Monitoring system of the Tritium Research Laboratory, Sandia Laboratories, Livermore, CA
Automated tritium monitoring is now in use at the Tritium Research Laboratory (TRL). Betatec 100 tritium monitors, along with several Sandia-designed accessories, have been combined with a PDP 11/40 computer to automatically read and record tritium concentrations of room air, containment, and cleanup systems. Each individual monitoring system, in addition to a local display in the area of interest, has a visible/audible display in the control room. Each system is then channeled into the PDP 11/40 computer, providing immediate assessment of the status of the entire laboratory from a central location. Measurement capability ranges from ..mu..Ci/m/sup 3/ levels for room air monitoring to kCi/m/sup 3/ levels for glove box and cleanup systems monitoring. In this report the overall monitoring system and its capabilities are discussed, with detailed descriptions given of monitors and their components.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- EY-76-C-04-0789
- OSTI ID:
- 6439592
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-78-8608; TRN: 79-004230
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
CONTROLLED AREAS
RADIOACTIVITY
GLOVEBOXES
RADIATION MONITORING
AUTOMATION
SANDIA LABORATORIES
TRITIUM
TRITIUM METERS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
DISPLAY DEVICES
PDP COMPUTERS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
COMPUTERS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
LIGHT NUCLEI
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
RADIOISOTOPES
TESTING
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
500300* - Environment
Atmospheric- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)
440101 - Radiation Instrumentation- General Detectors or Monitors & Radiometric Instruments