Difference between revisions of "Forest Radiation Program"
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| − | Radioactive materials under this program will be used to support a research program in fundamental nuclear physics and radiation detector development. | + | Radioactive materials under this program will be used to support a research program in fundamental nuclear physics and radiation detector development. The research will use radioisotopes, like U-238 and Th-232, to develop neutron detectors. Theses isotopes will fission when hit by an incident neutron. A detector which contains thin (5 microns thick) films of these isotopes will be developed to measure fast (<10 MeV) neutrons. |
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| − | Radioactive active materials will be stored in a safe identified as "Safe 2" in the floorplan below. | + | The Laboratory for Detector Science is located in room B101 of the Physical Sciences Complex building. A floorplan of the laboratory is shown below. Radioactive active materials will be stored in a safe identified as "Safe 2" in the floorplan below. |
[[File:LDS_Floorplan.png]] | [[File:LDS_Floorplan.png]] | ||
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| + | = Survey equipment= | ||
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| + | The TSO will supply necessary monitoring equipment for the safe handling of the radioactive materials used under this program. | ||
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| + | = Animals= | ||
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| + | No animals will be involved in the research program. | ||
= Radioacive waste= | = Radioacive waste= | ||
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| + | We do not expect to generate Radioactive waste in the Laboratory for Detector Science. | ||
Latest revision as of 19:23, 10 August 2009
Forest Radiation Program
Objectives and methods
Radioactive materials under this program will be used to support a research program in fundamental nuclear physics and radiation detector development. The research will use radioisotopes, like U-238 and Th-232, to develop neutron detectors. Theses isotopes will fission when hit by an incident neutron. A detector which contains thin (5 microns thick) films of these isotopes will be developed to measure fast (<10 MeV) neutrons.
Facilities
The Laboratory for Detector Science is located in room B101 of the Physical Sciences Complex building. A floorplan of the laboratory is shown below. Radioactive active materials will be stored in a safe identified as "Safe 2" in the floorplan below.
Survey equipment
The TSO will supply necessary monitoring equipment for the safe handling of the radioactive materials used under this program.
Animals
No animals will be involved in the research program.
Radioacive waste
We do not expect to generate Radioactive waste in the Laboratory for Detector Science.