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Radiation surveillance equipment
Measurement and Evaluation of Ionizing Radiations
Environmental Radioactivity in Enviromental Samples Laboratory
Contact person: jose antonio suarez navarro
Objetives
The objective is the analysis of natural radioactivity in environmental samples (abiotic: air, soil, sediment and water and biotic: animal, plant and food).
Subfacilities
- Laboratory for Pre-treatment of Environmental Samples
- Laboratoy of Separation and Radiation Measurement for Environmental Samples
Technical services provided
- Determination of total alpha activity in air by gas-flow proportional counter
- Determination of total alpha activity in water by solid scintillation counter (ZNS). Co-precipitation method
- Determination of total alpha activity index in biological samples, plastics, soils and sediments by gas-flow proportional counter
- Determination of total beta activity index in air by gas-flow proportional counter
- Determination of total beta activity index in biological samples, plastics, soils and sediments by gas-flow proportional counter
- Determination of the total beta activity index and beta remainder in water by means of a proportional gas flow meter
- Determination of gamma emitters in air
- Determination of gamma emitters in water, biological samples, soils and sediments by gamma spectrometry
- Determination of I-131 in air and water by gamma spectrometry
- Determination of I-131 in biological samples by gamma spectrometry
- Determination of Tritium in air by liquid scintillation
- Determination of Tritium in water by liquid scintillation
- Determination of Tritium in water by liquid scintillation with previous electrolytic concentration
- Determination of Sr-89,90 in aerosols, biota, milk, soils and sediments by gas-flow proportional counter
- Determination of Pb-210 in air, biological samples, soils and sediments by alpha spectrometry
- Determination of isotopic Uranium in air, biological samples, soils and sediments by alpha spectrometry
- Determination of isotopic Uranium in water by alpha spectrometry
- Determination of Ra-224, 226 in air, biological samples, soils and sediments by solid scintillation
- Determination of Ra-224,226 in water by solid scintillation
- Determination of Thorium in air, biological samples, soils and sediments by alpha spectrometry
- Determination of Plutonium in air, biological samples, soils and sediments by alpha spectrometry
- Determination of Am-241 in air, biological samples, soils and sediments by alpha spectrometry
- Determination of Po-210 in air, biological samples, soils and sediments by alpha spectrometry
- Determination of C-14 in air by liquid scintillation using benzene synthesis
- Certificate issuance
- Determination of total beta activity index in water by gas-flow proportional counter
- Determination of Sr-89,90 in water by gas-flow proportional counter
- Determination of Pb-210 in water by alpha spectrometry
- Determination of Thorium in water by alpha spectromerty
- Determination of Plutonium in water by alpha spectrometry
- Determination of Am-241 in water by alpha spectrometry
- Determination of Po-210 in water by alpha spectrometry
- Determination of C-14 in water by liquid scintillation
- Determination of Tc-99 in water by liquid scintillation
- Determination of Rn-22 in water by liquid scintillation
- Solid radioactive source, gamma-emitting, point source, for detector calibration (encapsulated in 75 µm polyethylene, active area approx. ø 3 mm), activity between 0.1-40 kBq, ensuring that the total activity does not exceed the exemption limit. The sourc
- Determination of total alpha and beta activity in liquids, smears, and environmental filters
- Determination of gamma emitters in liquids, solids, smears, and environmental filters