Facilities

The Laboratory

The laboratory facilities are organized into three dedicated rooms, each designed to support different stages of research:

The sample preparation room is fully equipped with subdued amber lighting, sieving materials, a fume hood for chemical treatments (H₂O₂, HCl, and HF), mineral separation using heavy liquid solutions (LMT), driers, a centrifuge, and ultrasonic baths.

Luminescence readers’ room with subdued amber light housing three Risø TL/OSL readers and a Lexsyg Smart TL/OSL reader. All readers are equipped with blue and infrared LEDs for stimulation, filters for light detection in the ultraviolet or blue bands, and β-irradiation units (⁹⁰Sr/⁹⁰Y) and carousel housing up to 48 and 40 aliquots simultaneously. Moreover, the Risø TL/OSL reader 1 (R1) has a single-grain attachment with a green laser; the Risø TL/OSL reader 2 (R2) has a Roithner violet laser attachment (405 nm), and the Risø TL/OSL reader 3 (R3) is equipped with an automated Detection and Stimulation Head (DASH).

Gamma ray spectrometry room with a high purity germanium (HPGe) detector with energy resolution of 2.1 keV and relative efficiency of 55% encased in an ultralow background shield (Mirion Technologies, ex-Canberra Industries).