RADIATION PROTECTION SYSTEM INSTALLATION FOR THE ACCELERATOR PRODUCTION OF TRITIUM/LOW ENERGY DEMONSTRATION ACCELERATOR PROJECT (APT/LEDA)

Conference · Thu Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1999

OSTI ID:768237

WILMARTH, J; SMITH, M; TOMEI, T

The APT/LEDA personnel radiation protection system installation was accomplished using a flexible, modular proven system which satisfied regulatory orders, project design criteria, operational modes, and facility requirements. The goal of providing exclusion and safe access of personnel to areas where prompt radiation in the LEDA facility is produced was achieved with the installation of a DOE-approved Personnel Access Control System (PACS). To satisfy the facility configuration design, the PACS, a major component of the overall radiation safety system, conveniently provided five independent areas of personnel access control. Because of its flexibility and adaptability the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) designed Radiation Security System (RSS) was efficiently configured to provide the desired operational modes and satisfy the APT/LEDA project design criteria. The Backbone Beam Enable (BBE) system based on the LANSCE RSS provided the accelerator beam control functions with redundant, hardwired, tamper-resistant hardware. The installation was accomplished using modular components.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 768237
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-99-2337
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY
BIOLOGICAL SHIELDS
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DESIGN
ENGINEERED SAFETY SYSTEMS
HYDROGEN PRODUCTION
LINEAR ACCELERATORS
NEUTRONS
PERSONNEL
RADIATION PROTECTION
TRITIUM