Radioactivity: Discover the lowest amounts with new methods

[PTB]  Detecting ever lower amounts of ionising radiation with ever better methods - sci-entists have had this goal since the start of the nuclear age. In addition to natural radiation, mankind is exposed to a multitude of other sources of radiation which result from the military and technical use of radioactive substances. To protect health, but also for technical and medical applications, it is necessary to determine even the smallest amounts of radionuclides with high precision. On the invitation of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), scientists from 27 countries are meeting from 22nd to 26th September 2008 to exchange ideas about new measurement and analytical techniques and possible ways of applying them: at the "5th International Conference on Radionuclide Metrology Low-Level Radioactivity Measurement Techniques".

PTB-Contact:
Dr. Dirk Arnold, Department 6.1 Radioactivit,
phone +49 (531) 592- 6100, E-Mail: dirk.arnold@ptb.de
 
Dr. Annette Röttger, Research Group 6.13 Radon-Messtechnik,
phone +49 (531) 592-6130, E-Mail: annette.roettger@ptb.de
 
Dr. Stefan Neumaier, Research Group 6.32 Strahlenschutz,
phone +49 (531) 592-6320, E-Mail: stefan.neumaier@ptb.de

Conference information on the Internet:
http://www.ptb.de/ICRM-LLRMT/