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High-level education and researchon Radiological and Nuclear Sciences
in the University of Seville
RAFAEL GARCIA-TENORIO
Cherne Workshop 2013 Salamanca, June 2013
UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLA
More than 500 years of history, 32 centers, 160 Departments
60 thousand students
4500 teachers/researchers
STUDIES
Graduation in Physics
Graduation in Material Sciences
Master in Nuclear Physics
Master in Medical Physics
PhD Programme in Nuclear Physics
MASTER IN NUCLEAR PHYSICS
Interuniversity Master
Universidades de Sevilla, Barcelona, Autónoma de Madrid, Salamanca, Complutense de Madrid, y Granada
Instituto Estructura de la Materia, Instituto Fisica CorpuscularCIEMAT
Main subjectsMain subjects
Nuclear PhysicsRadiology
Environmental Radioactivity, Low-level CountingMultielemental analysis through Nuclear Techniques
Nuclear dating TechniquesNuclear Energy
PhD Programme in NUCLEAR PHYSICS
Interuniversity Programme
Universidades de Sevilla, Barcelona, Autónoma de Madrid, Santiago, Huelva, Salamanca, Complutense de Madrid, y Granada
Instituto Estructura de la Materia, Instituto Fisica CorpuscularCIEMAT
Research Lines
Nuclear EstruvtureNuclear Reactions
Experimental Nuclear PhysicsApplied Nuclear Physics
Hadrionic Physics
Centro Nacional de Aceleradores
• Established as an agreement between the University of Sevilla, Junta de Andalucia and C.S.I.C. in 1997.
• A National facility open to national and international collaboration with:
- Other Universities and Health Care Centers (public, private).- Public Research Institutes.- Private companies.
A good environment for the training od scientists and technicians
ISO 27000 and ISO 9001 Certifications
CNA building, Parque Tecnológico Cartuja 93 (former place of Australian Pavillion during World Exposition 1992))
CNA Personnel (Sept. 2012)
• Staff (permanent, PhD): 9• Doctors (temp): 12• Post-Graduates (temp): 9• Administration: 3• Technicians: 9
• Total: 42
Institutional Agreements
-IAEA Collaboration Centre
-Collaboration with ENRESA (National Company in charge of the Nuclear Waste Mangement in Spain)
- Collaboration with CIEMAT.
- Collaboration with Virgen del Rocio Hospital
- Collaboration with ALTER Co. (irrdiation of aerospatial components)
- Collaboration with CSN (Spanish Nuclear Safety Council)
OPAC “Optimization of particle accelerators”Marie Curie ITN; partners: 10 institutions.
European Project
Scientific Production
Summary 2007-2008 2009-2010
Finnanced Projects
35 46
Artícles ISI 68 107
Congress Contributions
69 99
Ph D Tesis + Master Works
2+4 2+6
CNA General Information
2008 2012 Increment
Budget 1130 k€ 1172k€ 4%
Personnel 33 42 27%
Permanent Staff 5 10 100%
Turnover 65 k€ 128 k€ (2011)
97%
Big Installations 3 5+1 100%
Scientific Objectives of CNA
• A Centre of Reference in material analysis through the application of IBA techniques.
• A Centre of Reference in AMS and in 14C dating• A Centre of Reference in the development of
radiation detectors instrumentation. • A Centre of Reference in Medical Image and in
Radiopharmaceutical syntheses.• A Centre of Reference in the development and
application of irradiation tests
To be….
Spintronics applications
Study of defects after ion implantation of transition metals (Ni) in SiC monocristals for application in spin electronics
Collaboration: ICMM, MFA (Budapest); INSP (Paris); UNAM (Mexico)Ref: PSSc 5(2008)1374; NIMB 267(2009)1097
Archaeometry studies using Archaeometry studies using external beamexternal beam
Large and non suitable for vacuum samples Large and non suitable for vacuum samples can be analyzed with the external beamcan be analyzed with the external beam
Micro-probe μ-PIXE
Hot-particle Analysis
Pu (L)
Pu (L)
U (L)
U (L)
A15 Scan 100x100 m2
HP3 Scan 75x75 m2
Pu and U concentration maps in hot particles with origin in the Palomares nuclear accident. Both elements are confined inside the particle.
14C: Bomb pulse effect in Mexico
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1948 1958 1968 1978 1988 1998 2008
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NH zone 2 (Hua and Barbetti, 2004)
NH zone 3 (Hua and Barbetti, 2004)
Niwot Rich, Colorado, clean air(Turnbull et al., 2007)
Jungfraujoch, clean air (Levin andKromer, 2004)
Effect of Nuclear release of 129I in the Baltic and North Sea
J. Environ. Radioact., 1992, 15, 231
Algae from the coast of Sweden in the North and the Baltic Sea
North Sea is much more affected by the releases of Sellafield and La Hague. No exchange with the Baltic Sea.
Plutonium isotopes in air filter samples(Seville)
Seasonal trend (high values in summer).
They were correlated with Saharan Dust Intrusion
Characterization of a strip Si detector for Radiotherapy dosis measurement
U.Sevilla-CNA-INABENSA-HUVM-ESII
Si strip detector inside a cilindrical phantom
Measurement with a clinical electron accelerator
PATENT SUBMITTED
Neutron line @ CNA: astrophysics
Performed two different activations that should correspond to measure the Maxwellian Average Cross Section (MACS) of 181Ta at kT=30 keV and kT=55 keV by using MACS of Au as reference.
The MACS is the fundamental ingredient for the calculation of the reaction rates of the elements with A>56 in the Universe.
EXPERIMENTAL SETUP AT CNAChamber designed, constructed and tested at LNL-INFN.Copper backing developed at Seville. Water cooling flowing around. Lithium foil.
Some molecules prepared at CNA
• Na[18F]F for osseous and renal studies
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N
N
O
O
Boc
OODMTrNos
O
N
NH
O
O
OH
F18
1) [18F]F/CH3CN
2) HCl
[18F]FLT
[18F]FLT as a cellular growth marker to obtain images for cancer diagnosis
For pre-clinic research the following radio-pharmaceuticals are produced in CNA: FLT, FMISO, BF4, NaF y 11C-metionina
Cerebral Metabolism: Hipoxia-Ischemia
• Brain is pressed by a Fogarty balloon, and effects are monitored with FDG-PET and F-MISO images
Project developed in collaboration with the Pediatric Neurosurgery Unit of the Hospital Virgen del Rocío.
Fogarty balloon
PtiO2 sensor
Radiation hardness in fibre optics sensors Radiation hardness in fibre optics sensors used in particle-physics experimentsused in particle-physics experiments
In a first experiment it was determined the existence of a relation between the type of coating of the sensor and its response under irradiation of protons.
In un second experiment it has been analyzed the effect of the protonic radiation in the response of nude sensors (withgout coating).
(Detectors from “Large Hadron Collider”-(Detectors from “Large Hadron Collider”-CERN)CERN)
Collaboration IFCA - CNA
Response of luminiscent materials to ionic radiation
Reactors of Losses (escaping)
Fusion of fast ions
Diagnosis Luminiscence in
scintillators (ZnS(Ag))
Luminosity Afterglow
Detectors for plasma in ITER
Creation of a Service for irradiation of aeroespatial components
Irradiation of electronic circuits(total dose and SEE)
Irradiation of solar cells