Projektbeschreibung
Bahnbrechende Überwachung der Radioaktivität in der Tiefsee
Fehlende effektive und maßgeschneiderte Instrumente zur Überwachung der Radioaktivität in der Meeresumwelt stellen ein echtes Problem dar. Zwar existieren bereits gemeinsame Anstrengungen, aber es klafft noch eine Lücke zwischen den Instrumenten, die für den Einsatz in den Meeren zur Verfügung stehen, und jenen, die an Land und in der Luft zum Einsatz kommen. Das EU-finanzierte Projekt RAMONES zielt darauf ab, eine innovative Lösung in Hinsicht auf Instrumente und robotische Sensorikplattformen zur Überwachung der Radioaktivität in Meeresökosystemen anzubieten. Konzipiert, entwickelt und validiert wird eine neue Generation von Strahlungsdetektionsinstrumenten, die eine hohe Effizienz und Feinauflösung für spektroskopische Untersuchungen sowie modernste Sensoren und Verfahren zur Realisierung von Unterwasserinstrumenten für die Strahlungsmessung an Orten aufweisen, an denen extreme Bedingungen herrschen.
Ziel
Natural radioactivity in the marine environment has been present since the Earth’s formation, while artificial radionuclides were introduced into the oceans in 1944. More recent direct sources exist that feed the oceans, such as low-level liquid discharges from reprocessing plants, large-scale releases due to disasters (e.g. Fukushima hit by the tsunami in 2011), and smaller-scale radiological events. Exploration of submarine environments should consider the existence of radioactivity in terms of its short- and long-term impact on marine and coastal ecosystems, also in correlation to natural hazards, such as seismic activity over submarine faults. Significantly undersampled in oceans, radioactivity poses real risks to marine ecosystems and human population, urging for detailed, data-driven modelling.
RAMONES aims to offer new and efficient solutions for in situ, continuous, long-term monitoring of radioactivity in harsh subsea environments. A new generation of submarine radiation-sensing instruments, assisted by SoA robotic and artificial intelligence (AI) will be developed towards understanding radiation related risks near and far from coastal areas, while providing data towards shaping new policies and guidelines for environmental sustainability, economic growth and human health.
The main ambition is to lay a radical new path to close the existing marine radioactivity under-sampling gap and foster new interdisciplinary research in threatened natural deep-sea ecosystems. RAMONES will invest a significant effort to provide tools for long-term, rapid deployments, propose new AI-driven and supported methodologies, and offer scaled-up solutions to researchers, policy makers and communities. RAMONES will combine SoA equipment from various disciplines and advanced modelling in fine synergy, and design new and effective approaches for the marine environment to provide efficient response to natural and man-made hazards, shaping future policies for the global population.
Wissenschaftliches Gebiet
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligence
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesphysical geographynatural disasters
- natural scienceschemical sciencesnuclear chemistryradiation chemistry
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystemscoastal ecosystems
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Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung
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H2020-FETPROACT-2020-2
Finanzierungsplan
RIA - Research and Innovation actionKoordinator
10561 Athina
Griechenland