Increasing the digital data flow capacity between Romania and the Republic of Moldova regarding the monitoring of soil radioactivity and radon

Acronym: DIGNORM

21ROMD PN-IV-P8-8.3-ROMD-2023-0241

Proiect finantat de: The Executive Unit for Financing Higher Education, Research, Development, and Innovation (UEFISCDI)

PNCDI IV - Program 5.8 - European and International Cooperation

Subprogram: 5.8.3 Bilateral/Multilateral

Funding: 100.000 euro

Period: 2024 - 2026

Soil plays an important role in agricultural policy, environmental protection, and climate change. However, in recent decades, human activities have become one of the major sources of soil pollution. Furthermore, soil degradation processes such as erosion, contamination, and loss of soil biodiversity continue to pose major threats to soil health across Europe. To consistently address these types of problems, to implement an effective monitoring system, and to produce reliable data, this project aims to apply nuclear techniques, such as in situ and laboratory gamma spectrometry, for monitoring soil radioactivity. Using the data generated by these techniques, soil mapping can be performed to meet the needs of agricultural and environmental protection policies.