xi-mer 2013 xios-isib measurements of environmental radioactivity
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XI-MER 2013 XIOS-ISIB Measurements of Environmental Radioactivity. XIOS Diepenbeek: Wouter Schroeyers, Luc Lievens, Steven Lelie ISIB Brussels: Caroline Licour, Jonathan Baré, Isabelle Gerardy. Ten-day course, 4 ECTS credits. Goal: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
XI-MER 2013
XIOS-ISIB Measurements of Environmental Radioactivity
XIOS Diepenbeek: Wouter Schroeyers, Luc Lievens, Steven Lelie
ISIB Brussels: Caroline Licour, Jonathan Baré, Isabelle Gerardy
Ten-day course, 4 ECTS credits
Goal:
To confront the students with possible problems regarding radioactivity in our environment
Radioactivity measurements of artificial and natural contamination
Better knowledge of the measurement techniquesBetter understanding of our radioactive environmentBetter evaluation of what is harmful and what has to be accepted.
Participants:
Third year bachelorstudents of XIOSFirst year masterstudents of ISIBIndividual students from Cherne partners
Organisation:
First week in XIOSSecond week in ISIB
Program:
Lectures
NORM’s Radioactivity in Environment, Sampling and Measurement Radon
Practical sessions
Training with various types of detectors and tracking radiological sources ( in XIOS)
Field trips
Field trips in Demerbroeken, Mol (SCK-CEN), Villers-la-VilleOn the field spectrometrySoil sampling
Laboratory work
In ISIB Soil samples from Demerbroeken, Mol and Villers la Ville are analyzed. Soil air samples from Villers-la-Ville are counted.
Evaluation part
Oral presentation Report on the fieldtrips
Historical contamination from phosphate industry at Demerbroeken
Field trip in Demerbroeken
Large 2.0 x 2.0 NaI crystal, 6.3 in3 (103 cm3 )
40K 238U
232Th
Soil sampling (depth 0 to 4 cm):
Field trip in Mol:
Location:Banks of the Molse NeteDischarge point of a sewer coming from the nuclear complex Mol-Dessel.
On May the 22th of 2007, Greenpeace published a report of one of their actions
Soil sampling (depth 0 to 4 cm):
Field trip in Villers la Ville:
Weather cold and snowy.
214Bi, 609keV
137Cs, 662keV
40K, 1461keV
Spectrometry on the field
Measurement of the permeability of the soil
Not possible due to the frozen soil. Permeability very low and then, sampling of the soil air not significant (radon in the soil air not measured).
Funding:
Prince Philippe FundsCanberraIREGDF Suez
To be continued in 2014