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· 4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DOSIMETRY AND ITS APPLICATIONS (ICDA-4)
Date: 02-03-2022
Welcome to ICDA-4 Conference!
We are pleased to inform you that the 4th International Conference on Dosimetry and its Applications (ICDA-4) will take place from 16–20 October 2023 in València, Spain.
ICDA-4 will be a major gathering of experts addressing a broad range of Dosimetry topics.
The conference is organized by Instituto Universitario de Seguridad Industrial, Radiofísica y Medioambiental (ISIRYM), hosted by Universitat Politècnica de València and co-sponsored by several institutions and international organizations.
Besides the Conference sessions, a program of technical sessions will be organized.
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· SEMINAR THORIO GROUP - RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
Date: 16-11-2022
On Thursday, November 24, the seminar Thorium Group – Research and Development Projects will take place, given by professor Claubia Pereira Bezerra Lima , professor from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil). The two-hour seminar will take place at 6:10 p.m. in grade hall of the School of Industrial Engineering
This seminar, organized by the Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering and the I.U.I for Industrial, Radiophysical and Environmental Safety, will address the relevance of the Thorium cycle within the current scenario of nuclear energy. In addition, a history of the Thorium group in Brazil and its research activities from the 70s until its completion in the 80s will be presented. The current composition of the group will be presented, consisting of 5 institutions, DENU/UFMG/MG , GT/UFRJ/RJ, IEAv/SP, Nuc-Lab/UFABC/SP, GPT/UFPE/Pe and the research activities of the current Thorium group will be described, and specifically the activities of each institution involved. In particular, the ongoing research in the Nuclear Engineering department related to the subject and future projects will be described.
This seminar is financed by the Doctoral Program of the Universitat Politècnica de València, within the actions for the internationalization of doctoral programs at the UPV.
·IAEA MARIE SKLODOWSKA-CURIE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME
Date: 02-05-2022
We are pleased to inform you about the IAEA Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme (MSCFP), which was launched in 2020 by the IAEA Director General in an effort to increase the number of women in the nuclear field, supporting an inclusive workforce of men and women who contribute to and drive global scientific and technological innovation. The Programme aims to inspire and encourage young women to pursue a career in nuclear related fields, by providing highly motivated female students with scholarships for Master’s programmes and an opportunity to pursue an internship facilitated by the IAEA. Scholarships are awarded annually, to 100+ female students, subject to availability of funds. In the selection of students, consideration is given to geographic and field of study diversity, in addition to eligibility requirements and other criteria. The selected students are awarded up to €20,000 for tuition costs and up to €20,000 for living costs for their Master’s programme. Upon completion of their studies, students are also given an opportunity to pursue an internship for up to 12 months at the IAEA, its partner organizations as well as industry. Additionally, students are provided with opportunities to attend and participate in various educational, professional and networking events. Since its launch in 2020, MSCFP has received 1042 applications, selecting 210 students from 93 nationalities studying in 53 countries worldwide.
The programme is envisaged to grow each year to ensure more women have an opportunity to pursue advanced education in nuclear related fields. The next application call is scheduled to open in mid-July 2022 and will close by beginning of October 2022.
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·MASTER'S DEGREE IN NUCLEAR SAFETY AND RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION
Date: 02-05-2022
The Higher Technical School of Industrial Engineers launches the first edition of the Master's Degree in Nuclear Safety and Radiological Protection.
The main aim of the Master's Degree in Nuclear Safety and Radiological Protection is to allow students to acquire expertise and skills in the field of nuclear safety and radiological protection. The aim of nuclear safety is to reduce the likelihood of accidents occurring and mitigate their consequences. In turn, radiological protection is a set of scientific and technical multidisciplinary activities whose purpose is to protect people and the environment from the harmful effects that can result from exposure to ionising radiation.
The Master's Degreed is aimed at:
- University graduates of Engineering: Industrial Technologies, Materials, Energy, Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Electronic.
- University graduates of Physical and Chemical Sciences.
- Graduates of Engineering (Industrial, Chemical, Mechanical, Materials, Electrical and Electronic), according to the previous rules on University Academic Planning
- Graduates of Physical and Chemical Sciences, according to the previous rules on University Academic Planning.
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·BET - PHYSISORPTION UNIT FOR THE STUDY OF SURFACE AREA AND PORE SIZE IN SOLIDS
Grant for the Acquisition of R&D Infrastructure and Equipment "IDIFEDER/2018/044"
Date: 19-07-2021
The measurement of the surface area is one of the most used for the characterization of porous materials. Since the surface area corresponds to the roughness of the exterior of the particle and its porous interior, the most used technique is the adsorption of gases. On the contrary, particle size techniques usually calculate area values assuming that the particles are spheres, with a smooth and non-porous surface.
Through the BET (Brunauer – Emmett – Teller) method, the real surface area of different types of samples, including nanostructures, can be determined. Furthermore, the distribution and size of the porosity can also be determined. The method is based on the physisorption of nitrogen at liquid nitrogen temperature in dynamic flow mode. In addition, by means of this technique it is possible to study the programmed desorption of CO2 in ferroelectric materials, in this case the chemisorption of CO2 in ferroelectric oxides is determined.
The equipment is highly versatile since it allows determining the specific surface of microporous electrodes, nanoparticles, and nanostructures. In addition, a multi-port sample preparation system is included. In these equipments, the limiting stage is the preparation of the sample by means of vacuum, so having a multi-port sample preparation system will allow to minimize the time of analysis. This is what constitutes the pre-desorption unit.
One of ISIRYM's research lines is the development of microporous and nanostructured electrodes for energy and environmental applications. These materials have the advantage of providing a high reaction surface, which is essential in electrochemical reactions, so it is necessary to be able to estimate it. The equipment allows to determine the specific surface of a solid based on the adsorption of an inert gas, at low temperature, using the BET method, developed by Brunauer, Emmett and Teller. BET theory is applied to multilayer adsorption systems and generally uses probe gases that do not chemically react with material surfaces as adsorbents to quantify specific surface area. Nitrogen is the most commonly used gas, so standard BET analysis is most often performed at the boiling point of N2 (77 K). Additional adsorbents such as argon are also used, which allow the measurement of surface area at different temperatures and measurement scales.
Overview of the BET-physisorption equipment including Thermostatic Bath and Cryogenic Liquid Bath acquired through the IDIFEDER / 2018/044 grant in the third annuity 2020-2021
·MULTI LOW BACKGROUND ALPHA / BETA RADIATION DETECTION SYSTEM
Date: 07-06-2021
The project Development of prevention methodologies and internal dosimetry models for ionizing radiations related to NORM materials (MEMO RADION) of the Research Institute ISIRYM was selected under the program PO 2014-2020 Comunitat Valenciana of European Regional Development Fund FEDER, with reference IDIFEDER/2018/038.
Thanks to the 2018 call for grants for infrastructure and equipment for R & D & I for the period 2018-2020 (ERDF Operational Programme 2014-2020 of Comunitat Valenciana), the following scientific-technological equipment has been acquired on 2020 (co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund of the European Union and Generalitat Valenciana):
- MODULAR SYSTEM OF ALPHA SPECTROMETRY OF HIGH RESOLUTION AND LOW BACKGROUND THAT SUPPORTS UP TO 12 INDEPENDENT CAMERAS.
- PLATE COUNTER FOR MEASUREMENT OF ALPHA AND BETA EMISSORS.
·VALENCIA SELECTED PREFERRED VENUE OF 17th INTERNATIONAL RADIATION PROTECTION ASSOCIATION CONGRESS in 2028
Date: 05-02-2020
We are pleased to announce the selection of Valencia as the preferred venue for the 17th INTERNATIONAL RADIATION PROTECTION ASSOCIATION CONGRESS in 2028 . After being held in Seoul, Orlando, Cape Town and Glasgow, the 17th IRPA Congress lands in Valencia. The city of Valencia will be the scene of important advances in the radiation protection sector worldwide.
To ensure radiation protection for the future, taken as a motto, the Congress project is inspired by two key ideas:
(1) By fostering Radiation Protection Culture, IRPA guarantees the sustainable use of radiation tomorrow.
(2) In addition, and to see a shining future, we need to engage and raise our young generation of RP professionals. This Congress will be a clear opportunity for engaging with the Young Generation not to miss!
To learn more about the candidacy, download the brochure that was presented for the Valencia candidacy
Candidacy brochure 17th IRPA World Congress in 2028
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·ULTRA HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-UHPLC WITH DIODE ARRAY DETECTOR (DAD) COUPLED TO A HIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETER AND EXACT MASS WITH TIME OF FLIGHT ANALYZER (Q-TOF)
Date: 21-02-2020
The UHPLC-MS is an indispensable tool in any analysis laboratory that has been used both for the identification of biological, clinical or environmental species (purely qualitative aspect) and for the determination of their concentration (quantitative analysis):
- Analysis of environmental pollutants through LC-MS.
- Structural analysis of peptides and proteins. Peptide mapping. Sequencing.
- Applications in the Environmental field, Bioanalysis and Clinical/Pharmaceutical analysis.
- Determination of the different types of polyphenols in the diet. They are powerful antioxidants and their recovery presents great interest for the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries.
This equipment allows the analysis, monitoring and characterization of the degradation of organic pollutants. It is important to know the species in which the organic pollutants are degraded, since their incomplet mineralization could result in degradation products which may be more polluting than the starting organic product.
Thanks to the 2018 call for grants for infrastructure and equipment for R & D & I for the period 2018-2020 (ERDF Operational Programme 2014-2020 of Comunitat Valenciana), the UHPLC-MS has been acquired on 2019 (co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund of the European Union and Generalitat Valenciana), reference IDIFEDER2018/044.
The acquired equipment has the potential to qualitatively characterize and quantify the known and unknown substances present in a solution. It also allows knowing the mechanisms and reaction intermediates when the problem substance is degraded by different ways. Nowadays, in the research work on degradation of emerging pollutants, not only the degradation ratio is asked, but also its degradation mechanism as well as the degradation products. This equipment allows answering these questions.
·ACQUISITION OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT FOR THE MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS OF GAMMA SPECTROMETRY
Date: 20-02-2020
The project Development of prevention methodologies and internal dosimetry models for ionizing radiations related to NORM materials (MEMO RADION) of the Research Institute ISIRYM was selected under the program PO 2014-2020 Comunitat Valenciana of European Regional Development Fund FEDER, with reference IDIFEDER/2018/038.
Thanks to the 2018 call for grants for infrastructure and equipment for R & D & I for the period 2018-2020 (ERDF Operational Programme 2014-2020 of Comunitat Valenciana), the following scientific-technological equipment has been acquired on 2019 (co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund of the European Union and Generalitat Valenciana):
- BROAD ENERGY GERMANIUM DETECTOR CANBERRA, BEGE3830 7500SL, CANBERRA DIGITAL SYGNAL ANALYZER DSA-LX, SHIELDING AND GENIE™ 2000 SOFTWARE.
- NAIS-3x3 – NaI(Tl) LED TEMPERATURE-STABILIZED SCINTILLATION DETECTOR, UNIVERSAL DIGITAL MCA Tube BASE OSPREY. Pb 727 SHIELDING.
- MOBILE IONIZING RADIATION LABORATORY
·HUMAN EXPOSURE TO NATURAL SOURCES OF IONISING RADIATION, INCLUDING RADON
Date: 20-02-2020
On 2nd to 6th of March of 2020 will be held the course HUMAN EXPOSURE TO NATURAL SOURCES OF IONISING RADIATION, INCLUDING RADON in the Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering of the Universitat Politècnica de València.
This course is related with the project Development of prevention methodologies and internal dosimetry models for ionizing radiations related to NORM materials (MEMO RADION), with reference IDIFEDER/2018/038 of PO 2014-2020 Comunitat Valenciana of European Regional Development Fund FEDER (co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund of the European Union and Generalitat Valenciana) and the project BIOengineering of the Ionizing Radiation, BIORADIO (PROMETEO/2018/035), financed by Generalitat Valenciana inside the programme Excellence Group PROMETEO 2018-2021.
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·ACQUISITION OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT FOR THE MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION
Date: 25-01-2019
The project DEVELOPMENT OF PREVENTION METHODOLOGIES AND INTERNAL DOSIMETRY MODELS FOR IONIZING RADIATIONS RELATED TO NORM MATERIALS (MEMO RADION) of the Research Institute ISIRYM has been selected under the program PO 2014-2020 Comunitat Valenciana of European Regional Development Fund FEDER, with reference IDIFEDER/2018/038.
Thanks to the 2018 call for grants for infrastructure and equipment for R & D & I for the period 2018-2020 (ERDF Operational Programme 2014-2020 of Comunitat Valenciana), the following scientific-technological equipment has been acquired (co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund of the European Union and Generalitat Valenciana):
- SMART CAM ALPHA BETA IN AIR MONITOR.
- ALPHA E. PERSONAL DOSIMETRY FOR RADON.
- HIDEX 600 SL AUTOMATIC TDCR LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTER.
With this scientific-technological equipment, ISIRYM provides support and solutions to industries, companies, public organism, etc ... for the knowledge of the level of radiation of natural origin, such as Radon. As well as generate scientific-technological knowledge in this area of knowledge to address this problem.
·ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE (AFM)
Date: 25-01-2019
The IEC group acquires an “Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)” granted by the 2014-2020 FEDER Equipment and Infrastructure program. Equipment for the characterization and degradation of organic pollutants. FEDER-Generalitat Valenciana-IDIFEDER / 2018/044.
This microscope is coupled to a Confocal Laser Microscope with Raman Spectroscopy
·BUSINESS CHAIR CSN VICENTE SERRADELL
Date: 18-01-2019
The rector of the Universitat Politècnica de València, Francisco Mora, and the Councilor of the Nuclear Safety Council (CSN), Fernando Castelló, ratified, on February 16th 2015, the collaboration agreement by which the business chair CSN Vicente Serradell was formalized, with an initial duration of one year that continues to be extended until today. The Chair is attached to the Higher Technical School for Industrial Engineers (ETSII), and its head is Gumersindo Verdú, Professor of the Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering and member of the Research Institute of Industrial, Radiophysical and Environmental Safety (ISIRYM).
The objective of the chair is to promote the training of highly qualified professionals in nuclear safety and radiation protection. To this end, the agreement provides, among other activities, the possibility of convening scholarships and predoctoral contracts, inviting international experts to provide additional training at the UPV and subsidize attendance at CSN seminars. In addition, the chair will collaborate in the design and delivery of ongoing training programs and will organize conferences on nuclear safety and radiation protection.
Monitor the radiological quality of the environment
The Nuclear Safety Council is the only competent body in Spain in terms of nuclear safety and radiation protection. It was created in 1980 and, since then, it is responsible for the supervision and control of nuclear and radioactive facilities, as well as for monitoring the radiological quality of the environment in a continuous and real-time manner. The CSN authorizes each nuclear and radioactive installation project, and examines and grants licenses to the people who operate in them. In addition, it is responsible for coordinating a response in the event of a nuclear or radioactive emergency.
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