discovered_01_2015 - New Film on Repository Research zur Endlagerforschung

PANORAMA// THE HZDR RESEARCH MAGAZINE WWW.HZDR.DE 36 37 New Film on Repository Research Nuclear phase-out is declared policy in Germany, but the nuclear legacy will keep us occupied for many years to come. We have to store radioactive waste safely for a period of several ice-ages – a major debt we owe to future generations. Scientists at HZDR’s Institute of Resource Ecology are therefore investigating the migration and retention mechanisms of radionuclides. Now, a short film has been produced in which chemists, physicists, biologists and geologists present their work at HZDR’s sites in Dresden, Leipzig and Grenoble. For their investigations the researchers use modern spectroscopic methods in order to acquire an understanding of processes at molecular level. When analyzing rock formations they also use positron emission tomography as an imaging technique. This important fundamental research is thus generating robust data which should help experts and politicians to identify potential locations for nuclear waste repositories. The video is available in the Media Center on HZDR’s website and on YouTube. www.hzdr.de/mediathek What’s on? 05. - 13.09.2015 17th Annual Conference of the International Association for Mathematical Geoscience (IAMG 2015) Freiberg | Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology and TU Bergakademie Freiberg 28.09. - 02.10.2015 The ThUL School in Actinide Chemistry Karlsruhe | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and HZDR Institute of Resource Ecology 05. - 07.10.2015 Annual Meeting of the Biological Radiation Research Association (GBS) Dresden | OncoRay – National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology 21. - 23.10.2015 Workshop on Methods of Porosimetry and Applications Dresden | HZDR Institute of Radiation Physics (organized together with Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg) 24. - 26.11.2015 HZDR & ANSYS Multiphase Flow Short Course and Conference Dresden | HZDR Institute of Fluid Dynamics 01.12.2015 HZDR Colloquium: Physics of Active Soft Matter Prof. Hartmut Löwen | Düsseldorf Art exhibitions at HZDR Opening at 17:00h 05.11.2015 Volker Lenkeit images challenged visual expectations because, although they were shown simultaneously, they were presented on the two screens from different angles. A special scanning electron microscope (SEM) was used in the production. Scientists at HZDR’s Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology utilize this method to investigate the precise surface structures as well as the chemical composition of ore samples. Another research object showed an ‘explosion’ taking place in chronological order. When a high-power laser pulse hits a target, the electrons on the surface heat up to several billion degrees leading to a particular state of matter: a plasma of electrons and ions. Just as in an explosion, the plasma expands and the electrons fly off, followed by the ions. The impressive pictures of simulated laser-particle acceleration were, however, not simply arranged one after the other but printed on Perspex that was hung on the wall in the form of a huge book. Hi Lights! All about light The big light exhibition at the Dresden Technology Collections (Technische Sammlungen Dresden) will be open until June 2016. It features several exhibits contributed by HZDR. For a whole year, old and young will be able to discover a lot of facts about the properties of light and what kind of research into light is conducted in Dresden. Hi Lights! illuminates the photonics spectrum and the secrets of light, tells the ‘laser story’ and delves into ‘Science & Fiction’. www.tsd.de www.altana-galerie-dresden.de

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