Facilities and equipment

The facilities of the team have been thoroughly renovated and expanded in the years 2014-2016 and are state-of-the-art for providing high-class research for nuclear waste management.

The facilities and equipment include:

  • Two supervised laboratories (C-type) and one controlled laboratory (B-type) (BSS Directive 2013/59/EURATOM)
  • Glovebox
  • Germanium gamma spectrometers
  • NaI gamma counters
  • Alpha spectrometers
  • Liquid scintillation counters
  • UV/VIS spectrometer
  • ZetaSizer
  • GC-MS
  • HPLC-ICP-MS
  • He gas diffusion and permeability
  • Digital autoradiography (FLA)
  • Electronic autoradiography (BeaverTM)
  • FE-SEM/EDAX and FIB-SEM/EDAX
  • LA-ICP-MS and ICP-OES
  • Ar gas pycnometer
  • Optical microscopes
  • Electromigration

For more information about our facilities and equipment, contact Marja Siitari-Kauppi.

Laboratory equipment:

  • Alpha measurement chambers
  • Glove box
  • Clipper CM501 Masonry Saw for sawing rocks, concrete etc.
  • Hidex gamma counter
  • Beaver