contract) to be used by GPs in the submission
of proposals for the RCA RPs planned for implementation.
5. Review and update RCA Annual Report 2015 and its Guidelines
6. Attending the technical visit with the participants of IAEA/RCA/KINS Joint Training
Course on Organization and Implementation of a National Regulatory Programme for
the Control of Radiation Sources, 8 August – 2 September 2016, Daejeon.

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7. Part of organizing committee of RCARO/KAERI Introductory Workshop on Radiation
Technology and Its Applications, 10 -21 October 2016, Daejeon. I am responsible to
contact the participants and get their details for arranging the itinerary. I have also
prepared the draft for the opening speech and the certificate for the course.
8. Drafted country template assessment for the new GP’s in conjunction with the
upcoming workshop in Fiji.
9. Prepare guide for Muslim fellow or participants regarding halal food and available
mosque in Daejeon.
Pic 1.0: Exhibition Panel and Sample at IAEA GC

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Pic 1.1 : Introduction of New RCARO Fellow in the website
3. Presentation
3.1. Introduction Presentation about Country and Work
At the beginning of my fellowship programe, I have presented a talk on ‘Introducing of MNA &
My Work’. In this presentation, I explained briefly about Malaysia and the structure & functions
of Malaysia Nuclear Agency. I also briefly discussed about my own work at Nuclear Malaysia
Training Centre.
3.2. Final Report Presentation
The concluding presentation summarized the entire work that I performed during my
fellowship tenure from 16 August until 11 November 2016. This presentation includes the list of
technical document that I submitted and suggestion.

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4. Technical Document
4.1. Guidelines for Implementation of Training Programme
Under the current RCA Programme, training events are integral components of an approved
RCA project design that meet the achievement of specific aims, outputs and objectives for that
particular project. However, at times wider needs or priorities might be identified that would
greatly benefit if support could be provided via ad hoc training in identified technologically-
related areas, which were outside of the specific design of any of the RCA projects then being
implemented. Such technologically-related ad hoc training could have significant impacts in
enhancing knowledge at the national and regional levels and also could contribute to providing
substantial and specialised training inputs that are not designed to be provided under other
operational RCA projects.
4.2. Training Programme Survey Form (Annex 1)
4.3. Training Programme Proposal Form (Annex 2)
4.4. Training Programme Aggreement Template (Annex 3)
5. Guide Template for RCARO Training Participants
5.1. Participants Guide (Annex 4)
General guide for participants/fellows attending Training Course/Workshop/Meeting in
Daejeon.

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5.2 Guides for Muslim Participants (Annex 5)
Guides regarding halal food and praying hall for Muslim participants/fellows attending
TC/Workshop/Meeting in Daejeon.
6. Participation in Training Course
6.1. Participation of RCARO/KAERI Introductory Workshop on Radiation Technology and
Its Applications
I have participated in the RCARO/KAERI Introductory Workshop on Radiation
Technology and Its Applications from 10 -21 October 2016 in Daejeon as an organizing
committee. This workshop is to introduce the technical and practical knowledge on
radiation technology and its applications. It also provides a unique international
educational experience for young professionals from the Government Parties and is
aimed at building future leadership to manage and support Global Nuclear Safety
Regime. The workshop includes lectures by recognized experts from related institutes in
Korea like KAERI, KINS and KIRAMS in the areas of radiation policy & safety, research
reactor technology and radiation applications in agriculture, human health, industry and
medicine.

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Pic 1.2: Group Photo of RCARO/KAERI Course on Radiation Technology
and Its Applications.
6.2 Technical Visit
During my fellowship, I have joint 2 technical visits. The technical visit to the both institution is
fruitful and educating. Below is the information of my technical visit:
6.2.1 National Science Museum
The National Science Museum is a scientific culture facility which studies and exhibits various
scientific materials. At its center is the Astronomical Hall, which is the largest dome in Korea.
From here you can vividly see the phenomenon of the celestial sphere and the human
development of space. It also has the only world-class space theater in Korea. The 242 seats are
available on a first-come first-serve basis. It can re-create the appearance of a night sky, the
highlight being the view of the starlight at the planetarium. The Astrovision is also a special
visual device, giving a magnificent and realistic view of space development.

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There are exhibits featuring about 4000 items based on nature and natural science at the
Permanent Exhibit Hall. There are also exhibit halls featuring Korean nature, weapons, and folk
musical instruments. You can see the stages of collecting energy from nature, and its use in
transportation. Outside the Hall is Cheomseongdae, a weather evaluating machine from the
Goryeo period; models of plant-eating dinosaurs; and a steam engine. The exhibits help to
easily understand the theories of science, and the wonders of nature. The museum has a movie
theater. Science movies and other excellent movies are shown at 11am and 2pm every day, and
the seating can accommodate 776 people.
The National Science Museum of Korea reflects the nation’s emphasis on science and
technology for the well being and culture of their citizens.
6.2.2 KIRAMS
Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences started out as the Radiation Medicine
Research Center in 1963, and contributed to the promotion of Korea's science and technology
as well as public health as a pioneer of national radiological medicine.
It was renamed as the Korea Cancer Center Hospital in 1973 and the National Radiation
Emergency Medical Center was established in 2002. In 2007, it was reborn as the Korea
Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences under the Ministry of Education, Science, and
Technology, with affiliates such as the Korea Cancer Center Hospital, Research Institute of
Radiological & Medical Sciences, National Radiation Emergency Medical Center, and Dongnam
Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences.
Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences was the first Institute in Korea to acquire
radiation cancer treatment equipment, cobalt unit, and continued its achievement with the use

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of Cyber Knife. Using Cyclotron, a circular accelerator, the foundation for R&D businesses such
as early cancer diagnosis using radioactive isotope, and cancer treatment, were firmly
established.
Also, the institute has been developing the medical heavy-ion accelerator to dramatically
improve cure rate of cancer patients based on its advanced accelerator development
technology. Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences is had also establishes a safety
and efficacy evaluation of drug candidates, and therapeutic radiopharmaceutical development.
KIRAMS have grown to be a great leader who transfers technologies in radiological medicine to
developing countries based on its 50 year's efforts and experiences.
7. Suggestion and Recommendations
7.1 RCARO Fellow Alumni
With the aim of enhancing the awareness of the RCA and promoting the partnerships, the
RCARO establish the RCARO Fellowship Programme to support the RCARO activities. Till date,
38 fellows have joined the fellowship programme. The fellow has understood extensively the
overall function and activities of the RCARO. Therefore to continues and grow the network, it is
suggested that, RCARO to establish an alumni for the fellow. Alumni exist to support the
RCARO’s goals, and to strengthen the ties between alumni, the GP, and the RCARO. The Alumni
will play an important role as an ambassador of RCARO in their country and will become an
important asset to RCARO.

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7.2 Effective use of Social Media
The importance of Social Media has been recognized by investment in it by organization such as
UN, IAEA, Idaho National Laboratory, Areva and other nuclear organizations.
After the 11 March earthquake in Japan, several blogs and news articles mentioned what
people did with a particular social media platform. It is mentioned that Facebook was largely
used to check on other people’s safety and to report to friends about one’s safety and situation,
while Wallop (2011) reported that Twitter was useful for getting news. This study confirms
those observations that people tend to use Twitter more for obtaining information, and
Facebook and Mixi mainly for communicating with friends and family in emergency situations.
That is, while Facebook, Mixi and Twitter were widely used after the earthquake among young
people, the functions of each form of social media differed. At the macro–level, the central
government and mass media actively used Twitter to send out information to citizens. IAEA also
uses Youtube to send message out during Fukushima and 40 million people watch the video.
Twitter recorded that over 140 million messages were tweet daily.
Therefore other than websites and to further enhance the visibility of RCA in regional and
national level, it suggested that RCARO to use social media such as twitter, instagram and
youtube effectively and regularly for promoting RCA activities.
7.3 Gender Mainstream Policy
The United Nations Economic and Social Council define gender mainstreaming as “the process
of assessing the implications for women and men of any planned action, including legislation,
policies or programmes, in all areas and at all levels. It is a strategy for making women’s as well
as men’s concerns and experiences an integral dimension of the design, implementation,
monitoring and evaluation of policies and programmes in all political, economic and societal
spheres so that women and men benefit equally and inequality is not perpetuated.”

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Mainstreaming means that gender perspectives and attention to the goal of gender equality are
incorporated to all activities, including policy development project cycle planning, research,
advocacy/dialogue, legislation and resource allocation, as well as in planning, implementing,
monitoring and evaluating programmes and projects.
Women has make up just over 50 percent of the global population, and increasingly, and they
are moving ahead of men in terms of educational qualifications. If RCA continues to exclude
women involvement and overlook their perspectives in its program, the RCA will be ignoring
the views of a critical mass of educated, opinionated taxpayers and consumers. Ultimately this
could lead to reduced resources from GPs. The central role played by women in sustainable
development is well known. Consequently, any efforts to transfer nuclear technologies aimed
at sustainable development must be aimed at women as well as at men. The same approaches
cannot be used for both men and women because existing social and cultural constraints mean
that women usually have fewer resources and/or with less decision- making power, especially
in the developing countries.
This policy is one of the Sustainable Development Goals of UNDP and had been adopt by IAEA.
Therefore, it is suggested that RCARO as an intergovernmental agreement for the East Asia &
Pacific region, under the auspices of the IAEA to echo the same policy as the IAEA by adopting
this policy.
Strategic Approach for Gender Mainstreaming
1. To address gender concerns is through the provision of training for female technicians and
scientists. Efforts should be made to ensure that women are offered opportunities to
participate in all training activities supported by RCA. If women do not apply for training
opportunities, host country institutions should be asked to make extra efforts to support
female applicants, e.g. by exploring distance learning or training options.

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2. GPs should be asked to seek out and encourage qualified female candidates for fellowships,
training and participation in meetings, and to consider qualified female candidates for the role
of counterpart. Encourage GPs to nominate women participants and make sure at least 1/3 of
the participants are women.
3. Women are very active in agriculture, especially in developing countries, but they are often
not landowners, nor are they involved in decisions about how land will be used. Project and
programme planning should ensure that all farmers benefit from improved crop varieties and
land use opportunities. Although it may be assumed that both male and female farmers will
benefit equally, women may have less access to the opportunities and benefits that result from
the use of nuclear technologies because of prevailing societal practices.
3. Information of number of participants or beneficiaries of the project shall be segregated by
gender; therefore we may have data on gender equality. Counterparts should be helped to
carry out gender analysis and integrate their findings into project and program planning.
4. Develop a mentor program to cultivate interest of young women scientist. This effort could
be conduct with help of the WIN (Women in Nuclear).
7.4 Implementation of International Standards for Quality Management System
ISO 9001 is a standard that sets out the requirements for a quality management system. A
quality management system is a way of defining how an organization can meet the
requirements of its customers and other stakeholders affected by its work. It helps businesses
and organizations to be more efficient and improve customer satisfaction. ISO 9001 is based on
the idea of continual improvement. Work in a more efficient way as all your processes will be
aligned and understood by everyone in the organization. This increases productivity and
efficiency, bringing internal costs down and meet the necessary statutory and regulatory
requirements.

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As an Interregional organization that caters to 22 GP’s needs, the application of ISO9001: 2015
Quality Management System will increase the trust and efficiency of the RCARO. New staff or
fellow could easily understand the management system at no time.
Therefore, it is recommended that RCARO to use the ISO9001:2015 QMS Standard to establish
QMS Manual of RCARO Operating Procedures.
7.5 Success Stories vs Impact Study and Key Performance Indicator
The RCA demonstrates that it had the resources, capability, knowledge and ability to address
and contribute to the solution of problems in the region that are having a socio-economic
impact in form of success stories. However to enhance its portfolio, RCARO has to consider on
publishing the impact study using key performance indicator establish for each project.
Impact studies are formal, evidence-based procedures that assess the economic, social, and
environmental effects of the project. Meanwhile, a key performance indicator (KPI) is a
business metric used to evaluate factors that are crucial to the success of an organization.
Methods and tools use for impact study are as below: Scoping (e.g., checklists), For qualitative
analysis (e.g.,focus groups), For quantitative analysis (e.g., life, material, modeling), Aggregation
and comparison of options (e.g., cost), Supporting participation and involvement (e.g., internet
consultation), Data presentation and involvement, Monitoring and evaluation (e.g., indicators).
Other than Success stories, it is suggested for RCARO to conduct impact study of the project.
7.6 Effective Evaluation System
To effectively evaluate the training program and the gauge the effectiveness of the training
program, two method of evaluation is suggested:

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i. Pre and Post Test- This evaluation technique will evaluate participants knowledge pre and
after the training program. The result will show the success rate of the training programme.
ii. Follow-up survey after the training to the employer/organization to evaluate participant’s
knowledge or skill improvement after the training.
8. Conclusion
This 3 month RCARO Fellowship programmes enable fellow to learn and understand the overall
management system of RCARO in facilitating the visibility of RCA activities more elaborately.
RCARO is been actively and continuously initiating its own programmes to support the region
further with introducing SPs or RPs in addition to TPs.I hope, this report may further assist the
RCA Regional Office in introducing and upstaging TPs for the benefits of the GPs. Cooperative
partnership and collaborative efforts can assist in strengthening the national and regional
capacity building in Nuclear Science and Technology.
I hope this fellowship program will be continued and further strengthen. It is an excellent
platform to enable sharing of expertise and experiences for a better and balanced global
development.
9. Acknowledgement
I would like to express my highest gratitude to the RCARO for providing the oppurtunity to me
as a temporary staff under the fellowship programme. Through the useful interactive
discussions and document provided, it has made this fellowship programme and the technical
report as a reality.
I would also wish to indicate my appreciation for the cooperation extended to me by my
Government Authority, Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation, Malaysia Nuclear

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Agency by granting necessary approvals to me for being part of this fellowship. It is with
immense gratitude that I acknowledge the support and of Dr Hai Joo Moon (Director), Ms Hyun
Kyoung Jeon (Head of Programme Division), Mr Jin Kyu Lim (Head of Administration Division),
Project Officers; Ms Soo Youn Hwang, Ms Kyuengun Shon, Ms Ju Hyun Lim and Ms Hyun Ji Yun
for making my fellowship programme a memorable and fruitful.