NKS-B GammaWorkshops 2012

A series of linked workshops on gamma spectrometry

11th – 12th September 2012 at Hotel Örk, Hveragerði, Iceland

The GammaWorkshops activity enabled the users to address the problems in gamma spectrometry they find most pressing, through lectures and practical exercises in addition to sharing their experience with others in a similar position.  It was possible to attend all the sessions or just some of them.

The form of the GammaWorkshops is to enable the users to address the problems in gamma spectrometry they find most pressing, through lectures and practical exercises in addition to sharing their experience with others in a similar position. The main topics at this workshop were:

• Lessons learned from Fukushima including work on real spectra
• In-situ gamma spectrometry, theory and practice
• Alternative types of detectors
• Background components in gamma spectra
• User experience with new techniques

The programme was prepared by a working group consisting of: Elisabeth Strålberg (IFE), Sigurður Emil Pálsson (IRSA), Henrik Ramebäck (FOI), Sven P. Nielsen (DTU) and Seppo Klemola (STUK).  Agenda, presentation slides and links to technical background material are available on the GammaWiki web site:  http://halla.gr.is/wiki/GammaWiki/index.php/Main_Page

Lecturers at the seminar were Dr. Sandor Tarjan, Dr. Tim Vidmar, Dr. Andrew Tyler, Dr. Annika Tovedal and  members of the GammaWorkshops working group. 

Contact persons are Elisabeth Strålberg (elisas@ife.no) and Sigurður Emil Pálsson (sep@gr.is).