HORIA
HULUBEI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
(IFIN-HH)
Str. Atomistilor 407, PO Box MG-6, RO-76900 Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
Fax (00401) 457 4440
Informations from CPF (A1, A2, and A7.1)
Project Coordinator: Dr. Florin BUZATU , Tel (0040 1) 404 2390, E-mail: buzatu@ifin.nipne.ro
Project Abstract
The high scientific level of researchers, their
access to national and international facilities as well as the link with
prestigious laboratories abroad and the socio-economic demand motivated
the development of the project. The main objectives are:
a) promotion in Romania and in the region of
modern applications derived from basic and applied research in nuclear
and atomic
physics; b) interdisciplinary research in ecology,
health, biology, science of materials; c) specific nuclear and atomic
physics research aimed to open new posibilities of applications;
d) to ensure stimulative conditions for scientific activities where
students from Romanian or regional Universities may find PhD programmes
and an inspiring scientific climate to improve their training and may counteract
their tendency of migration in Western countries. The expected results:
improving and spreading scientific knowledges by publictions; producing
new facilities, devices and instruments; application of nuclear methods
in industry, health-care and enviroment protection, and training of young
researchers.
Objectives
Development and promotion in Romania of: a) applications
derived from basic and applied nuclear research, required by the actual
needs of the romanian society; b) interdisciplinar research in fields where
physics, by its specific methods, may have a decisive role, most important
being ecology, health care, biology and the science of materials. 2) Development
of international collaboration by networking and twinning in order to enhance
the expertise of our researchers and of our research infrastructure so
thatwe may be able in the future to participate in EU Programmes with improved
chances of success. 3) An important objective is to ensure stimulative
conditions for scientific activities where students from romanian or regional
Universities may find PhD programmes and an inspiring scientific climate
to improve their training. This objective is most important for stabilizing
the young generation of researchers whose general trend is to migrate in
Western countries.
Description of work
The work consists of 18 workpackages structured
in five distinct areas:
I. Nuclear methods for studying environmental
pollution components,
e.g. pollutants from some European zones, including
Danube and also the Antartic continent, impact of tritium release on environment
and population, use of lichenic bioaccumulators in air pollution monitoring.
II. Applications of nuclear physics methods
to biology and medicine.
Biological consequences of the combined exposure
to ionizing radiation, electromagnetic fields and toxic or mutagenic agents.
Sodium NMR investigation of tissues to help the organ transplants and preservation.
III. Radioisotopes and radionuclide metrology. Applications of radioisotopes and their metrology and standardisations.
IV. Nuclear physics methods for study, analysis,
and characterization of materials.
Very accurate and highly sensitive methods such
as RBS, ERDA, ion beam based techniques, neutron scattering and others
are developed for applications in science of materials as well as in differend
industrial activities. One has to mention especially the accelerator mass
spectroscopy (AMS) that is developed using the tandem particle accelerator
and will be used as nuclear safeguard and in medical applications. The
contributions to neutron reference data should also be mentioned.
V. Nuclei far from stability, decay modes,
cosmic rays, and facilities.
Certain specific researches aimed to open new
possibilities of applications are developed such as optimization of an
ion source producing neutron-rich nuclei, synthesis and study of nuclei
far from stability, new kinds of quasimolecules formed in ternary fission,
investigation of interactions of cosmic particles with Earth's atmosphere.
The development of 14 GHz ECR ion source as an important facility for future
atomic physics research and a large field of applications. New contacts
and links will be established.
Milestones and expected results
(see also DELIVERABLES)
The work is extended over 3 years in all the
18 workpackages. Each workpackage
has at least one twinning link, the work being
undertaken in international
collaboration and each workpackage has up to
6 expected results, spread over
the entire period of 3 years. The expected results
fall into four categories:
a) scientific articles, b) new facilities, c)
application of nuclear methods
in economy, health care and environment protection,
and d) training of young
researchers.
Authorised administrative official for the
purpose of contract signature
Prof.Dr. Nicu Victor ZAMFIR,
Director General of IFIN-HH, Tel (0040 1) 404 2301, E-mail: zamfir@tandem.nipne.ro
Second Authorised administrative official for
the purpose of second signature
Dr. Emilian DRAGULESCU,
Scientific Director of IFIN-HH, Tel (0040 1) 404 2303, E-mail: edrag@ifin.nipne.ro
Scientific Person in charge of the project
Dr. Florin BUZATU,
Senior Scientist, Tel (0040 1) 404 2303, E-mail: buzatu@ifin.nipne.ro
Authorised contact person
Dr Gheorghe CATA-DANIL,
Head of Nuclear Physics Department, Tel (0040 1) 404 2328, E-mail: cata@ifin.nipne.ro