Principal Investigator Michael Ames
Co-investigator Lin-wen Hu
The NRL’s NAA irradiation and gamma spectroscopy facilities can also be used separately for either the production of radionuclides or for radioassay services. The production of radiotracers can be useful for lab-scale studies of uptake and transport in physical, chemical, and biological systems. Radiotracers can be produced in a variety of chemical and physical forms. The use of NRL’s gamma spectroscopic systems for detection and identification of trace amounts of radioactive materials can be useful for the study of either naturally occurring radioisotopes or radioisotopes present due to anthropogenic contamination.