Ioniserende Stralen Practicum
Ionizing Radiation Laboratory
The Ionizing Radiation Laboratory (in Dutch: Ioniserende Stralen Practicum, acronym ISP) offers students in Dutch schools for secondary education the possibility of doing experiments with radioactive substances and X-ray sources related to topics in the examination programs such as the properties of ionizing radiation (ionizing and penetrating power), activity, half-life, absorption, half-value thickness and range.
For that purpose, the ISP owns three mobile laboratory facilities with over twenty experiments. These experiments can be installed in a standard school laboratory for one day (or longer, if necessary). In addition, the ISP owns two comparable permanent laboratories with a regional function, located in the cities of Utrecht and Goes.