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
Conference on Management of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) in Industry: transforming liabilities into possibilities
Some 600 participants from 94 countries gathered online today for the start of the IAEA’s International Conference on Management of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) in Industry. The two-week event is the IAEA’s first international... https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/conference-on-management-of-naturally-occurring-radioactive-material-norm-in-industry-transforming-liabilities-into-possibilities
World Food Day 2020: IAEA & FAO’s Joint Work Benefits Farmers and Increases Food Security Worldwide
In 2020, more than 80 developing countries from all over the world have received support from the IAEA in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in improving food security and agricultural development... https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/world-food-day-2020-iaea-faos-joint-work-benefits-farmers-and-increases-food-security-worldwide
Building Robust, Sustainable, Resilient Nuclear Safety and Security Infrastructure: African Countries Collaborate
Enhancing collaboration both within and between countries in Africa in nuclear safety and security is key to strong, sustainable regulation on the continent, agreed speakers at the meeting of regulators from 33 African countries in a virtual... https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/building-robust-sustainable-resilient-nuclear-safety-and-security-infrastructure-african-countries-collaborate
Rosatom Technical Academy Becomes First IAEA Collaborating Centre in Three Programmatic Areas
Rosatom Technical Academy (Rosatom Tech) has become the first IAEA Collaborating Centre to extend its work with the IAEA into three different programmatic areas: nuclear sciences and applications, nuclear security and nuclear energy.
https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/rosatom-technical-academy-becomes-first-iaea-collaborating-centre-in-three-programmatic-areasIn Seychelles, Nuclear Science Helps Safeguard Consumers
The 100,000 inhabitants of Seychelles, a 115-island archipelago in the Indian Ocean, can now better trust the food products they buy thanks to the use of nuclear-based techniques.
https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/in-seychelles-nuclear-science-helps-safeguard-consumersNow Available: New IAEA Safety Guides on Radiation Safety in Well Logging and Radioisotope Production
Guidance and recommendations for radiation protection and safety in well logging – the study of geological formations penetrated via a borehole – and accelerator-based radioisotope production are addressed in two recently published IAEA safety... https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/now-available-new-iaea-safety-guides-on-radiation-safety-in-well-logging-and-radioisotope-production
Recent 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...