ANNUALANNUAL REPORTREPORT 20052005 50 years in the service of science and national economy INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Prof. Jacek Michalik, Ph.D., D.Sc. Wiktor Smułek, Ph.D. Ewa Godlewska-Para, M.Sc. PRINTING Sylwester Wojtas © Copyright by the Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Warszawa 2006 All rights reserved CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION 9 MANAGEMENT OF THE INSTITUTE 11 MANAGING STAFF OF THE INSTITUTE 11 HEADS OF THE INCT DEPARTMENTS 11 SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL (2003-2007) 11 SCIENTIFIC STAFF 14 PROFESSORS 14 ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS 14 SENIOR SCIENTISTS (Ph.D.) 14 RADIATION CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, RADIATION TECHNOLOGIES 17 STABILIZATION OF SULFIDE RADICAL CATIONS IN CYCLIC L-Met-L-Met PEPTIDE. SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC AND CONDUCTOMETRIC PULSE RADIOLYSIS STUDIES K. Bobrowski, G.L. Hug, D. Pogocki, B. Marciniak, Ch. Schöneich 19 RADIATION-INDUCED OXIDATION OF DIPEPTIDES CONTAINING TYROSINE AND METHIONINE – INFLUENCE OF AMINO ACID SEQUENCE AND pH G. Kciuk, J. Mirkowski, G.L. Hug, K. Bobrowski 20 EPR STUDY OF DIPEPTIDES CONTAINING TYROSINE G. Strzelczak, K. Bobrowski, J. Michalik 22 ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE STUDIES ON SILVER ATOMS AND CLUSTERS IN REGULARLY INTERSTRATIFIED CLAY MINERALS J. Sadło, J. Michalik, J. Turek, H. Yamada, K. Tamura, S. Shimomura 23 PULSE RADIOLYSIS STUDY OF THE INTERMEDIATES FORMED IN IONIC LIQUIDS. INTERMEDIATE SPECTRA IN THE p-THERPHENYL SOLUTION IN THE IONIC LIQUID METHYLTRIBUTYLAMMONIUM BIS[(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)SULFONYL]IMIDE J. Grodkowski, R. Kocia, J. Mirkowski 25 SINGLET OXYGEN-INDUCED OXIDATION OF ALKYLTHIOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS M. Celuch, M. Enache, D. Pogocki 26 COMPUTATIONAL STUDY ON THE 1,2-HYDROGEN SHIFT IN THIYL, OXYL, AMINYL AND AMIDYL RADICALS D. Pogocki, M. Celuch, A. Rauk 28 +...• DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY STUDY OF Na CH3 COMPLEX STABILIZED IN DEHYDRATED Na-A ZEOLITE M. Danilczuk, D. Pogocki, M. Celuch 30 EFFECT OF HINDERED AMINE LIGHT STABILIZERS ON RADIATION RESISTANCE OF POLYPROPYLENE MEASURED BY DSC A. Rafalski, G. Przybytniak 32 MODIFICATION OF MONTMORILLONITE FILLERS BY IONIZING RADIATION Z. Zimek, G. Przybytniak, A. Nowicki, K. Mirkowski 34 STUDY OF THE PROPERTIES OF POLY(ESTER URETHANES) FOLLOWING IONIZING IRRADIATION E.M. Kornacka, G. Przybytniak 35 BASIC RADIATION PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF COMPOSITES G. Przybytniak, Z.P. Zagórski 38 ABSTRACTION OF HYDROGEN FROM ORGANIC MATTER, CAUSED BY IONIZING RADIATION IN OUTER SPACE Z.P. Zagórski 40 APPLICATION OF GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY TO THE INVESTIGATIONS ON POLYPROPYLENE RADIOLYSIS Z.P. Zagórski, W. Głuszewski 42 RADIOLYTIC DEGRADATION OF HERBICIDE 4-CHLORO-2-METHYLPHENOXYACETIC ACID BY GAMMA RADIATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION A. Bojanowska-Czajka, P. Drzewicz, Z. Zimek, H. Nichipor, G. Nałęcz-Jawecki, J. Sawicki, C. Kozyra, M. Trojanowicz 43 ANALYTICAL ACTIVITY OF THE LABORATORY FOR DETECTION OF IRRADIATED FOOD IN 2005 W. Stachowicz, K. Malec-Czechowska, K. Lehner, G.P. Guzik, M. Laubsztejn 48 PPSL – THE NEWLY INSTALLED ANALYTICAL SYSTEM FOR THE DETECTION OF IRRADIATED FOOD G.P. Guzik, W. Stachowicz 49 DETECTION OF IRRADIATION IN CUTICLES OF COMMERCIAL SHRIMPS K. Lehner, W. Stachowicz 51 DSC STUDIES OF RETROGRADATION AND AMYLOSE-LIPID TRANSITION TAKING PLACE IN GAMMA-IRRADIATED WHEAT STARCH K. Cieśla, A.-C. Eliasson, W. Głuszewski 52 PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHANGES TAKING PLACE IN BOVINE GLOBULINS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF GAMMA IRRADIATION STUDIED BY THERMAL ANALYSIS K. Cieśla, E.F. Vansant 54 RADIOCHEMISTRY, STABLE ISOTOPES, NUCLEAR ANALYTICAL METHODS, GENERAL CHEMISTRY 57 211At-Rh(16-S4-diol) COMPLEX AS A PRECURSOR FOR ASTATINE RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS M. Pruszyński, A. Bilewicz 59 THE STRUCTURES OF LEAD(II) COMPLEXES WITH TROPOLONE K. Łyczko, W. Starosta 61 SYNTHESIS OF NOVEL “4+1” Tc(III)/Re(III) MIXED-LIGAND COMPLEXES WITH DENDRITICALLY MODIFIED LIGANDS E. Gniazdowska, J.-U. Künstler, H. Stephan, H.-J. Pietzsch 63 TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES WITH ALGINATE BIOSORBENT L. Fuks, D. Filipiuk, M. Majdan 65 STRUCTURAL STUDIES AND CYTOTOXICITY ASSAYS OF PLATINUM(II) CHLORIDE COMPLEXED BY (TETRAHYDROTHIOPHENE)THIOUREA L. Fuks, M. Kruszewski, N. Sadlej-Sosnowska 68 INTERLABORATORY COMPARISON OF THE DETERMINATION OF 137Cs AND 90Sr IN WATER, FOOD AND SOIL L. Fuks, H. Polkowska-Motrenko, A. Merta 70 TRICARBONYLTECHNETIUM(I) COMPLEXES WITH NEUTRAL BIDENTATE LIGANDS: N-METHYL-2-PYRIDINECARBOAMIDE AND N-METHYL-2-PYRIDINECARBOTHIOAMIDE M. Łyczko, J. Narbutt 71 SEPARATION OF Am(III) FROM Eu(III) BY MIXTURES OF TRIAZYNYLBIPYRIDINE AND BIS(DICARBOLLIDE) EXTRACTANTS. THE COMPOSITION OF THE METAL COMPLEXES EXTRACTED J. Narbutt, J. Krejzler 74 INDIUM ISOTOPE EFFECT IN THE Dowex 50-X8/HCl SYSTEM – COMPARISON WITH THE ISOTOPE EFFECT OF GALLIUM W. Dembiński, I. Herdzik, W. Skwara, E. Bulska, I.A. Wysocka 77 INSTRUMENTAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS FOR CERTIFICATION OF STAINLESS STEEL MATERIALS H. Polkowska-Motrenko 78 A STUDY ON THE MECHANISM OF BAND SPREADING DURING THE PROCESS OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS SEPARATION BY ION CHROMATOGRAPHY R. Dybczyński, K. Kulisa 79 VERY ACCURATE DETERMINATION OF TRACE AMOUNTS OF SELENIUM IN BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS BY RADIOCHEMICAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS E. Chajduk, H. Polkowska-Motrenko, R. Dybczyński 82 DETERMINATION OF CADMIUM, LEAD, COPPER AND BISMUTH IN HIGHLY MINERALIZED WATERS BY ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY AFTER SEPARATION BY SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION J. Chwastowska, W. Skwara, E. Sterlińska, J. Dudek, L. Pszonicki 84 INFLUENCE OF ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION ON SOME PROPERTIES OF POLYPROPYLENE MEMBRANE M. Buczkowski, D. Wawszczak, W. Starosta 85 PREPARATION OF TITANIUM OXIDE AND METAL TITANATES AS POWDERS, THIN FILMS, AND MICROSPHERES BY COMPLEX SOL-GEL PROCESS A. Deptuła, K.C. Goretta, T. Olczak, W. Łada, A.G. Chmielewski, U. Jakubaszek, B. Sartowska, C. Alvani, S. Casadio, V. Contini 86 STUDY OF GLUCOFURANOSE-BASED GEL NANOSTRUCTURE USING THE SAXS METHOD H. Grigoriew, R. Luboradzki, D.K. Chmielewska, M. Mirkowska 90 CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY OF COORDINATION COMPOUNDS WITH HETEROCYCLIC CARBOXYLATE LIGANDS. PART LIV. THE CRYSTAL AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF BIS[HEXAQUAMAGNESIUM(II)] PYRAZINE-2,3,5,6-TETRACARBOXYLATE TETRAHYDRATE M. Gryz, W. Starosta, J. Leciejewicz 91 CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY OF COORDINATION COMPOUNDS WITH HETEROCYCLIC CARBOXYLATE LIGANDS. PART LV. THE CRYSTAL AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF A MAGNESIUM(II) COMPLEX WITH PYRIDAZINE-3-CARBOXYLATE AND WATER LIGANDS M. Gryz, W. Starosta, J. Leciejewicz 92 CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY OF COORDINATION COMPOUNDS WITH HETEROCYCLIC CARBOXYLATE LIGANDS. PART LVI. THE CRYSTAL AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURES OF TWO CALCIUM(II) COMPLEXES WITH IMIDAZOLE-4,5-DICARBOXYLATE AND WATER LIGANDS W. Starosta, J. Leciejewicz, T, Premkumar, S. Govindarajan 93 CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY OF COORDINATION COMPOUNDS WITH HETEROCYCLIC CARBOXYLATE LIGANDS. PART LVII. THE CRYSTAL AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF A CALCIUM(II) COMPLEX WITH IMIDAZOLE-4-CARBOXYLATE AND WATER LIGANDS W. Starosta, J. Leciejewicz 94 CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY OF COORDINATION COMPOUNDS WITH HETEROCYCLIC CARBOXYLATE LIGANDS. PART LVIII. THE CRYSTAL AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF A BARIUM(II) COMPLEX WITH IMIDAZOLE-4,5-DICARBOXYLATE AND WATER LIGANDS W. Starosta, J. Leciejewicz, T. Premkumar, S. Govindarajan 95 CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY OF COORDINATION COMPOUNDS WITH HETEROCYCLIC CARBOXYLATE LIGANDS. PART LIX. THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF A CALCIUM(II) COMPLEX WITH PYRIDAZINE-3-CARBOXYLATE AND WATER LIGANDS W. Starosta, J. Leciejewicz 96 RADIOBIOLOGY 97 DNA DAMAGE IN SUBFRACTIONS OF HUMAN LYMPHOCYTES IRRADIATED WITH LOW DOSES OF X-RADIATION M. Kruszewski, M. Wojewódzka, T. Iwaneńko, A. Goździk, T. Ołdak, E.K. Machaj, Z. Pojda 99 THE ROLE OF LYSOSOMAL IRON IN NITRIC OXIDE SIGNALLING S. Męczyńska, H. Lewandowska-Siwkiewicz, M. Kruszewski 100 RADIOSENSITIVITY OF HUMAN CHROMOSOMES 2, 8 AND 14. PART 1. PRIMARY BREAKS S. Sommer, I. Buraczewska, M. Wojewódzka, I. Szumiel, A. Wójcik 100 RADIOSENSITIVITY OF HUMAN CHROMOSOMES 2, 8 AND 14. PART 2. 2A AND 2B EXCHANGES S. Sommer, I. Buraczewska, I. Szumiel, A. Wójcik 101 THE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON THE FREQUENCY OF RADIATION-INDUCED MICRONUCLEI IN HUMAN PERIPHERAL BLOOD LYMPHOCYTES K. Brzozowska, A. Wójcik 102 EGF RECEPTOR KINASE ACTIVITY IS REQUIRED FOR EFFICIENT DOUBLE STRAND BREAK REJONING IN X-IRRADIATED HUMAN GLIOMA M059 CELLS I. Grądzka, B. Sochanowicz, I. Szumiel 103 DNA INTER-STRAND CROSSLINKS ARE INDUCED IN CELLS PRE-LABELLED WITH 5-BROMO-2’-DEOXYURIDINE AND EXPOSED TO UVC RADIATION A. Wójcik, A. Bochenek, A. Lankoff, H. Lisowska, A. Padjas, C. von Sonntag, G. Obe 104 NONHOMOLOGOUS END-JOINING DEFICIENCY OF L5178Y-S CELLS IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH MUTATION IN THE ABCDE AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION CLUSTER K. Brzóska, M. Kruszewski, I. Szumiel 105 SIRTUIN INHIBITION INCREASES THE RATE OF DNA DOUBLE STRAND BREAK REPAIR IN xrs6 CELLS M. Wojewódzka, M. Kruszewski, I. Szumiel 106 SHORT-TERM SIRTUIN INHIBITION DOES NOT AFFECT SURVIVAL OF CHO AND xrs6 CELLS I. Buraczewska, M. Wojewódzka 106 BACKUP NONHOMOLOGOUS END-JOINING IS THE TARGET OF SIRTUIN INHIBITOR M. Wojewódzka, M. Kruszewski, I. Szumiel 107 NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGIES AND METHODS 109 PROCESS ENGINEERING 111 SULPHUR ISOTOPE RATIO δ34S IN THE DESULPHURIZATION PROCESSES M. Derda, A.G. Chmielewski, J. Licki 111 1-CHLORONAPHTHALENE DECOMPOSITION IN AIR USING ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION A.G. Chmielewski, Y. Sun, S. Bułka, Z. Zimek 112 INVESTIGATION OF CATALYSTS FOR CRACKING OF POLYETHYLENE WASTES INTO LIQUID HYDROCARBONS B. Tymiński, K. Zwoliński, R. Jurczyk, A. Darkowski 113 A NEW-TYPE MEMBRANE MODULE REDUCING THE FOULING AND BOUNDARY LAYER PHENOMENA G. Zakrzewska-Trznadel, M. Harasimowicz, E. Dłuska,