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The Isotope Laboratory

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About us

The Isotope Laboratory at NMBU started working with radioactive tracers in environmental research in 1951 and has been doing it since.

The Isotope Laboratory contains C laboratories and one B classified laboratory.

We can assist users with advanced experiments using radioactive tracers and  advanced instruments for sample measurements.

Our research encompasses man-made as well as naturally-occurring radionuclides, released in the past or the present.

Centre for Environmental Radioactivity (CERAD)
  • Booking, research and collaboration

    The Isotope Laboratory is purely a research laboratory, so if our equipment and/or facilities is needed, please contact us for research cooperation or agreements

  • Key research areas

    The Isotope Laboratory at NMBU started working with radioactive tracers in environmental research in 1951 and has been doing it since. The Isotope Laboratory contains C laboratories and one B classified laboratory.

    Research

    The Isotope laboratory is involved in a range of national and international projects.

    The key research areas includes:

    • Source term and characterization of releases
    • Ecosystem transfer
    • Biological responses
    • Assessment of impacts and risk
    • Evaluation of countermeasures associated with radionuclides and relevant trace elements in the environment.

    We have advanced equipment for detection of radionuclides (alfa-, beta- and gamma-measurements) in the lab and can provide access to advanced equipment in other countries such as accelerator mass spectroscopy (AMS) in Australia and synchrotron radiation facilities in Germany or France.
    We also have the unique low-level gamma radiation facility where dose effects studies induced by external gamma radiation can be studied.

  • Lab and equipment

    The Isotope Laboratory comprise C laboratories and one B classified laboratory at Campus Ås, and we can assist users with advanced experiments using radioactive tracers. and advanced instruments for sample measurements.

    We have advanced equipment for detection of both elements and radionuclides in the lab and can provide access to advanced equipment in other countries such as accelerator mass spectroscopy (AMS) in Australia and synchrotron radiation facilities in Germany or France.

    We also have the unique low-level gamma radiation facility where dose effects studies induced by external gamma radiation can be studied. 

  • Education and training

    User license required: All students attending the course KJM 350 Radioactivity and Radiation Protection and passing the exam, will obtain user license. Hospitants attending a reduced version of the KJM350 will obtain user license. 

    MSc and PhD education: The Environmental Chemistry Section and the Isotope laboratory provides PhD and MSc in Radiochemistry and in Radioecology. MSc in Radioecology at NMBU is unique in Europe. The MSc courses include radiation and radiation protection (KJM 350), radiochemistry and radioecology (KJM 351/353) along with ecotoxicology (FMI310) and environmental risk assessment (KJM 360).

Adress

Postal address : Gateadresse, 1430 Ås, Postadresse : Postboks nummer 1430 Ås