Recent Research
Cadmium Isotopic Composition Indicates Multiple Geological...
Large areas (>500 km2) of Jamaica are uniquely characterized by soils...
Determination of CO2 Emissions from Agricultural Soils...
Soil organic matter (SOM) contains more carbon than...
The Dietary Intake of Minerals and Trace Elements from...
Jamaica, a net exporter of coffee, has in recent years seen the importation of...
Who We Are?
I.C.E.N.SInternational Centre for Environmental and Nuclear Science
ICENS is a complex of multi-disciplinary research laboratories founded in 1984 on the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies at Kingston, Jamaica and covers a diverse range of the geochemical, environmental and nuclear sciences. In 1984 it brought into operation a small Slowpoke-II research reactor provided by the European Economic Community (now the European Union). Located in a pleasant green area of 2.64 km2 (653 acres) situated at the foot of the spectacular Blue Mountains about 20 km from the Norman Manley International Airport, ICENS occupies an attractive, modern and purpose-built air-conditioned building of 950 sq. m. area.
ANALYTICAL AND SUPPORT FACILITIES
Nuclear Analytical LAB
ICENS operates two very powerful complementary nuclear techniques, Neutron... Read More
Atomic Spectroscopy and Wet Chemistry Lab
Samples in solution are analysed in this laboratory and as such, solids must either be extracted or dissolved, as appropriate. The typically... Read More
Radiation Safety and Nuclear Security
The Department of Radiation Safety and Nuclear Security, formally the TLD department, was conceived out of the need to monitor ICENS personnel... Read More
Latest News
Using Nuclear Science in Marker-Assisted Plant Breeding
Imagine you must identify a glass of seawater among a hundred glasses of drinking water merely by looking at them. Almost impossible
https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/multimedia/videos/using-nuclear-science-in-marker-assisted-plant-breedingBGS and Heriot-Watt scientists join £20million programme to tackle threats to world oceans
BGS and Heriot-Watt scientists join £20million programme to tackle threats to world oceans
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/news/docs/OneOceanHub.pdfEnsuring the Safe Use of Advanced Radiotherapy in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Early and honest reporting on incidents and near misses is key to improving safety in radiotherapy. This is one of the messages participants took home this week from a workshop on risk assessment in advanced radiotherapy techniques organized by... https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/ensuring-the-safe-use-of-advanced-radiotherapy-in-eastern-europe-and-central-asia
BGS CEO bids farewell to Survey after 13 years
Professor John Ludden today announced that after 13 years at the British Geological Survey (BGS) he will be leaving this coming September.
/news/announcements.html#9336The IAEA and Climate Change: Adaptation, Monitoring and Mitigation
Climate change is one of the biggest environmental challenges affecting humanity today, causing a dangerous rise in sea levels and disturbances to the water cycle and leading to more frequent extreme weather events.
https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/the-iaea-and-climate-change-adaptation-monitoring-and-mitigationNuclear Research Reactors
Nuclear research reactors generate neutrons used to produce radioactive substances for medical and scientific uses and to check the composition of materials.
https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/multimedia/videos/nuclear-research-reactorsRecent Projects
The Jamaican SLOWPOKE HEU-LEU Core Conversion
The 2014–2015 academic year was a pivotal year for ICENS, after 31 years of...
Coordinated Research Project (CRP): Options and...
Coordinated Research Project (CRP): Options and Technologies for Managing...