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NKS-B GammaTest 2013
A series of linked workshops on gamma spectrometry, September 17th - 19th at FOI, Umeå, Sweden
The GammaTest enables the users to address the problems in gamma ray spectrometry they find most demanding, through lectures and practical exercises in addition to sharing their experience with others in a similar position. This year intercomparisons will be included as well. These intercomparisons (three) will comprise
- Real sample(s)
- Spectra for calibration (including background spectrum, spectrum from a radionuclide standard solution, and a sample spectrum to be analysed)
- Spectrum/spectra for peak identification only
The sessions during the workshop will include:
- Invited lecturer
- Practical exercise(s) on ‘complicated‘ spectra
- Lessons learned from the intercomparison exercise(s)
- User experience with implementation of corrections (Participants are strongly encouraged to report back their experiences in the implementation of e.g. correction methods for true coincidence summing and self-absorption correction)
It will be possible to attend all the sessions or just some of them.
Updated information and links to technical background material will be available on this GammaWiki web site.
Contact persons are Maiken Karlsson [maiken.karlsson@foi.se] and Henrik Ramebäck [henrik.ramebeck@foi.se].
Information about the city of Umeå can be found here:
Previous work: two NKS GammaSem seminars held in 2009 and 2010 and the GammaWorkshops held in 2011 and 2012
The previous workshop and seminars have aimed at focus on topics of relevance for the participants, including methods for corrections and calibrations in gamma spectrometry. The feedback has been positive, one of the participants in a workshop commented that it had been the "most interesting and useful workshop ever attended".
The accident at the Fukushima NPP highlighted many challenges in modern gamma spectrometry, such as dealing with complex spectra not encountered on a routine basis, application of appropriate corrections (such as true coincidence summing), estimation of ground contamination and radionuclide concentrations in soils in general.
The form of the GammaTest 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. What is new this year is the inclusion of an intercomparision, both involving real samples and measured spectra. This will enable the participants to evaluate the progress made in recent years and where improvements are most needed.
The programme is being prepared by a working group consisting of: Elisabeth Strålberg (IFE), Sigurður Emil Pálsson (IRSA), Henrik Ramebäck (FOI), Sven P. Nielsen (DTU/Risø) and Seppo Klemola (STUK). Information on agenda and links to technical background material will be updated on this GammaWiki web site: https://www.gr.is/wiki/GammaWiki/
Location and time of GammaTest 2013
The GammaTest 2013 workshops will be held at FOI, Umeå, Sweden, September 17-19 2013.
GammaTest: Nordic seminars and intercomparisons for users of gamma spectrometry
GammaWiki is a product of the NKS-B GammaTest activity, which is a continuation of the previous GammaSem and GammaWorkshops activities.
Programmes of previous seminars and workshops:
Reports from the GammaSem seminars in 2009, 2010 and GammaWorkshops in 2011 and 2012 are available from the NKS web site, www.nks.org
- Elisabeth Strålberg (ed.) et al: GammaWorkshops Proceedings - Nordic workshops for users of gamma ray spectrometry - Hveragerði 11-12 September 2012 - NKS-274
- Henrik Ramebäck (ed.) et al: GammaWorkshops Proceedings - Nordic workshops for users of gamma ray spectrometry - Risø-DTU 26-28 September 2011 - NKS-259
- Elisabeth Strålberg (ed.) et al: GammaSem Proceedings - A Nordic seminar for users of gamma spectrometry - Kjeller 28-29 September 2010 - NKS-224
- Paula Nunez (ed.) et al: GammaSem Proceedings - A Nordic seminar for users of gamma spectrometry - Oslo 15-16 September 2009 - NKS-212
Useful resources on the Web
References
Editing GammaWiki (only for co-ordinators of GammaWorkshops work groups)
