The NNUF-EXACT laboratory facility provides a flexible space for the development and testing of new methodologies and technologies with radioactive reference materials and radiotracers. Research carried out in the NNUF-EXACT laboratory facility may also be used to generate samples for further analysis in our supporting facilities.
Supporting Facilities
A key benefit of the EXACT facility is its close partnership with a number of specialist characterisation groups, both within and outside of the University of Southampton. This enables users access to a significant array of cutting-edge analytical services and supporting expertise. Our supporting partner facilities are:
Southampton: GAU-Radioanalytical Laboratories (GAU) is a long-established and experienced commercial group providing radioanalytical services, consultancy and research support for government, industrial and academic sectors.
Accessible instrumentation includes alpha and gamma spectrometry (HPGe and LEGe), liquid scintillation counters, gas flow proportional counting and mass spectrometry (ICP-QQQ).
Southampton: The University of Southampton’s Geochemistry Research Group is equipped with a world-class range of analytical equipment including ICP-MS, high resolution ICP-MS, multi-collector ICP-MS, TIMS AF4-mass spectrometry. These instruments can be equipped with sample introduction components to enable the handling of radioactive solutions by NNUF-EXACT facility users.
Southampton: The University of Southampton's Organic Geochemistry Facility is part of the newly established SEAPORT laboratories. The facility includes a dedicated sample preparation lab and automated gas and liquid chromatographs linked to mass spectrometers which include compound specific isotope ratio mass spectrometry
Bristol: The Bristol Interface Analysis Centre hosts a wide range of advanced materials science analysis techniques including X-ray tomography, FIBS / SEM and SEM / EDX. Access to the Bristol Interface Analysis Centre is provided through the NNUF-EXACT partner organisation, the South West Nuclear Hub.
