Abteilung Hotlabor (AHL)

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The PSI Hot Laboratory is the only Swiss laboratory authorised to handle large quantities of radioactive materials, including commercial and experimental nuclear fuels.

Your Partner for Radioactive Material Examinations

Die Kernanlage Hotlabor (HL) des PSI wird vom der Abteilung Hotlabor (AHL) betrieben, welche als unabhängige Organisationseinheit dem Bereich Nukleare Energie und Sicherheit (NES) zugeordnet ist.

Das PSI Hotlabor ist das einzige Schweizer Labor, das von den Schweizer Aufsichtsbehörden für den Umgang mit großen Mengen radioaktiver Stoffe einschließlich kommerzieller und experimenteller Kernbrennstoffe zugelassen ist.

Letzte Neuigkeiten aus dem Hotlabor

First combined Plasma and Gas Source Mass Spectrometer for alternate isotope and element ratio Analyses of Solids, Liquids, and Gases

MC-EBIS-ICP-MS – a unique dual Ion Source Mass Spectrometer

This highlight presents a successful, in-house developed integration of an Electron Beam Ion Source (EBIS) able to ionize gases to high charge states with a customized commercial MC-ICP-MS. The successful joining of the two ion flight paths is a milestone towards comprehensive routine analyses of solids, liquids, and gases using THE SAME MASS SPECTROMETER, the latter analyses free from atmospheric contamination. After implementation of an introduction system for gas mass spectrometry, routine analyses will comprise isotope ratio and relative abundance determinations of fission gases in used nuclear fuel. In addition to the unique versatility of the MC-EBIS-ICP-MS, inclusion of the EBIS furthers opens the little-studied field of mass spectrometry of highly charged ions.

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