Advanced Nuclear Science and Technology Techniques Workshop

from Monday, 16 May 2022 (08:00) to Friday, 20 May 2022 (23:00)
NRF-iThemba LABS, Old Faure Road, Cape Town (Visitors Centre)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
16 May 2022
17 May 2022
18 May 2022
19 May 2022
20 May 2022
AM
09:00 --- Registration ---
09:30
Welcome - Pete Jones (iThemba LABS) (until 10:00) (Visitors Centre)
09:30 Welcome - Rudzani Nemutudi (iThemba LABS)   (Visitors Centre)
10:00
Accelerator Mass Spectrometry - Pete Jones (iThemba LABS) (until 11:00) (Visitors Centre)
10:00 Does Accelerator Mass Spectrometry have a place in an emerging economy? - Stephan Woodborne   (Visitors Centre)
11:00 --- Coffee Break | Group Photo ---
11:30
Metrology and Applications (until 13:00) (Visitors Centre)
11:30 NMISA Keynote Speaker - Dr Wynand Louw (NMISA)   (Visitors Centre)
12:15 Update on NMISA radioactivity standards lab activities since 2020 - Milton van Rooy (NMISA)   (Visitors Centre)
10:00
Environmental Applications - Innocent Jimmy Lugendo (University of Dar es Salaam) (until 11:05) (Visitors Centre)
10:00 Spectroscopic Systems: From research to applications - Helen Boston (University of Liverpool)   (Visitors Centre)
10:45 Design and construction of a gamma-ray spectrometer with water shielding for low-level natural occurring radioactive material measurement - Dr Munirat Bashir (Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai. Nigeria)   (Visitors Centre)
11:05 --- Coffee Break ---
11:30
Environmental Applications - Innocent Jimmy Lugendo (University of Dar es Salaam) (until 12:00) (Visitors Centre)
10:00
Environmental Applications - Daniel BONGUE (Centre for Atomic Molecular Physics and Quantum Optics (CEPAMOQ) - Faculty of Science - University of Douala - Cameroon) (until 11:05) (Visitors Centre)
10:00 Environmental Radioactivity Monitoring and Radiological Impact Assessment of Agbara Industrial Area, Ogun State, Nigeria - Dr Mojisola Usikalu (Covenant University)   (Visitors Centre)
10:45 SURVEY OF RADIATION LEVELS AT ITHEMBA LABS USING A MOBILE RADIATION DETECTION UNIT EQUIPPED WITH A LaBr3:Ce DETECTOR - Ferdie van Niekerk (Tshwane University of Technology)   (Visitors Centre)
11:05 --- Coffee Break ---
11:30
Environmental Applications - Gharib Mohamed (The State University of Zanzibar) (until 13:05) (Visitors Centre)
11:30 EVALUATION OF RADIOLOGICAL HAZARDS DUE TO NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY IN SOIL SAMPLES COLLECTED IN AND AROUND SOME GOLD MINING AREAS OF THE MAYO-KEBBI REGION IN CHAD WITH STATISTICAL ANALYSES. - Daniel BONGUE (Centre for Atomic Molecular Physics and Quantum Optics (CEPAMOQ) - Faculty of Science - University of Douala - Cameroon) Mr Samafou Penabei   (Visitors Centre)
12:15 Radioactivity assessment of radium and radon concentrations in water sources at and near selected former uranium mines in the West-Rand area of Johannesburg - Ayabulela Tsewu (Student)   (Visitors Centre)
12:35 Implementation of the k0-based Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) methodology and k0-IAEA program at the Centre for Energy Research and Training (CERT), Zaria, Nigeria - Dr Michael Adeleye (Bingham University, Nigeria)   (Visitors Centre)
10:00
Nuclear Structure Studies - Lindsay Donaldson (iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences) (until 11:05) (Visitors Centre)
10:00 Lifetime measurements on A∼100 nuclei using LaBr3(Ce) arrays. - Prof. Alison Bruce (University of Brighton)   (Visitors Centre)
10:45 Overview on the African LaBr Array at iThemba LABS - Luna Pellegri (University of the Witwatersrand and iThemba LABS)   (Visitors Centre)
11:05 --- Coffee Break ---
11:30
Nuclear Structure Studies -Dr Zina Ndabeni (University of Cape Town) (until 13:00) (Visitors Centre)
11:30 Strength of the scissors resonance in 151Sm - Ms Sebenzile Magagula (SSC Laboratory, iThemba labs, Somerset west, 7129, South Africa)   (Visitors Centre)
11:50 Photon strength functions from (p, γ) reactions - Mr Adivhaho Netshiya (iThemba LABS and WITS)   (Visitors Centre)
12:10 Ion source development for the LERIB test facility - Dr Skye Segal (iThemba LABS)   (Visitors Centre)
10:00
Collaborations and Networking - Alison Bruce (University of Brighton) (until 10:45) (Visitors Centre)
10:00 The Role of Inter-Africa UK Collaboration in Improving Nuclear Instrumentation for Research and Development in Africa - Innocent Jimmy Lugendo (University of Dar es Salaam)   (Visitors Centre)
10:45
Function (until 11:15) (Visitors Centre)
11:15 --- Coffee Break ---
11:45
Collaborations and Networking - Pete Jones (iThemba LABS) Alison Bruce (University of Brighton) (until 12:30) (Visitors Centre)
PM
13:00 --- Lunch ---
14:00
The MeASURe experience - Thomas Leadbeater (University of Cape Town) (until 15:30) (Visitors Centre)
14:00 MeASURe: the art and science of nuclear measurement at the University of Cape Town - Dr Tanya Hutton (University of Cape Town) Andy Buffler (UCT) Dr Tom Leadbeater (University of Cape Town) Ms Chloe Sole (University of Cape Town) Prof. Steve Peterson (University of Cape Town) Mr Mike Van Heerden (University of Cpe Town) Mr Robert Van der Merwe (University of Cape Town) Dr Zina Ndabeni (University of Cape Town) Mr Josiah De Klerk (University of Cape Town)   (Visitors Centre)
15:30 --- Tea Break ---
16:00
Function (until 17:00) ()
17:00
Posters (until 18:00) ()
18:00
Function (until 20:00) (Visitors Centre)
12:00
Neutron physics and applications - Milton van Rooy (US/iThemba LABS Student) (until 13:00) (Visitors Centre)
12:00 Magnetized dense neutron and neutron star matter - Dr Jacobus Diener (Botswana International University of Science and Technology)   (Visitors Centre)
13:00 --- Lunch ---
14:00
Neutron physics and applications -Dr Milton van Rooy (NMISA) (until 14:50) (Visitors Centre)
14:30 Evaluation of Nuclear Radiation Damage on Lutetium-Aluminium for Practical Applications Using Neutron Irradiation Technique - Mr Samuel Terungwa Temaugee (School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa)   (Visitors Centre)
14:50
Discussion Session - Helen Boston (University of Liverpool) Thomas Leadbeater (University of Cape Town) (until 16:00) (Visitors Centre)
16:00 --- Tea Break ---
16:30
Posters (until 17:00) ()
16:30 Level structure and transition multipolarities in 54Mn - Abraham Avaa (iThemba/Wits)   ()
17:00
Function (until 19:00) (Visitors Centre)
13:05 --- Lunch ---
14:00
Environmental Applications (until 14:30) (Visitors Centre)
14:00 Gamma-ray spectroscopy and its associated radiological risk of beach sand and soil samples from Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania - Gharib Mohamed (The State University of Zanzibar)   (Visitors Centre)
14:30
Discussion Session - Stephan Woodborne Daniel BONGUE (Centre for Atomic Molecular Physics and Quantum Optics (CEPAMOQ) - Faculty of Science - University of Douala - Cameroon) (until 15:30) (Visitors Centre)
15:30 --- Tea Break ---
16:00
Professional Development (until 17:00) (Visitors Centre)
13:00 --- Lunch ---
14:00
Discussion Session - Jacobus Diener (Botswana International University of Science and Technology) Luna Pellegri (University of the Witwatersrand and iThemba LABS) (until 15:00) (Visitors Centre)
15:00 --- Tea Break ---
12:30
Closing and Final Remarks (until 13:00) (Visitors Centre)
13:00 --- Lunch ---