Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) and its State Agency for Nuclear and Radiological Activities Regulation held a joint awareness event on the safe use of ionizing radiation sources at the ministry’s Northern Regional Centre.
The radiation safety event brought together representatives of executive authorities from districts served by the Northern Regional Centre, heads of enterprises and organisations working with ionizing radiation, and staff from the Ministry of Emergency Situations’ local structures. The session aimed to raise awareness of radiation safety standards among those working in the field.
Opening the event, Ruhid Hajaliyev, deputy head of the Northern Regional Centre, stressed the importance of complying with radiation safety rules and improving the knowledge of specialists working in the sector. He also underlined the need to strengthen cooperation between organisations operating in the region.
Akbar Guliyev, deputy head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations’ State Agency for Nuclear and Radiological Activities Regulation, briefed participants on the agency’s work, its current priorities, and joint projects carried out with regional centres.
Discussions covered control mechanisms, inter-agency coordination in detecting orphan radioactive materials, nuclear and radiation accidents, and the management approaches used in such emergencies. Agency representatives gave presentations, showed informational videos, and answered questions from participants.
