PIXS: Portable Imaging X-ray Fluorescence System

PIXS：便携式 X 射线荧光成像系统

• 批准号: ST/M007235/1
• 负责人: John Lees
• 金额: $ 6.21万
• 依托单位: University of Leicester
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2015 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FM007235%2F1
• 关键词: PIXS; Portable; Imaging; ray; Fluorescence

There are a number of major challenges that have been identified for the scientific community which expertise from the STFC could help to address. Of these, disposal of nuclear waste (existing waste from the nuclear power industry and future waste from the planned new nuclear power stations) and the capture and storage of carbon dioxide are seen as critical for security of electricity supply and to reduce greenhouse warming. Subsurface repositories are one way in which these challenges may be addressed. Across the globe a significant amount of funding is being expended in exploring a variety of storage methods, repository types and monitoring systems.The project aims to develop and test a prototype Portable Imaging X-ray Fluorescence System (PIXS) for use in geological repositories building on Space Research Centre expertise in XRF (imaging and non-imaging) for planetary exploration including Beagle 2 and the BepiColombo mission to Mercury. A current project to develop a handheld XRD/XRF instrument in conjunction with Bruker Elemental is also highly synergistic with the proposed development of PIXS.

科学界已确定了许多重大挑战，STFC 的专业知识可以帮助解决这些挑战。其中，核废料（核电工业的现有废料和计划中的新核电站的未来废料）的处置以及二氧化碳的捕获和储存被视为对于电力供应安全和减少温室效应至关重要。地下储存库是解决这些挑战的一种方法。全球范围内投入了大量资金来探索各种存储方法、储存库类型和监测系统。该项目旨在开发和测试用于地质储存库建设的便携式成像 X 射线荧光系统 (PIXS) 原型空间研究中心在 XRF（成像和非成像）方面的专业知识用于行星探索，包括 Beagle 2 和 BepiColombo 水星任务。目前与 Bruker Elemental 合作开发手持式 XRD/XRF 仪器的项目也与拟议的 PIXS 开发具有高度协同性。