NKS-B RadWorkshop
Workshop on Radioanalytical Chemistry for Radioecology and Waste Management
16th-20th November 2009, Roskilde, Denmark at Risø-DTU
Registration deadline is Thursday the 1st of October
This workshop is organised by the Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, DTU, Denmark; University of Helsinki, Finland; Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway; Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden; and Lund University, Sweden.
The objectives of this workshop are:
1) To provide the participants with an overview of the radiochemical analytical methods for the determination of various radionuclides (mainly beta and alpha emitting) relevant to environmental radioactivity and waste management
2) To provide an opportunity to the participants getting knowledge and practical (hands-on) experience of state-of-the-art measurement techniques used for the determination of different radionuclides by participating in practical training in the laboratory (experimental demonstration and analysis of real samples)
3) To provide a forum for knowledge exchange of radioanalysis of various radionuclides and discussion of present radiochemical procedures for the individual radionuclides.
The workshop aims to strengthen the education of MSc/PhD students and young scientists in the radiochemical analysis for environmental radioactivity, waste management, decommissioning of nuclear facility, and other relevant areas, and to increase competence of staff involved in radiochemical separation and determination of radionuclides.
The workshop includes two parts:
1) Invited lectures and presentations of the participants;
2) Laboratory training/practice. 20-25 invited lectures will be given by experienced senior researchers in the field of radiochemistry, radioecology and waste management. The participants can participate in all lectures/presentation, and one of three laboratory practices.
Three laboratory practices are:
1) Radiochemcial separation of 90Sr, 210Po, 226Ra and g- and a-spectrometry measurement
2) Radiochemcial separation of 99Tc, Pu isotopes and ICP-MS measurement
3) Radiochemcial separation of 3H, 14C, 55Fe, 63Ni, and LSC measurement.
The topics of the lectures include:
General aspects in Radiochemical Analysis for Radionuclides;
Separation techniques for determination of radionculides
Radiochemical separation methods of various radionuclides including isotopes of Pu, U, Th, and Ra, 237Np, 241Am, 210Po, 210Pb, 99Tc, 90Sr, 137Cs, 3H, 14C, 36Cl, 41Ca55Fe, 63Ni, and 129I.
Sampling and pre-concentration techniques for environmental radioactivity analysis
Radiometric analytical techniques including g- and a-spectrometry, beta counting with Ultra-low level background G-M counter, and Liquid Scintillation counting.
Mass spectrometric and other techniques for long-lived radionuclides including ICP-MS, AMS, RIMS, neutron activation analysis.
Automated and rapid analytical technique for radionuclides.
Techniques for speciation analysis of radionuclides
There is no registration fee for students and young scientists (< 35 years) from the Nordic countries and limited numbers from the Baltic States. No financial support for travel and accommodation is available from the workshop organizers. Participants are recommended to apply for travel support directly from NKS. Please visit the NKS web site for further details on how to claim travel support.
Applications for participation in the workshop should be sent to Xiaolin Hou (xiho@risoe.dtu.dk) by the 1st of October 2009. Participants are invited to submit an abstract/full paper and present their work in the workshop orally or by poster. Workshop proceedings will be published as a NKS report.
Organisers
Xiaolin Hou (xiho@risoe.dtu.dk)
Sven P. Nielsen (sven.nielsen@risoe.dk)
Jukka Letho (jukka.lehto@helsinki.fi)
Mats Jonsson (mats@kth.se)
Lindis Skipperud (lindis.skipperud@umb.no)
Ylva Ranebo (ylva.ranebo@med.lu.se)
