Ground water and soil contamination can have a significant impact on the health and wellbeing of local communities. In remote or poor, under-resourced areas, where water treatment and regulation is not always feasible, the impact of contamination is increased. In rural communities based for example around agriculture and fishing, contaminants can be easily ingested by people directly from the...
As part of a Global Funding/STFC collaboration between the Universities of the Western Cape (UWC) and Zululand (UNIZULU) in South Africa and the University of York in the UK, two nuclear laboratories are being built at UWC and UNIZULU and extensive student training and technology transfer on particle detectors, digital systems and GEANT simulations is being carried out at the University of...
The Advanced GAmma Tracking Array (AGATA) is a European project to develop and operate the next generation gamma-ray spectrometer. AGATA is based on the technique of gamma-ray energy tracking in electrically segmented high-purity germanium crystals. The spectrometer will have an unparalleled level of detection power for electromagnetic nuclear radiation. AGATA has been operated in a series of...
Over the last decade, the role and importance of nuclear science and technology cannot be overestimated. Humankind have benefited from many advantages of nuclear technology including power production, health benefits, food, and environmental safety, agricultural development as well as security. Such benefits are the results of continuous research efforts and knowledge expansion in nuclear...
The SAINTS (Southern African Institute for Nuclear Technology and Sciences) operates like a department at iThemba LABS NRF. It is developing an education and training programme to benefit, in the first instance, post-graduate students that are using research facilities at iThemba LABS for their research.
The SAINTS vision is that its programme will significantly improve the key performance...
The South African Young Nuclear Professionals Society (SAYNPS) is a registered non-profit organisation established in 2002 after the second biannual conference of the International Youth Nuclear Congress (IYNC) in Dae-Jung, South Korea. The society was established with the main objectives of promoting the South African nuclear industry both locally and internationally by ensuring effective...