APPLIED NUCLEAR PHYSICS@IFIN-HH

The present status of IFIN-HH is reviewed and its

development perspectives are addressed.

Ioan Ursu

The largest R&D institute in Romania – in

terms of assets and personnel, 'Horia

Hulubei' National Institute of Physics and

Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH) covers

almost 10% of the national scientific output.

Based in Magurele, on the outskirts of

Bucharest, the institution started back in

1949 as the Institute of Physics of the

Romanian Academy, to become in 1956 the

Institute of Atomic Physics (IFA) and in 1977

– the Institute of Physics and Nuclear

Engineering.

1949: Institute of Physics of the Romanian Academy

1956 Institute of Atomic Physics (IFA)

1976 Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN)

1996 “Horia Hulubei” National Institute of Physics and

Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH)

MissionIFIN-HH is a public research organization dedicated to research and development in physical and natural sciences,

mainly Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Engineering, and in related areas including Astrophysics and Particle Physics,

Field Theory, Mathematical and Computational Physics, Atomic Physics and Physics of Condensed Matter, Life and

Environmental Physics. In all these fields, IFIN-HH conducts theoretical and experimental research.

The institute addresses a comprehensive spectrum of research activities in fundamental and applied Nuclear Physics and in related areas including Astrophysics, Particle Physics, Atomic Physics, Life and Environmental Physics, Theoretical Physics, Nuclear Techniques. Featuring a variety of nation-wide- scoped facilities including a Tandem Van de Graaff accelerator, a Cyclotron, a Multipurpose Irradiation Facility, a Radioactive Waste Processing Plant, the institute is an important part of the Romanian research infrastructure.

While focusing its mission on advanced investigations in atomic and sub-atomic Physics, IFIN-HH is also committed to widening the positive impact of the Nuclear on industry, other business areas, as well as on the society at large, via a diversified offer of unique professional services. Various applications of nuclear physics and spin-offs of basic nuclear research enable the institute to not only play an active promoter of domestic progress and modernity, but also bring a significant contribution to the public acceptance of the Nuclear. In tune with the mainstream topical research, IFIN-HH is asserting itself as a valid partner, in the realm of the Euro-Atlantic science and technology endeavor.

From IFA to ICEFIZ

Horia Hulubei Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH)

Tandem Accelerator

CyclotronMultipurpose γ-Irradiator

IFIN-HH is a public research organization dedicated to research and development in physical and natural sciences, mainly

Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Engineering, and in related areas including Astrophysics and Particle Physics, Field Theory,

Mathematical and Computational Physics, Atomic Physics

and Physics of Condensed Matter, Life and Environmental

Physics.

Nuclear Physics Department

• 35 experimente la acceleratorul TANDEM,

din care 12 cu participare internationala

• solicitarea de timp de fascicul se mentine la 150-200%

• noi subiecte experimentale: spectroscopie în reactii de

transfer sub-barieric cu Li sau protoni

• extinderea infrastructurii experimentale

2012

In-Beam Fast Timing Array

Ample lucrari de modernizare si

automatizare

• noi surse de alimentare si elemente

de transport de fascicul

• sistem de stabilizare eficient între

0.8 – 9 MV

Nuclear Physics Department

Date nucleare: experiment, evaluare si

modelare teoretica

• colaborari in cadrul proiectelor lansate de

IAEA si F4E

Ion Beam Analysis

• colaborari cu CSNSM Orsay,

INFLPR, Univ. Bucuresti, UPB

• experimente la Bucuresti si

Orsay

• tematica cu aplicabilitate

directa la noul accelerator 3 MV

CERN FAIR/NUSTAR

Participare prin:

• tematica stiintifica

• aparatura experimentala

• noi algoritmi pentru

analiza de dateISOLDE, DIRAC, n-TOF

• R&D pentru infrastructura

experimentala sustinut

in cadrul NUPNET

• experimente test la TANDEM

• NUSTAR Week 2011 organizat la

Magurele

Applied Nuclear Physics Department

Applied Nuclear Physics Department

•FOOD SAFETY

•PHARMACEUTICALS

•COSMETICS

BIOCOMPATIBILITY

EVALUATION

IRRADIATED

FOOD DETECTION

MICROBIOLOGY

DOSIMETRY

IRRADIATOR

IRASM

•SMALL MOLECULE DETECTION

- RESIDUAL ETO IN STERILE PRODUCTS

•CULTURAL HERITAGE CONSERVATION

- ARCHIVES

- CHURCHES

•ACCIDENT DOZIMETRY

• ARCHEOMETRY

• GENETICS

• GENETIC MODIFIED ORGANISMS

• MICORHISA

PHYSICAL & CHEMICAL TESTS

Biophysics and Radiobiology

Environmental

Physics

Radiological Monitoring

of Environment and

Occupational Dosimetry

•3 papers

•2 patents

•11 international

conferences

•1 PN2 project

Biological effects of

radiation

Radiolabeled biomarkers

for medical applications

Biophysics of nanosized

materials

Diseases of large impact

Health and

environmental impact of

nuclear activities

Nuclear emergency

assessment

Tritium and Carbon-14

Radioecology

Meteorological and

radiological onsite survey•9 papers

•13 int. conferences

•1 book chapter

•1 IAEA tecdoc -

Tritium Accident-

IAEA EMRAS

•1FP7 project

•2 PN2 projects

Radioactivity

measurements in

environmental samples

Ultra low level

radioactivity

measurements (μBq Lab)

Radiation background of

Black Sea costal env.i

Personal dosimetry

RODOS

EMRAS

Cell cultures

Fluorescenc

e lifetime

I-131

rainwater

•10 papers

•13 international

conferences

•3FP7 projects

LAGUNA, LAGUNA-

LBNO, RACE

•2 PN2 projects

Unitatea de Monitorizare

a Radioactivitatii

Mediului

Baza de date

microB

QBioEval

Contor de corp

umanRadioactivitatea mediului

Laboratoare specializate

Monitorizare; modelare; predictie

DFVM Life and Environmental Sciences

To turn its strength to the best account, the institute concentrates resources on two directions: (a) steadily develop a sound in-house capability to get and stay in the forefront of nuclear science and

technology; and (ii) substantively participate in the European collaborations centered on Large Scale Facilities such as GSI-Darmstadt (Germany), GANIL-Caen (France), CERN (Geneva), JINR

(Dubna). This is a strategy meant to harmonize limited domestic resources with the tall orders of the contemporary, top-level nuclear physics research, and the imperative need for Continental co-

operation and integration.

Selected Bibliography