Descripción del proyecto
Un método revolucionario para vigilar la radioactividad en aguas profundas
La falta de herramientas eficaces y adaptadas para vigilar la radioactividad en entornos marinos constituye un reto importante. Aunque existen iniciativas de colaboración en este ámbito, la diferencia entre las herramientas disponibles para su uso en los océanos y las que se utilizan en tierra y aire es aún considerable. Para abordar esta cuestión, el objetivo del proyecto financiado con fondos europeos RAMONES es desarrollar una tecnología puntera en materia de instrumentación y plataformas de detección robótica para vigilar la radioactividad en ecosistemas oceánicos. En este contexto, se diseñará, desarrollará y validará una nueva generación de herramientas de detección de radiación con una alta eficiencia y resolución fina para estudios de espectroscopia, así como sensores y métodos de vanguardia para desarrollar instrumentos submarinos destinados a la medición de la radiación en entornos extremos.
Objetivo
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.
Ámbito científico
- 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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Programa(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoriaConvocatoria de subcontratación
H2020-FETPROACT-2020-2
Régimen de financiación
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinador
10561 Athina
Grecia