TEQIP-II SPONSORED 19 th National Conference on Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors and Their Applications (SSNTDs-19) (November 19-21, 2015)

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1 TEQIP-II SPONSORED 19 th National Conference on Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors and Their Applications (SSNTDs-19) (November 19-21, 2015) Introduction Modern world has entered an arena where knowledge can no longer be restrained into narrow confines or can be owned by a specific class. It is collective in nature and one and all must contribute to their maximum so as to harness the real benefits of science. Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors (SSNTDs) - a class of passive detectors, developed by R.L. Fleischer, P.B. Price and R.M. Walker in the early 1960s have found numerous applications in various fields of science and technology. SSNTDs have been recognized as very potent and effective tools in exploring various areas of research. The intrinsic features of SSNTDs like low cost, availability, versatility and their remarkable stability have contributed to applications in a wide range of fields opening up new vistas which were practically unthinkable and unbelievable about a decade or two ago. In fact, nuclear tracks find applications wherever solid damage occurs and in the present times, there is hardly any branch of science and technology where these detectors don t have a potential application. Apart from the direct applications of far reaching consequences in nuclear physics, other areas as diverse as biomedical sciences, cosmic rays and space physics, environmental research, geochronology and geophysics, materials sciences, lunar science, meteorites and tektites; Microanalysis, mine safety, nuclear technology, uranium prospecting and most recently nano-/micro technology etc., have been greatly influenced by SSNTDs. They have a very important role to play in radiation measurement, micro technology and dosimetry and thus are potent enough in spreading awareness about the radiation environment and its impact on the general public and the academic peers. In order to disseminate the knowledge generated in this fast growing field, there is a need to bring

2 material science and radiation community on a common platform and discuss various operational and radiation protection aspects. SSNTDs hold promises of accomplishing great things and respond by asking how humans will make wise use of these advances for the physical and spiritual welfare of all peoples. Besides many see to these great promises with disbelief but there are many burning and frequently questions being asked: who will have access to these new technologies? The Nuclear Track Society of India (NTSI) has been organizing symposia/ Conference on SSNTDs and Their Applications biennially with the prime objective to promote meaningful interaction among scientists working on SSNTDs and their applications in diverse fields. This three days National Symposium on Solid State Nuclear track Detectors and Their Applications (SSNTDs-19) organized at the NIT Jalandhar during November 19-21, 2015 is the nineteenth symposium in the series of biennial symposia being organized in collaboration with Nuclear Track Society of India. The SSNTDs-19 will be the most comprehensive conference focused on the various aspects of advances in Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors and their applications. The conference will feature invited talks, contributed papers and poster presentations by eminent scientists, academicians and research students. This conference will provide a chance for academic and industry professionals as well to discuss recent progress in the area of SSNTDs and related applications in diverse fields of science and technology. Objective of Conference The Nuclear Track Society of India (NTSI) has been organizing symposia on SSNTDs and Their Applications biennially with the prime objective to promote meaningful interaction among scientists working on SSNTDs and their applications in diverse fields. We organised three days National Conference on Solid State Nuclear track Detectors and Their Applications (SSNTDs-19) at Dr BR Ambedkar NIT Jalandhar during November 19-21, This was the ninetieth conference in the series of biennial conferences being organized in collaboration with Nuclear Track Society of India. The SSNTDs-19 will be the most comprehensive conference focused on the various aspects

3 of advances in Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors and their applications. The Conference featured invited talks, contributed papers and poster presentations by eminent scientists, academicians and research students. This conference provided a chance to academic and industry professionals as well to discuss recent progress in the area of SSNTDs and related applications in diverse fields of science and technology. The researchers and academicians shared thoughts on the very relevant subject that would have been taken up at this symposium and interact and derive useful inputs for meeting the changing demands and new challenges of the public in the areas where SSNTDs find their applications. We are sure that the conference provided young and talented students/scientists a forum to show their talent by presenting their work besides avail exposure to the latest trends and developments. Topics Basic Studies and Methodologies Latent Tracks in Materials and lon Track Technology Heavy lon Nuclear Physics and Cosmic Rays Radon, Thoron Studies, Applications in Environmental and Earthquake Studies Radiation Measurements and Dosimetry Trace Analysis Nuclear Track Filters and Their Applications Fission Track Dating & Geochronology Instrumentation, Devices and Software SSNTDs in Teaching Radiation Induced Modification of Materials About 114 abstracts, besides 11 invited talks proposals were received from all over the country and abroad. Barring few abstracts which were not directly related to the themes of the symposium, the technical committee accepted almost all of them.

4 Summary It was three days National Symposium which provided a platform for scientists to exchange their research and knowledge with the delegates present. In this symposium, about 97 delegates from 12 states of India from various research institutes of national and international repute, universities and colleges participated. The conference was inaugurated by Prof. R K Sinha, Director, CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO), Chandigarh and Dr. Arvind Kumar Agnihotri, Director NIT Jalandhar presided over the function. The details of the presentations during the three days symposium are as below: Keynote address: 01 Invited Talks: 11 Oral Presentations: 29 Poster Presentations: 15 Overall Significance and Outcome: This National Conference has been a great endeavour in enhancing the understanding of college level science and engineering students and faculty both through useful interactive sessions based on current advances in contemporary technologies in SSNTDs like nanotechnology, nano-electronics, nano sensors, smart materials, biotechnology, bio-informatics, bio-nanotechnology, laser technology, remote sensing, space technology, nuclear and radiation technologies, environmental protection etc. through the Invited Talks, Oral Presentations and Poster Presentations. Substantial controversy exists on the issues of environmental radioactivity and how to manage it and that is why the organizers had invited a broad range of speakers to present their findings. The talks in this Symposium focused more narrowly on the issues of environmental radioactivity and ionising radiation. A number of excellent presentations were given on this topic and the discussions and views will be useful to the policy makers on several levels in the future and will certainly help to formulate the Environmental Action Programme. The work reported in certain papers although was of routine nature using well known

5 techniques but carries some importance from the point of view that there exists ever increasing demand for creation of a database to be used by experts working in different areas. The results of the study, therefore, are significant. The ideas projected in the symposium can be used to improve the situation for human health, for our environment and for the benefit of humans. The discussions that took place will enable this scientific galaxy to concentrate on the subjects talked about. The deliberations and the interactions during the symposium will certainly help in augmenting the research activities and provide a new direction to the young researchers. (Dr. Rohit Mehra) Convenor- SSNTD-19

6 TEQIP-II SPONSORED 19 th National Conference on Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors and Their Applications (SSNTDs-19) (November 19-21, 2015) Organized by: Department of Physics, Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar , Punjab & Nuclear Track Society of India (NTSI) C/o Radiochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai th November, 2015 REGISTRATION Inaugural Session : 9.00am am (IT Park, NIT, Jalandhar) : 10.30am am (Seminar Room, Ground Floor, IT, Park) Session 1 Chairperson Dr. N.L. Singh (12.00 noon -1.20pm) pm 12.30pm IT-1: Etched Tracks Morphological Revelation: A Review Dr. S.K. Chakarvarti 12.30pm 12.40pm OP-1: A note on correction for self attenuation in gamma ray spectrometric measurements with NaI (Tl) detectors Pragya Pandit, N. K. Johri, B. R. Singh, A.A.P.S.R Acharyulu 12.40pm 12.50pm OP-2 : Study of the Indoor Thoron Distribution using CFD: Effect of Temperature Neetika Chauhan, R.P.Chauhan 12.50pm 1.00pm OP-3 : Measurement of Radioactive Nuclides from Geological Samples and Radiation Hazards due to Environmental Radon Pooja Chauhan, R P Chauhan

7 1.00pm 1.10pm 1.10pm 1.20pm Session-2 (2.20pm pm) 2.20pm pm 2.50pm 3.00pm 3.00pm pm 3.10pm 3.20pm 3.20pm pm 3.30pm pm Session-3 (4.00pm-5.30pm) 4.00pm pm 4.30pm pm 4.40pm pm OP-4 : Concentration of Indoor Radon, Thoron and their Progeny Levels in Some Dwellings by Using SSNTD H.K. Sarma, M.K. Mishra, N.Choudhury S. Sarkar, T.D. Goswami, B.K. Sarma OP-5 : Radon concentration in drinking water sources lying in the region of fault line passing through Reasi district, Jammu and Kashmir Himalayas, India Raman Kant Vij, Ajay kumar, Amit Sareen Chairperson - Dr. Krishan Kant IT-2 : Surface Modification of Polymeric Materials by Plasma Treatment Dr. N.L. Singh OP-6 : Etching characteristics of Pokalon track detector Nishanth P., Varier K. M. and Shankar V. OP-7 : Assessment of natural radioactivity and radon effective dose in Indian Building Constructions Materials Rati Varshney, A. K. Mahur, R. L. Sharma and R. G. Sonkawade OP-8 : : Gamma irradiation effects on structural, thermal and electrical conductivity properties of ceric ammonium nitrate (CAN) doped HPMC based biopolymer electrolyte films N Sandhya Rani, J Sannappa, T Demappa, Mahadevaiah OP-9 : Estimation of Annual Effective Dose due to the Exposure of Radon, Thoron and Progeny in Rudraprayag region of Garhwal Himalaya Mukesh Prasad, Mukesh Rawat, Anoop Dangal, Tushar Kandari, Preet Pant, Rosaline Mishra, R.C. Ramola OP-10 : Estimation of Annual Effective Dose from measured Radon Concentrations in Drinking Water, using RAD7 Komal Badhan, Rohit Mehra, R G Sonkawade Chairperson - Dr. R.H. Iyer IT-3 : Environmental radiation, exposure and effects Dr. Krishan Kant OP-11 : Measurements of radon and thoron concentrations in dwellings of Sri Ganganagar district, Rajasthan using single entry pin-hole dosimeter Vikas Duggal, Asha Rani, Rohit Mehra, B.K. Sahoo, B.K. Sapra OP-12 : Fast etching of CR-39 detector at lower concentration using microwave radiation and comparison with conventional chemical etching G.S. Sahoo, S.P. Tripathy, D.S. Joshi, T. Bandyopadhyay

8 4.50pm pm 5.00pm pm 5.10pm pm 5.20pm 5.30pm OP-13 : Measurement of soil gas radon and outdoor radon concentration with reference to meteorological parameters for discriminating the genuine signals of an impending earthquake Ranjan Kr. Kakati, Atul Saxena, Devesh Walia, Rohit Mehra, B.Bhattacharjee OP-14 : Determination of radon concentration in soil and drinking water samples using RAD7 in Northern Rajasthan, India Sudhir Mittal, Asha Rani and Rohit Mehra OP-15 : Indoor radon and thoron in some dwellings around a fertilizer plant and thermal power plants using twin chamber dosimeter cups with SSNTDs Mamta Gupta, A K Mahur, K Y Singh, R G Sonkawade, Hargyan Singh, K D Verma and Rajendra Prasad OP-16 : A Java code for etched track profiles in SSNTDs Varier K. M., Nishanth P., Shankar V. 20 th November, 2015 Session-4 (10.00am-11.30am) 10.00am am 10.30am 10.40am 10.40am 10.50am 10.50am am 11.00am 11.30am Chairperson - Dr. K.P. Eappen IT-4 : Swift Heavy Ion induced Modification in Free Volume in Polymeric Materials by Positron Annihilation Lifetime Measurements Dr. Rajendra Prasad OP-17 : Variation in radon-thoron levels in some dwellings of eastern Haryana A. K. Garg, Sushil Kumar, R. P. Chauhan OP-18 : Evaluation of Radon and Thoron Exhalation from some cement samples using SMART Rnduo Portable Radon Monitor Manish Kumar, Anjali Kaushal, Navjeet Sharma, Hemant Kumar, Rajeev Kumar Sharma OP-19 : Natural Radionuclide 210 Po concentration in sediment samples from Periyakalapattu to Parangipettai Coast of Tamil Nadu, India using Alpha Counting System N. Harikrishnan, R. Ravisankar, M. Suresh Gandhi, Kantha Devi Arunachalam, Sathesh Kumar Annamalai IT-5 : Modgil-Virk Formulation of Single Activation Energy Model of Radiation Damage Annealing in SSNTDs Dr. H. S. Virk

9 Session-5 (11.50am- 1.10pm) 11.50am pm 12.20pm pm 12.30pm pm 12.40pm pm 12.50pm pm 1.00pm pm Session-6 (2.10pm pm) 2.10pm pm 2.40pm 2.50pm 2.50pm pm 3.00pm pm 3.10pm pm 3.20pm pm Chairperson - Dr. R.G. Sonkawade IT-6 : Four Decades of SSNTD Research in Radiochemistry Division, BARC: Reminiscences Dr. R.H. Iyer OP-20 : Assessment of gamma radiations and soil gas radon concentration Veena Joshi, Manjulata Yadav, Pramesh Bijalwan, R.C. Ramola OP-21 : Measurement of Slow Neutron flux in spent fuel storage bay using Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors L. K. Vajpyee, P T Ghare, R K B Yadav, K. S. Babu, R. V. Kolekar, R. Sharma, R. K. Gopalakrishnan and P Mandal OP-22 : Determination of Radon Activity and Radon Exhalation Rates from some Soil Samples and Water Samples of the Chhapraula Industrial Area in Greater NOIDA (Uttar Pradesh) Raj Kumari, Nitin Gupta, Krishan Kant, Maneesha Garg OP-23 : Radiological Assessment of indoor radon, thoron and their progeny levels in the dwellings near the fly ash dumping sites situated in Faridabad (Haryana) India Nitin Gupta, Krishan Kant, Maneesha Garg OP-24 : Estimation of indoor radon levels in some dwellings of Chandigarh, India using pin hole dosimeters Vimal Mehta, R P Chauhan, G S Mudahar Chairperson - Dr. H.S. Virk IT-7 : Radiation Induced Modification in Polymers by Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy Dr. Rajesh Kumar OP-25 : Ion-beam-induced variation in the properties of cadmium selenate nanowires Chetna Narula, R.P.Chauhan OP-26 : Radiation Induced Variation in the Texture Coefficient of Planes in Copper Nanowires Pallavi Rana, Anita Rani, R.P.Chauhan OP-27 : Structural and Electrical Properties of Gamma Irradiated Selenium Nanowires Suresh Panchal, R. P. Chauhan OP-28 : Fabrication of Copper Nanowires using ion track filters S. Amrita Kaur and G.S. Randhawa OP-29 : Optical and structural properties of PbS embedded in zeolite matrix N Choudhury, H K Sarma, B K Sarma

10 3.30pm pm Session-7 (4.00pm pm) 4.00pm pm 4.30pm pm 4.40pm 4.50pm 4.50pm 5.00pm 5.00pm pm 5.10pm 5.20pm 5.20pm pm 5.30pm 5.40pm Poster Presentation OP-30 : Energy Loss and Momentum Measurement for Silicon Tracker of Belle-II Rajeev Kumar Chairperson - Dr. R.P. Chauhan IT-8 : Synthesis and Characterization of metal-conducting Polymer composites as radiation and gas sensors Dr. R.G. Sonkawde OP-31 : Simulation of charged particle track profiles in solid state nuclear track detectors Amanjeet, Joga Singh, Ajay Kumar, Jaspal Singh OP-32 : Nanoparticle stabilized blue phase in chiral nematic liquid crystal Arshdeep Singh, Praveen Malik OP-33 : Effect of irradiation on Cu doped ZnO thin film grown by SILAR technique Arindam Ghosh, Rashi Gupta, Rajech Kumar, Krishan Kant, S.K.Chakarvarti, Ramphal Sharma OP-34 : Template based Synthesis of Zinc Nanowires with Controlled Morphology via Electrochemical Deposition Ravish Garg, S.K. Chakarvarti OP-35 : Characterization and Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes By Flame Diffusion Process Sarabjot Kaur, A. P. Singh, Jyoti Bharaj, R.S.Bharaj, Sanjeev Gautam, Anil K. Sarma, Ankush Vij OP-36 : Effect of addition of alloying element (Cu) to Ni matrix on microstructure and properties of Ni-TiN nanocomposite thin films deposited by reactive magnetron co-sputtering Mukesh Kumar, R. Mitra OP-37 : Phase shift of polarized light through anisotropic sculptured thin films Ashok Chaudhary, Praveen Malik, Rohit Mehra, Ibrahim Abdulhalim : 5.40pm pm Chairperson - Dr. Rajesh Kumar and Dr. M.R. Iyer General Body meeting : 6.30pm pm

11 21 st November, 2015 Session-8 (10.00am am) 10.00am am 10.30am 10.40am 10.40am 10.50am 10.50am am 11.00am am 11.10am 11.20am Session-9 (11.40am pm) 11.40am pm 12.10pm pm 12.40pm pm 12.50pm 1.00pm Chairperson - Dr. S.K. Chakarvarti IT-9 : Study of the factors affecting indoor radon and thoron levels in dwellings through measurements and CFD based simulation Dr. R.P. Chauhan OP-38 : Estimation of Radiation doses due to Radon, Thoron and their progeny in the Maldevta region along the Main Boundary Thrust of Garhwal Himalaya Tushar Kandari, Mukesh Prasad, Preeti Pant, Anoop Dangwal, Poonam Semwal, Sunita Aswal, A A Bourai, R C Ramola OP-39 : Determination of Annual effective dose through radon concentration in ground water samples of some areas belonging to Udhampur District, Jammu& Kashmir Sumit Sharma, Ajay Kumar, Rohit Mehra, Dinesh Kumar OP-40 : Monitoring of radon concentration in drinking water samples of Amritsar City, Punjab Manpreet Kaur, Ajay Kumar, Rohit Mehra OP-41 : Estimation of radiation dose due to radon concentration in drinking water of Chitradurga city, Karnataka, India Rangaswamy D R, Srinivasa E, Sannappa J OP-42 : Thoron distribution in indoor environment under normal and turbulent flow conditions: implication in measurement Amit Kumar, R P Chauhan Chairperson Dr. Rajendra Prasad IT-10 : Long Term Radon Measurement Alpha Track Technique Dr. K.P. Eappen IT-11: Development of SSNTD for neutron spectrometry and challenges in dosimetry for high energy accelerators. Dr. M. R. Iyer OP-43 : Study of Attachment rate and seasonal behaviour of EEC of 222 Rn and 220 Rn using Pin-hole cup dosimeters DTPS/DRPS Sensors Pargin Bangotra, Rohit Mehra, Rajan Jakhu, Kirandeep Kaur OP-44 : Estimation of dose from unattached fraction of 222 Rn progeny using Deposition based and Wire Mesh capped progeny sensors Rajan Jakhu, Rohit Mehra, Pargin Bangotra, H M Mittal

12 1.00pm 1:10pm 1.10pm 1:20pm OP-45 : Assessment of natural radioactivity in soil samples using NaI detector Sandeep Kansal OP-46: UV-Vis spectroscopic investigation on gamma irradiated lithium aluminoborate glasses. N.Chopra, N.P.Singh, S. Baccaro, G. Sharma Valediction : 1:20pm - 2:00pm LIST OF POSTERS SR. TITLE OF PAPER NAME OF AUTHOR NO. P1. Assessment of radon concentration in water samples collected from different regions of Amritsar district of Punjab, using RAD 7 Neerja, Meetu Singh, Sameer Kalia P2. Measurement of linear attenuation Pooja Rani, Manpreet Kaur coefficient with ATM method for some compounds of Ca, Ba and Pb P3. Measurement of Natural radioactivity and Elemental analysis in plant samples Pooja Chauhan, R P Chauhan P4. Measurement of natural radioactivity, Srinivasa E, Rangaswamy D R, radiation levels in soil and building Sannappa J materials of Hassan city, Karnataka State, India P5. Accumulation of chemical elements in Pooja Chauhan, R.P. Chauhan plants and soil P6. Estimation of radioactivity in tobacco plants Pooja Chauhan, R.P. Chauhan P7. Study the Electrical and Optical Ritika Choudhary, R.P. Chauhan Properties of CdSe Thin Films P8. Study of seasonal variation in Radon, Thoron and their progeny levels in the Ajay Garg, Shikha Garg, Era Garg, R.P. Chauhan dwellings of Panipat, Haryana P9. Correlation study of natural radioactivity contents in air and soil from Western Nisha Mann, Amit Kumar, Sushil Kumar, R P Chauhan Haryana, India P10. Artificial neural networks in materials research science and engineering Mohan Singh, Harminder Kaur P11. Indoor Radon concentration Ashok G V, Nagaiah N, Shivaprasad N G measurements with solid-state nuclear Prema A N, Sathish L A track detectors in Bangalore, India P12. Computer codes for calculations in Mohan Singh ion-matter interaction P13. Measurement of indoor radon, thoron and S Barman, D Barooah

13 their progenies in some selected dwellings in Guwahati, Assam P14. Measurement of Radiation hazard indices, annual dose and transfer factors of 226Ra, 40K and 232Th from soil to different vegetables from various places near Mathura Oil Refinery Area (Uttar Pradesh), INDIA P15. Indoor ambient gamma radiation level in and around of Hemavathi river, Karnataka P16. Room temperature Alternating Current Response Studies of Polyaniline-Titanium dioxide Nanocomposite P17. Radon Concentrations Measurement in Dwellings of Kufa Technical institute, Iraq P18. Estimation of radon and thoron levels in high rise dwellings situated in Faridabad (Southern Haryana) India P19. UV-Visible Spectroscopic analysis for optimizing etching conditions of CR39 based alpha autoradiography of (Th,Pu)O2 MOX fuels P20. Characterisation of (Th,Pu)O 2 MOX fuel by analysis of Alpha images P21. Radon Diffusion through building materials: A major cause of indoor radioactivity P22. Analysis of Physical Parameters of Sn-Te-Se-Sb Glass System P23. Comparative Study of radon exhalation rate in soil samples from Kasimpur Thermal Power Plant, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India P24. Essential operations with raw data from liquid scintillation detectors to get precise n-ƴ discrimination P25. Exposure Assessment of 222 Rn in drinking Water in using active radon monitor RAD7 P26. Effect of polymer concentration on the physical parameters of a polymer dispersed ferroelectric liquid crystal Raj Kumari, Krishan Kant, Maneesha Garg R.S.Niranjan, C.Ningappa, T. Yashaswini, J.Sannappa, M.S. Chandrashekara Y.T. Ravikiran, S. Kotresh and J. Sannappa Ali Abid Abojassim, Afnan Ali Husain Nitin Gupta, Krishan Kant, Maneesha Garg Jayshree Ramkumar, K.V.Vrinda Devi, P.S.Somayajulu,S.Chandramouleeswaran and K.B.Khan K.V.Vrinda Devi,J.N.Dubey, I.H.Shaikh, Jyoti Gupta, P.S.Somayajulu and K.B.Khan A.K.Narula, S. K. Goyal, R. P. Chauhan, S. K. Chakarvarti Arshdeep Singh, Amit Sethi, Navjeet Sharma Anil Sharma, S Asad Ali, Satyendra Kumar, R G Sonkawade Harleen Singh, Sarabjeet Singh Rajan Jakhu, Rohit Mehra, Pargin Bangotra, Ashok Chaudhary, H.M. Mittal Divya Jayoti, Praveen Malik