LRT2026 - Low Radioactivity Techniques

Session

Underground Labs

21 Sept 2026, 10:20

The Guildhall (The Guildhall, York)

98. Underground Lab Review

Sean Paling (STFC)

21/09/2026, 10:20

Presentation

99. Boulby Underground Laboratory Overview

Beth Green (Boulby Underground Laboratory)

21/09/2026, 10:50

Presentation

53. Introduction of CJPL and its low background facilities

Wenhan Dai (Tsinghua University)

21/09/2026, 11:20

Radiogenic backgrounds

Presentation

China Jinping Underground Laboratory (CJPL) is one of the deepest (2400 rock overburden) and largest (>300,000 m$^3$) underground laboratory worldwide. This talk will introduce the latest statues of CJPL with focus on the low background facilities: the large liquid nitrogen shielding, large pure water shielding, combined shielding facilities and the ARGUS multi-detector $\gamma$-spectrometers....

3. 1500 Meters Beneath the Alps: Toward a Swiss Low-Background Laboratory in the Bedretto Tunnel

Florian Jörg (Universität Zürich)

21/09/2026, 11:40

Underground Laboratories

Presentation

The search for rare physical processes relies on ultra-low-background environments, making deep underground laboratories indispensable. The Bedretto tunnel, situated within the Gotthard massif in Switzerland, is a strong candidate for a future low-background facility, offering an overburden of up to 4000 meters water equivalent. The site is already home to the Bedretto Geology Laboratory run...