The staff of University of Oulu, University of Jyväskylä, University of Silesia Katowice, and the National Center for Nuclear Research from Poland worked for ten days in July in Pyhäsalmi to standardize measuring of background radiation in underground laboratories. Measurements were taken on radon, neutron and gamma radiation. Previous literature lacks details for measurement settings […]
Between 18th and 20th of June, a project meeting with BSUIN was held at the Swedish Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory. The meeting was combined with a guided tour where the participants got to know the facility both above and below ground. The first day was devoted to a meeting within the steering group. Focus on […]
BSUIN project partner Tallinn University of Technology participated in EUSBSR 9th Annual Forum in Tallinn. EUSBSR is EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region. It is an agreement between the Member States of the EU and the European Commission to strengthen cooperation between the countries bordering the Baltic Sea. The main theme in 9th Forum was […]
The OUAS service design team facilitated the last Service Design workshop in St Petersburg 17.5.2018. The current business model of the Underground Low Background Laboratory of the Khlopin Institute was described by the representatives of the UL and the Khlopin Institute. At the beginning of the workshop the hosts gave us interesting presentations on their specific research fields, […]
Panu Jalas and Marcus Laaksoharju presented posters of BSUIN project and its related Underground Laboratories participating in BSUIN project in EGU conference. EGU is European Geosciences Union which organizing every year General Assembly in April in Vienna. EGU covering the full spectrum of the geosciences and the space and planetary sciences. The EGU General Assembly […]
Have you taken a lift 150 meters underground? Have you seen any old mine, walked through tunnels, squeezed yourself through small holes? If yes, then you can relate to the extreme experience that some of the Baltic Sea Underground Innovation Network (BSUIN) project team members and associated partners had. Reiche Zeche is an old silver […]
-Based on the status report of all the work packages, we can say that the collaboration among the consortium members is lively, Chairman of the Steering Committee of Baltic Sea Underground Innovation Network (BSUIN) project Ville Isoherranen says. The Meeting took place in Freiberg, Germany on 7.3.2018. -Some activities are ahead of time, and some need […]
CallioLab was the first Underground Laboratory (UL) to start working on Business Model with the Service Design team of the BSUIN project. The workshop “Current state of business, innovation and co-creation“ took place on the 21st of February in Finland at Pyhäjärvi townhall. Representatives of Oulu University, Pyhäsalmi Mine, Pyhäjärvi town and Callio were present. […]
Baltic Sea Underground Innovation Network (BSUIN) project has had a promising start. -Characterization of the underground facilities is going on. We want to collect similar kind of information from all the underground facilities and the usage of them. This means quite a lot of interviews and data survey. We have planned a schedule for benchmarking […]
Laboratories located underground are characterised by specific geophysical, geothermal, and geological conditions, which are much different to overground laboratories. For instance, the low natural background radiation enables to create an isolated environment suitable for e.g. nuclear industry and applied scientific research. The potential of underground laboratories from the Baltic Sea region, which are often transformed […]