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Paul Scherrer Institut

Laboratory of Radiochemistry and Environmental Chemistry

Uni Bern
Paul Scherrer Institute, Department of Biology and Chemistry
University of Bern, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
CH-5232 Villigen PSI
Freiestr. 3, CH-3012 Bern
Tel +41 (0)56 310 24 01
Tel +41 (0)31 631 42 42



Updated:
19.04.2012
E-Mail: thorsten.bartels-rausch@psi.ch


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We are a joint laboratory of the Paul Scherrer Institute and Bern University, headed by Prof. A. Türler . Since we are the only radiochemistry institution at a Swiss university our focus is on basic research and education in this field. About 15-20 Ph.D. students (see list) are carrying out their thesis in our unit (see Organigram).





This site will move
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January 2012
We are currently moving the internet presence of the Laboratory of Radiochemistry and Environmental Chemistry. As of January 2012, the content of the current webpages (lch.web.psi.ch) will not be updated.
The new internet presence will be online before spring 2012.
Postdoc Position in RadWaste Analytics
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Open Position, October 2011
You will optimize our present laboratory equipment for the determination of vapour pressure of radionuclides in liquid metals using the transportation method. This includes also the setup of equipment for the preparation of liquid metal samples doped with radionuclides in an inert gas environment. You will use this setup to study fundamental properties such as equilibrium vapour pressure and evaporation rates for the evaporation of hazardous radionuclides such as polonium from liquid lead bismuth eutectic as a function of temperature, gas flow, composition and other parameters. Furthermore, you will study the transport and deposition behaviour of volatile radionuclides in gas-chromatographic experiments, in particular using thermochromatography.
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Main research activities

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Heavy elements
Chemical and nuclear studies of the heaviest elements
Surface chemistry
Investigation of surface chemistry processes relevant for atmospheric chemistry
Analytical chemistry
Past atmosphere and climate reconstructions
 
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Radwaste analytics
Development of analytical procedures to characterise nuclear waste samples
Environmental Radionuclides
(Bern University)
Investigation of environmental processes with natural radioactive tracers
Radionuclide Development
Development of radionuclides for innovative radiopharmaceuticals