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Radioactivity measurement facility

CONTACT
Coordinates 43.29236346203756, 5.359133426541125
Contact name Marc Garel
CIVIS Label No
Acronym RADIOACTIVITY
Scientific domain

PE10_8 - Oceanography (physical, chemical, biological, geological) - Earth System Science


Keywords

isotopes


Partner institution

Aix-Marseille Université


Website No
Technical staff available No
Remote access details Only the MIO staff can access the equipment. The provision of services by the local members to external scientific communities to MIO can be envisaged in the context of research collaboration.
Remote access available No
Open to external users No
Equipment The facility RADIOACTIVITY includes the following equipment: -a liquid scintillation counter Tricarb A2910 Perkin Elmer with sealed source 133Ba, -a liquid scintillation Hidex 300 SL, -a liquid scintillation Hidex 300 SLL with an automatic sampler, -a liquid scintillation Triatler for fieldwork.
Open access to updated information database No
Online booking system details The access to the facility is under controlled and required a radio-protection certificate from ASN. Because of these constraints, the facility is therefore only open to MIO members.
Online booking system available No
Description Hosted by the MIO research laboratory, RADIOACTIVITE consists of specific lab spaces that are dedicated to radio-elements manipulation from marine contexts. The facility also includes storage rooms for nuclear waste under the ASN authority ('Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire'). More into details, the RADIOACTIVITY allows manipulating classical isotopes to measure the potential absorption of biogenic elements (e.g., 14C for primary production, 33P for phosphorus absorption, 32Si for silicium absorption and 3H for bacterial production). Other isotopes such as 35S and 55Fe can also be used on request.