First Radioactive Experiments Performed at the INE-Beamline at ANKA

The first radioactive experiments were recently completed at the INE-Beamline at the synchrotron source ANKA (Angstromquelle Karlsruhe). The INE-Beamline was constructed by the Institut for Nukleare Entsorgung (INE) at the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (FZK), Germany. Professor Thomas Fanghдnel, director of INE, comments, "This is a big step forward for actinide research especially in Europe." The unique aspect of the INE-Beamline is its close proximity to INE’s active laboratories on the FZK site, providing all necessary infrastructure for working with radioactive samples, and equipped with state-of-the-art spectroscopic (notably laser-based) and analytical techniques. This is singular in all of Europe.