A multi-institutional environmental radioactivity research centre

多机构环境放射性研究中心

• 批准号: LE170100219
• 负责人: Prof Pere Masque
• 金额: $ 11.34万
• 依托单位: Edith Cowan University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2017-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LE170100219
• 关键词: multi; institutional; environmental; radioactivity; research

This project aims to establish an environmental radioactivity research centre, equipped with ultra-low background and high-resolution alpha and gamma spectrometry systems, radon detectors and radium delayed coincidence counters. The centre will address a critical demand in Australia for precise analysis of a large suite of natural and artificial radionuclides, which will be used as tracers and chronological tools to investigate key questions in oceanography and the mining and energy, archaeological, agricultural, and forestry sectors. The facility is expected to substantially increase expertise and training in radionuclides in Australia, and promote high-level research collaborations and outputs of both national and international significance. Major outcomes of the proposed facility include better understanding of how oceans regulate climate and improved capacity to assess effects of radiation on natural ecosystems.

该项目旨在建立一个环境放射性研究中心，配备超低本底和高分辨率阿尔法和伽马光谱测定系统、氡探测器和镭延迟符合计数器。该中心将满足澳大利亚对大量天然和人造放射性核素进行精确分析的迫切需求，这些核素将用作示踪剂和年代工具，以调查海洋学、采矿和能源、考古、农业和林业部门的关键问题。预计该设施将大大增加澳大利亚在放射性核素方面的专门知识和培训，并促进高级别的研究合作和具有国家和国际意义的产出。拟议的设施的主要成果包括更好地了解海洋如何调节气候，以及提高评估辐射对自然生态系统影响的能力。