Long-term environmental radioactive contamination of Europe due to the Chernobyl accident – Results of the Joint Danube Survey 2013

The social media team of Applied Radiation and Isotopes has selected our study on radionuclides in the sediments of the Danube river to be made available for three months as an open access publication! The study was made possible by the Joint Danube Survey (2013) where a total of 68 samples were collected from both […]

A nostalgic exercise in radiation measurements

This week I’m running the “Radiochemisches Praktikum” here at the Atominstitut. With only 5 students this week it has been a good experience and some interesting discussions. Our example today is a very nice one we’ve been using for quite a long time. Way back, Prof. Buchtela built a nuclide generator out of a steel […]