IDRANAP
      Inter-Disciplinary Research and Applications
            based on Nuclear and Atomic Physics
          A CENTER OF EXCELLENCE OF EUROPEAN COMMISSION
E-mail:cex@ifin.nipne.ro
http://idranap.nipne.ro
http://www.nipne.ro/Cenex/cex_eur
Call Identifier    INCO-1999-1.1
Proposal No. ICA1-1999-70051
CONTRACT NUMBER:   ICA1-CT-2000-70023/12 February 2001

   

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HORIA HULUBEI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
     (IFIN-HH)
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                  PURPOSE

                           DELIVERABLES

                           SUCCESS STORY

                           BOARD

                           SCIENTIFIC EVENTS

                           SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
 

   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