Induced radioactivity studies of the shielding and beamline equipment of the high intensity proton accelerator facility at PSI
The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) is the largest national research center in Switzerland. Its multidisciplinary research is dedicated to a wide ↓eld in natural science and technology as well as particle physics. The High Intensity Proton Accelerator Facility (HIPA) has been in operation at PSI since...
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| author | Otiougova Polina Bergmann Ryan Kiselev Daniela Talanov Vadim Wohlmuther Michael |
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| description | The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) is the largest national research center in Switzerland. Its multidisciplinary research is dedicated to a wide ↓eld in natural science and technology as well as particle physics. The High Intensity Proton Accelerator Facility (HIPA) has been in operation at PSI since 1974. It includes an 870 keV Cockroft-Walton pre-accelerator, a 72 MeV injector cyclotron as well as a 590 MeV ring cyclotron. The experimental facilities, the meson production graphite targets, Target E and Target M, and the spallation target stations (SINQ and UCN) are used for material research and particle physics. In order to ful↓ll the request of the regulatory authorities and to be reported to the regulators, the expected radioactive waste and nuclide inventory after an anticipated ↓nal shutdown in the far future has to be estimated. In this contribution, calculations for the 20 m long beamline between Target E and the 590 MeV beam dump of HIPA are presented. The ↓rst step in the calculations was determining spectra and spatial particle distributions around the beamlines using the Monte-Carlo particle transport code MCNPX2.7.0 [1]. To perform the analysis of the MCNPX output and to determine the radionuclide inventory as well as the speci↓c activity of the nuclides, an activation script [2] using the FISPACT10 code with the cross sections from the European Activation File (EAF2010) [3] was applied. The speci↓c activity values were compared to the currently existing Swiss exemption limits (LE) [4] as well as to the Swiss liberation limits (LL) [5], becoming e↑ective in the near future. The obtained results were used to estimate the total volume of the radioactive waste produced at HIPA and have to be reported to the Swiss regulatory authorities. The comparison of the performed calculations to measurements is discussed as well. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-086cb222fab04e498abf5e94511374a02022-12-21T20:02:25ZengEDP SciencesEPJ Web of Conferences2100-014X2017-01-011460301710.1051/epjconf/201714603017epjconf-nd2016_03017Induced radioactivity studies of the shielding and beamline equipment of the high intensity proton accelerator facility at PSIOtiougova PolinaBergmann RyanKiselev DanielaTalanov VadimWohlmuther MichaelThe Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) is the largest national research center in Switzerland. Its multidisciplinary research is dedicated to a wide ↓eld in natural science and technology as well as particle physics. The High Intensity Proton Accelerator Facility (HIPA) has been in operation at PSI since 1974. It includes an 870 keV Cockroft-Walton pre-accelerator, a 72 MeV injector cyclotron as well as a 590 MeV ring cyclotron. The experimental facilities, the meson production graphite targets, Target E and Target M, and the spallation target stations (SINQ and UCN) are used for material research and particle physics. In order to ful↓ll the request of the regulatory authorities and to be reported to the regulators, the expected radioactive waste and nuclide inventory after an anticipated ↓nal shutdown in the far future has to be estimated. In this contribution, calculations for the 20 m long beamline between Target E and the 590 MeV beam dump of HIPA are presented. The ↓rst step in the calculations was determining spectra and spatial particle distributions around the beamlines using the Monte-Carlo particle transport code MCNPX2.7.0 [1]. To perform the analysis of the MCNPX output and to determine the radionuclide inventory as well as the speci↓c activity of the nuclides, an activation script [2] using the FISPACT10 code with the cross sections from the European Activation File (EAF2010) [3] was applied. The speci↓c activity values were compared to the currently existing Swiss exemption limits (LE) [4] as well as to the Swiss liberation limits (LL) [5], becoming e↑ective in the near future. The obtained results were used to estimate the total volume of the radioactive waste produced at HIPA and have to be reported to the Swiss regulatory authorities. The comparison of the performed calculations to measurements is discussed as well.https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201714603017 |
| spellingShingle | Otiougova Polina Bergmann Ryan Kiselev Daniela Talanov Vadim Wohlmuther Michael Induced radioactivity studies of the shielding and beamline equipment of the high intensity proton accelerator facility at PSI EPJ Web of Conferences |
| title | Induced radioactivity studies of the shielding and beamline equipment of the high intensity proton accelerator facility at PSI |
| title_full | Induced radioactivity studies of the shielding and beamline equipment of the high intensity proton accelerator facility at PSI |
| title_fullStr | Induced radioactivity studies of the shielding and beamline equipment of the high intensity proton accelerator facility at PSI |
| title_full_unstemmed | Induced radioactivity studies of the shielding and beamline equipment of the high intensity proton accelerator facility at PSI |
| title_short | Induced radioactivity studies of the shielding and beamline equipment of the high intensity proton accelerator facility at PSI |
| title_sort | induced radioactivity studies of the shielding and beamline equipment of the high intensity proton accelerator facility at psi |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201714603017 |
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