The expertise of the C2TN includes activities about Radiological Safety and Protection, covering the detection, identification and quantification of radionuclides, exposure of individuals to radiation through measurement, evaluation and calculation of doses, the study of shielding characteristics of materials, and computational modelling from radiation fields and sources, critical components not only in situations of war, threats or terrorism nuclear and radiological but also for the study of the consequences arising the prolonged permanence of living beings in space.
The application of this knowledge to Defense in collaboration with the Academy of the Air Force resulted in the “Portuguese Armed Forces Innovation Award 2022”. Find out more in the article published in Mais Magazine.