The NMBU FIGARO low dose irradiation facility.

The CERAD/NMBU facility opened in 2003, and was upgraded to a climate controlled facility in 2012, supported by the EU DoReMi project. The 60Co irradiation source provides a continuous dose rate field from 3 Gy/hr down to 0.4 mGy/hr when maximally loaded (400 GBq). The FIGARO low dose gamma irradiation facility allows simultaneous acute to chronic exposure of organisms over the whole dose-rate field. The facility is licensed for a number of different test organisms, including GMOs, and can be used in combination with other stressors such as trace metals and UV radiation.