Forest Radiation Program

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.