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Dr. Ayman Hamza, spokesman for the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy, revealed that the radioactive waste incinerator at the Anshas Research Center of the Atomic Energy Authority is not suitable for burning waste from isolation hospitals for patients with the emerging corona virus .
Hamza said in exclusive statements to “The Seventh Day,” that the waste incinerator is designed to burn radioactive waste that is considered more dangerous to citizens’ lives than Corona virus waste, noting that radioactive waste needs a way. special to burn and bury them with some depth so as not to filter any radiation that damages the security of And the souls of the citizens.
The Atomic Energy Authority announced that, in the framework of the authority’s desire to provide sterile medical supplies with the best means of evaluation for the Egyptian citizen and to support Egyptian exports of medical supplies, as well as foods such as spices and herbs, the authority sterilized approximately 1245 cubic meters of medical products and herbs from 18 3/2020 – 4/3/2020.
The authority provides its services from the production and supply of medical radioisotopes to more than 88 government or private nuclear medicine centers and oncology hospitals in 20 provinces at the republic level. In the last short period, the authority has provided 99 generators of tecnium and 111 packets of radioactive liquid iodine to these authorities in Egypt.
The authority continues to play its role in supporting the national economy and protecting the Egyptian environment and harnessing all its scientific and human capabilities that have been accumulated over more than sixty years for the safety and well-being of the Egyptian citizen and state.
