Conveners
Accelerator, Medical and Radiation Physics: Existing Facility and Future Concepts for Accelerators for Africa
- Marco Silari (CERN)
- Caterina Biscari
- Christine Darve (European Spallation Source)
Accelerator, Medical and Radiation Physics
- Christine Darve (European Spallation Source)
- Marco Silari (CERN)
Accelerator, Medical and Radiation Physics: Particle Colliders / Medical Applications
- Marco Silari (CERN)
- Caterina Biscari
Accelerator, Medical and Radiation Physics: Particle Colliders / Medical Applications
- Caterina Biscari
- Marco Silari (CERN)
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Ralph Wolfgang Assmann (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))29/06/2018, 11:00Oral Presentation
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Kobus Lawrie (iThemba LABS)29/06/2018, 11:30Oral Presentation
The iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences has been operating a K=200 Separated Sector Cyclotron for nuclear physics research, isotope production and hadron therapy since about 1986. The conflicting demands of these diverse application place severe restrictions on research capacity and on the possibility to respond to future demands.
To increase the beam time for research and...
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Prof. Tabbetha Dobbins (Rowan University)02/07/2018, 11:35Oral Presentation
Africa is the only habitable continent without a synchrotron light source. There are many socio-economic benefits to positioning a synchrotron in Africa such as,
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• Boosting African Scientific Research, Research Capacity, and Capacity Building
• Establishing a Global Research Community on the continent of Africa
• Tackling Disease from a molecular level using protein crystallography
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Mike Lamont (CERN)03/07/2018, 14:00Oral Presentation
The LHC is in its sixth year of operation and performing well. The HL-LHC is major upgrade of the existing machine due to come into operation in 2026. Aiming at delivering an annual integrated luminosity of around 250 fb-1 a year to both ATLAS and CMS, it is now in the prototype and construction phase. The essential principles of LHC operation are recalled, and the key aims and components of...
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Christine Darve (European Spallation Source)03/07/2018, 14:30Oral Presentation
The European Spallation Source (ESS) is a pan-European project composed of 15 European nations (members and observers), constructing together a neutron-scattering facility in Sweden, one of the largest science and technology infrastructure projects being built today. The ESS was designated a European Research Infrastructure Consortium, or ERIC, by the European Commission in October of 2015.The...
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Stephen Avery (UPenn)03/07/2018, 14:55
In September of 2013 we began working with a medical physicist at the Ocean Road Cancer Institute in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. We developed a bi-lateral learning partnership over the course of eight qualitative Skype meetings. From these meetings we have ascertained that there is a gap between the installation of new equipment and treating patients. This gap has often been overlooked by...
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Munyaradzi Zivuku03/07/2018, 15:20Oral Presentation
Studies on radon and its progeny provides strong and compelling evidence that it is the greatest contributor of inhalation dose in the living environment. Indoor radon and the annual effective doses measurements were performed in office buildings at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Namibia, using CR-39 nuclear track detectors exposed for 3 months in the offices. The...
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Marco Silari (CERN)03/07/2018, 16:10Oral Presentation
The application of particle accelerators in medicine started with the discovery of x-rays by W. Roentgen in 1895. Nowadays there are more than 20,000 particle accelerators in operation worldwide, most of them employed for biomedical uses. Modern medical accelerators can essentially be divided into three classes: 1) electron linacs for conventional radiation therapy, including advanced...
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Cathy Cutler (BNL)03/07/2018, 16:40
Background / Aims: In the 1970’s and 80’s major accelerator facilities operating at 100 MeV and higher were developed and installed in many of the national labs and used for production of radionuclides at much higher energies than can be achieved on the small compact machines. These high energy accelerators play a critical role in supplying radionuclides such as Sr-82 used in Sr-82/Rb-82...
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Sylvanus Onjefu (NUST)03/07/2018, 17:10
The activity concentration of primordial radionuclides such as 238U, 232Th and 40K were determined in shore sediment samples in the Ovambo beach of Walvis bay, Namibia. The activity concentrations were carried out by gamma spectrometry. The average activity measurements were found to range from BDL – 276.39 Bq.kg - 1 with a mean of 142.79 Bq.kg – 1 for 238U, BDL – 40.80 Bq.kg – 1 with a mean...
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Munyaradzi Zivuku (NUST)03/07/2018, 17:30
The Erongo region of Namibia has been reported to experience high natural background radiation resulting from the presence of uranium bearing ores. In order to estimate the radiation risk to the general populace living in the Erongo region, a total of thirty surface soils samples and twenty radon gas monitors (CR 39) were collected from a Gold Mining town of Karibib. The radon gas monitors...
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Mrs Monica Nambinga (University of Namibia)Accelerator, Medical and Radiation PhysicsOral Presentation
The concentrations of naturally occurring radionuclides 238U, 232Th, and 40K in the soil samples collected from the Ohorongo Cement Plant near Otavi, Namibia have been determined and used to estimate the baseline natural radiation level in the cement plant. A total of 50 soil samples were collected from inside and outside of the plant and analyzed using an HPGe detector. The concentrations...
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Dr Sylvanus Ameh Onjefu (Namibia University of Science and Technology)Accelerator, Medical and Radiation PhysicsOral Presentation
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The activity concentration of primordial radionuclides such as 238U, 232Th and 40K were determined in shore sediment samples in the Ovambo beach of Walvis bay, Namibia. The activity concentrations were carried out by gamma spectrometry. The average activity measurements were found to range from BDL – 276.39 Bq.kg - 1 with a mean of 142.79 Bq.kg – 1 for 238U, BDL – 40.80 Bq.kg – 1... -
Mr Munyaradzi Zivuku (Namibia University of Science and Technology)Accelerator, Medical and Radiation PhysicsOral Presentation
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Studies on radon and its progeny provides strong and compelling evidence that it is the greatest contributor of inhalation dose in the living environment. Indoor radon and the annual effective doses measurements were performed in office buildings at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Namibia, using CR-39 nuclear track detectors exposed for 3 months in the... -
David Bertsche (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))Oral Presentation
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David Bertsche (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))Oral Presentation
The Large Hadron Collider Project (LHC) at CERN is one of the largest and most ambitious scientific experiments ever conducted. Planning for and operation of the accelerator and its many experiments has spanned several decades, and will span several more. This talk focuses on the technological details of how the accelerator and the major particle detection systems function. It also covers some...
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