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Small modular reactors (SMRs) and floating nuclear power plants (FNPPs) are currently under research and development in many countries. These technologies have several advantages such as low initial investment, high safety, and flexibility in construction, operation and application. China is developing many SMR technologies for both land-based and sea-based, for instance, ACP100, ACPR50S, DHR400, HTR-PM, etc. and plans to build FNPPs to be deployed in the disputed waters like the East Sea. Then the implementation of studies on SMR and FNPP technologies are very necessary for Vietnam, which contributes to offering solutions to the energy security as well as the power supply for economic activities on the seas and islands throughout the country.

Within the framework of the cooperation program between the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute (VINATOM), a workshop on establishing IAEA-VINATOM Collaborating Center for Environmental Studies in Vietnam took place in July 2018 in Hanoi, Vietnam. The workshop focused on guidance for the Collaborating Center construction in the field of nuclear and isotope technology applications in environmental and climate change-related research.

Particle and Heavy Iron Transport code System (PHITS), a general purpose Monte Carlo particle transport simulation code, has been developed mainly under the collaboration of Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Research Organization for Information Science and Technology (RIST), High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) and several other research institutes in Japan and Europe