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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Maximum Security and Efficiency – The New Shielding Cabinet
Maximum Security and Efficiency – The New Shielding Cabinet
Chromium speciation analysis of waste water from PSI facilities
The Hotlab is a unique facility in Switzerland for the safe and hazard-free investigation of the properties of highly toxic, radioactive substances and materials. Through the Post-Processing Radioactive Materials group (NRM), the Hotlab also has expertise in waste treatment and is responsible for the disposal of active and inactive wastewater from all PSI facilities East of the Aare River. In the case of wastewater that is measured to be free of radioactive materials, the Hotlab facility follows the Swiss Water Protection Ordinance (814.201) to safely dispose of this material, including the differentiation between polluted and non-polluted wastewater.
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.