Detecting Environmental Radioactivity

Introduction.- Radioactivity: history and phenomenology.- Radioactivity: decay law, definitions and units.- Natural and Artificial radioactivity.- Environmental Radioactivity.- Levels and behaviour of Environmental Radioactivity.- Radiological impact. Radiation dosimetry.- Principles of radiation detection: interaction of radiation with matter.- Principles of radiation detection: counting and spectrometry.- Gas ionization detectors.- Scintillation detectors.- Semiconductor detectors.- Dosimeters, other detectors and specific designs.- Radiochemistry for environmental samples.- Principles of Low-Level Counting and Spectrometry.- Low-Level Counting and Spectrometry Techniques.- Principles of Mass Spectrometry.- Principles of Particle Accelerators.- Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS).- Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA).

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• Química analítica
• Geofísica
• Monitorização ambiental
• Análise de espectro, spectrochemistry, espectrometria de massa

Radionuclide Detection;Environmental Radioactivity Measurement;Environmental Radioactivity Levels;Natural and Artificial Radioactivity;Gas Ionization Detectors;Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA);Mass Spectrometry for Radioactivity;Environmental Radiochemistry;Scintallator and Semiconductor Detectors for Radioactivity;Radionuclide Measurements