Regional Training Course on the Advanced Application of Fallout Radionuclides for Soil and Water Quality Investigations

12 Nov 2018, 00:00 → 16 Nov 2018, 17:00 Australia/Sydney

 

The purpose of this regional training course is to provide advanced practical training on the use of (i) fallout radionuclides techniques to identify and apportion soil resources for land use (ii) fallout radionuclide techniques to monitor the source, transport and fate of soil and sediment in agricultural catchments and agro-ecosystems.

Monday, 12 November

1 Transport to Venue

Registration

2 Welcome address Opening remarks Self-introduction of participants

10:00 Group Photo/Coffee Break

3 Overview of RCA activities

Joseph Adu-Gyamfi (IAEA)

4 Review of FRN methods for measuring soil/sediment erosion, deposition and source discrimination

Tim Ralph, Henk Heijnis
Arman Haddadchi (NIWA)

12:00 Lunch

5 Principles of 137Cs and 210Pb dating

Atun Zawadzki (ANSTO)

6 Use of fallout 239,240Pu, 236U and 14C isotopes in geomorphology and soil science

David Child (ANSTO)
Quan Hua (ANSTO)

15:30 Coffee Break

7 Principles of water quality assessment and monitoring

Karina Meredith (ANSTO)

8 General discussion

9 Transport to Hotel

Tuesday, 13 November

10 Pick up from hotel

11 Field visit: theory of sampling strategies and site selection, field demonstration for site selection and sampling

Tim Ralph, Henk Heijnis, Atun Zawadzki, Arman Haddadchi
(& Macq. Uni. researchers)

12:30 Lunch

12 Field visit: theory of sampling strategies and site selection, field demonstration for site selection and sampling

Tim Ralph, Henk Heijnis, Atun Zawadzki, Arman Haddadchi
(& Macq. Uni. researchers)

Wednesday, 14 November

13 Transport to Venue

14 Laboratory training: Sample preparation, measurements and data analysis

Atun Zawadzki, David Child, Geraldine Jacobsen, Patricia Gadd, Jay Chellappa (ANSTO)

10:30 Coffee Break

15 Laboratory training: Sample preparation, measurements and data analysis

Atun Zawadzki, David Child, Geraldine Jacobsen, Patricia Gadd, Jay Chellappa (ANSTO)

12:00 Lunch

16 Laboratory training: Sample preparation, measurements and data analysis

Atun Zawadzki, David Child, Geraldine Jacobsen, Patricia Gadd, Jay Chellappa (ANSTO)

15:30 Coffee Break

17 210Pb age-depth modelling exercise

Atun Zawadzki

18 Transport to Hotel