Nuclear Physics in Spain: Applications

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Nuclear Physics in Spain Applications

• J.L. Tain
• Instituto de Física Corpuscular
• C.S.I.C - Univ. Valencia

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• I will use a rather wide meaning for
  Applications and try to review the activity of
  Spanish Nuclear Physics groups in
• Environmental radioactivity
• Applications to other fields (material analysis,
  dating, )
• Medical applications
• Nuclear data for nuclear technology,
  astrophysics and other fields
• Underground physics
• Metrology, instrumentation

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Environmental radioactivity
?20 groups and ?100 people, but only a fraction
are nuclear physics groups, most of the groups
participate in
U. Extremadura U. I. Baleares U. Salamanca U.
Santiago C. U. Sevilla CIEMAT
National Monitoring Network Collaboration with
CSN (Nuclear Security Council) http//www.csn.es
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• Some research projects
• Radiological impact from NORM in industry (U.
  Sevilla, U. Huelva. CIEMAT)
• Use of radiotracers in oceanography (U.A.
  Barcelona)
• Metrology applied to environmental ionizing
  radiations (CIEMAT, U. Extremadura)
• Radioactive dating of ecological systems (U.
  Sevilla, U. Huelva)
• Radon survey mapping in Spain (U. Cantabria)

U. Santiago C.
CIEMAT, UNEX, ? EUROMET
?-emission standardization 235U,
Radon map of Galicia
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CIEMAT IFIC-Valencia U. A. Barcelona U.
Complutense (Madrid) U. Granada U. Santiago C. U.
Sevilla
Medical Applications
Growth of activity, mainly from non-NP
IFIC (U. Valencia)
Design of applicators
Monte Carlo dosymetry of brachyterapy sources
Monte Carlo for hadron therapy evaporation,
equilibrium and fragmentation models
U. Sevilla
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U. Complutense Madrid
PET sensors
Image reconstruction algorithms

SiPM
LYSO
?r lt 1mm
U. Granada
Monte Carlo simulations in dosymetry
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Applications in material science, art and
archeometry, environmental sciences, industry
Centro Nacional de Aceleradores (CNA-Sevilla)
U. Sevilla U. Huelva

• 3 MV Tandem van de Graaff
• 1 MV Tandetron
• 18 MeV p Cyclotron

IBA techniques RBS, NRA, ERDA, PIXE, PIGE,
?beam,
3MV van de Graaff
Archeology Tartessus civilization
PIXE
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Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
mostly dating but also oceanography, climate,
radiation monitoring,
Palomares H-bomb residual contamination
1MV Tandetron
Small animal PET
radiopharmacy
18MeV-p Cyclotron
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Nuclear data for astrophysics
Centro de Micro-Analisis de Materiales
(CMAM-Madrid)
IEM-Madrid U. Huelva U. Sevilla
5 MV Tandem
IEM (CSIC-Madrid)
p-process
5-15MeV? 92Mo(?,?),(?,p),(?,n)
3?-process
2.45MeV 3He10B?3?p
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n_TOF Neutron Time of Flight facility _at_ CERN
CIEMAT-Madrid IFIC-Valencia U.P.C-Barcelona U.
Santiago de C. U. Sevilla
IFIC (CSIC-Valencia)
s-process end-point
204,206,207Pb,209Bi(n,?)
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and nuclear technology
ADS transmutation
CIEMAT-Madrid
237Np(n,?)
(n,?) in Minor Actinides
active target
BaF2 TAC
U. Santiago C.
(n,f) in U
234U(n,f)
PPAC assembly
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JYFL Laboratory of the Cyclotron _at_ Univ.
Jyvaskyla
IFIC-Valencia CIEMAT-Madrid UPC-Barcelona
?-decay data for reactor decay heat calculations
JYFLTRAP
IFIC (CSIC-Valencia)
Delayed-neutron data for reactor kinetics
TAS
UPC-Barcelona
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Underground physics
one NP group involved
LSC Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc
IFIC (U. Valencia)
BIPO a very low radioactivity monitor
Bi, Po activity ?100?Bq/kg
radio-purity of 2? emitters for SUPERNEMO
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Future possibilities

• A gamma-ray beam line at the Spanish Synchrotron
  ALBA, if accepted

proposal by 14 Spanish groups
1 MeV lt E? lt 530 MeV
I? lt 107 s-1

• TAGGING
• COLLIMATION (OPO)

Industrial gammagraphy
27Al
Photo-nuclear data
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• RD on hadron therapy and medical imaging at
  Medical Physics Institute (IFIMED-Valencia), if
  funded

230MeV-p cyclotron
High Energy PIXE
p and n beams for applications
Electronics testing
HMI-Berlin
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• Nuclear Physics activities at the European
  Spallation Source, if it comes to Spain
• RD on transmutation at the High Level Waste
  Temporal Centralized Repository (ATC), if the
  Associated Research Laboratory is funded

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USC
UPC
USAL
CIEMAT
IEM-CSIC
UCM
CMAM
IFIC-CSIC
UIB
UEX
UV
USE
UGR
UHU
CNA
A list with links to Spanish groups in
http//ific.uv.es/gamma/refinu/
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USC
UPC
UB
USAL
UAB
CIEMAT
UCM
IEM-CSIC
CMAM
UAM
IFIC-CSIC
UIB
UV
UEX
USE
UHU
UGR
CNA