Facilities Available

Capabilities

1. NORM occurrence in petroleum exploration
2. NORM occurrence in Solid Minerals exploitation
3. Environmental Radioactivity Contamination
4. Radioactivity in Food Materials
5. Remediation services in case if radioactivity contaminated environment
6. Gamma emitting radionuclide-based instrumentation

-  Radiation gauges
-  Radiation flow meters
-  Two phase flow tomographic technique

1. Pipe leakage studies using tracer techniques.

Achievements

• Consultancy with Shell petroleum for NORM measurements in some of their installations
• Base-line radioactivity measurement in South Western Nigeria. Project from the Energy Commission of Nigeria.
• Training workshop for staffers of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration in radioactivity in food stuffs
• Radiological impact of oil exploration
• Radiological impact of bitumen exploration
• Preliminary study of radiological conditions of Odo-Ara village – A monazite deposit
• Research into Compton Scatter Tomography for industrial and agricultural applications.

• X-Ray Fluorescence Laboratory
• 1.7MV Pelletron Tandem Accelerator
• Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS) Laboratory
• Gamma Spectrometry Laboratory
• Radiation Safety and Control Laboratory
• Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer Laboratory (GC-MS)
• UV-Visible Spectrophotometer Laboratory
• Mechanical Workshop
• Electronics And Nuclear Instrumentation Laboratories
• Energy Efficiency and Management Laboratory
• Atmospheric Research & Information Analyses Laboratory (ARIAL)
• Computerized Ingstrom Machine
• Precision Mini X-ray Diffratometer
• Differential Thermal Analyzer

• Guest House