IonLab – a remote-controlled experiment for academic and vocational education and training on extraction chromatography and ion exchange
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Wolfgang Schulz
Abstract
As a major contribution to modern web-based education and training in nuclear chemistry we have built and operated a remote-controlled experiment – IonLab – as part of the integrated EUFP7 project CINCHII. The setup is suitable for teaching basics on extraction chromatography and ion exchange using radionuclides. We describe separation of the beta emitting nuclides Sr-90 and Y-90 followed by radiometric detection, but the experiment is easily adapted to other separation schemes. This approach is aimed at institutions in academic or vocational education who need to convey the skills of handling radioactive (or otherwise dangerous, e.g. biotoxic) substances without appropriately licensed laboratory space for teaching. This camera-monitored remote controlled lab experiment has proved to be much closer to a real hands-on training and superior to a mere computer simulation.
Acknowledgement:
This work was supported by the CINCH-II-project as a part of the European Atomic Energy Community's 7th Framework Programme (EURATOM FP7 2007–2011) under grant agreement No. 605173.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Solvent extraction of Th(IV) from aqueous solution with methylimidazole in ionic liquid
- Multiparametric study of thorium oxide dissolution in aqueous media
- Evaluation of consequence due to higher hydrazine content in partitioning stream of PUREX process
- Optimization of the electrochemical pre-concentration of trivalent lanthanum from aqueous media
- Synthesis, characterization, and in vitro evaluation of a radio-metal organic framework composed of in vivo generator 166Dy/166Ho and DOTMP as a novel agent for bone marrow ablation
- Development and biological evaluation of 90Y-BPAMD as a novel bone seeking therapeutic Agent
- Determination of distribution coefficients (Kd) of various radionuclides on UTEVA resin
- IonLab – a remote-controlled experiment for academic and vocational education and training on extraction chromatography and ion exchange
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Solvent extraction of Th(IV) from aqueous solution with methylimidazole in ionic liquid
- Multiparametric study of thorium oxide dissolution in aqueous media
- Evaluation of consequence due to higher hydrazine content in partitioning stream of PUREX process
- Optimization of the electrochemical pre-concentration of trivalent lanthanum from aqueous media
- Synthesis, characterization, and in vitro evaluation of a radio-metal organic framework composed of in vivo generator 166Dy/166Ho and DOTMP as a novel agent for bone marrow ablation
- Development and biological evaluation of 90Y-BPAMD as a novel bone seeking therapeutic Agent
- Determination of distribution coefficients (Kd) of various radionuclides on UTEVA resin
- IonLab – a remote-controlled experiment for academic and vocational education and training on extraction chromatography and ion exchange
