Your Partner for Radioactive Material Examinations
The nuclear facility Hotlab (HL) of PSI is operated by the Department Hot Laboratory (AHL), which is assigned to the Nuclear Energy and Safety Division (NES) as an independent organizational unit.
The PSI Hotlab is the only Swiss laboratory authorised by the Swiss safety authorities to handle large quantities of radioactive materials including commercial as well as experimental nuclear fuel.
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Predicting component lifetimes in nuclear facilities
For 30 years, experiments have been providing unique insight into how metals and ceramics degrade under high-energy proton bombardment.
Highlight - Transfer of the KC-T12/4
During the type testing for the AGT11, PB250 compacted waste containers were conditioned. In addition, dose rate measurements of the waste packages, gamma scanning, documentation, sealing in contamination-free ZB264 overpacks, loading of the containers into a KC-T12, and transfer of the KC-T12 to the BZL were carried out.
Advancing nuclear technologies
NUKEM and Paul Scherrer Institute Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Advance Nuclear Research and Collaboration.