Constructional requirements and classification of nucleonic gauges
There are several hundred of nucleonic gauges installed in at least 500 industrial facilities in Brazil. In recent years, several standards have been issued by different international committees in order to specify requirements for the design of nucleonic gauges taking into account issues related t...
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Brazilian Radiation Protection Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Proteção Radiológica, SBPR)
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| author | Joana D'Arc Ramos Lopes Gomes Mara Lucia de Lara Costa Rogério dos Santos Gomes Evaldo Luiz Correa da Costa Zieli Dutra Thomé Filho Gustavo Henrique Flores Caldas |
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There are several hundred of nucleonic gauges installed in at least 500 industrial facilities in Brazil. In recent years, several standards have been issued by different international committees in order to specify requirements for the design of nucleonic gauges taking into account issues related to radiological protection. The aspects of design and manufacturing of these devices using radioactive sources should be treated as an important feature to an adequate safety approach during the whole operational life, mainly taking into account the extreme conditions of the places where the devices are installed. Thus, the agreement with these standards should be included as part of the equipment specification to the licensing process, however, most nucleonic gauges were installed in the period prior to the issuance of these international standards. In this work was studied the performance of shielding design taking into account international standards concerning the constructional requirements and classification of gauges. In view of the specific operational conditions found at reference facilities, the measurements obtained will be used for validation of a Monte Carlo code based on GEANT4 to allow extrapolations for other operational conditions. The results obtained in this study can enable the establishment of a safety indicator tool to industrial facilities, taking into account different designs, so that this additional parameter can be used to determine and to optimize the frequency of regulatory inspections.
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| spelling | doaj.art-72bc9ec889964d32b34f4a3dcfeb43992022-12-22T03:34:44ZengBrazilian Radiation Protection Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Proteção Radiológica, SBPR)Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences2319-06122019-02-0172A10.15392/bjrs.v7i2A.667Constructional requirements and classification of nucleonic gaugesJoana D'Arc Ramos Lopes Gomes0Mara Lucia de Lara Costa1Rogério dos Santos Gomes2Evaldo Luiz Correa da Costa3Zieli Dutra Thomé Filho4Gustavo Henrique Flores Caldas5Comissão Nacional de Energia NuclearComissão Nacional de Energia NuclearComissão Nacional de Energia NuclearComissão Nacional de Energia NuclearInstituto Militar de EngenhariaComissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear There are several hundred of nucleonic gauges installed in at least 500 industrial facilities in Brazil. In recent years, several standards have been issued by different international committees in order to specify requirements for the design of nucleonic gauges taking into account issues related to radiological protection. The aspects of design and manufacturing of these devices using radioactive sources should be treated as an important feature to an adequate safety approach during the whole operational life, mainly taking into account the extreme conditions of the places where the devices are installed. Thus, the agreement with these standards should be included as part of the equipment specification to the licensing process, however, most nucleonic gauges were installed in the period prior to the issuance of these international standards. In this work was studied the performance of shielding design taking into account international standards concerning the constructional requirements and classification of gauges. In view of the specific operational conditions found at reference facilities, the measurements obtained will be used for validation of a Monte Carlo code based on GEANT4 to allow extrapolations for other operational conditions. The results obtained in this study can enable the establishment of a safety indicator tool to industrial facilities, taking into account different designs, so that this additional parameter can be used to determine and to optimize the frequency of regulatory inspections. https://bjrs.org.br/revista/index.php/REVISTA/article/view/667Nucleonic gaugesConstructional requirementsGEANT4. |
| spellingShingle | Joana D'Arc Ramos Lopes Gomes Mara Lucia de Lara Costa Rogério dos Santos Gomes Evaldo Luiz Correa da Costa Zieli Dutra Thomé Filho Gustavo Henrique Flores Caldas Constructional requirements and classification of nucleonic gauges Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences Nucleonic gauges Constructional requirements GEANT4. |
| title | Constructional requirements and classification of nucleonic gauges |
| title_full | Constructional requirements and classification of nucleonic gauges |
| title_fullStr | Constructional requirements and classification of nucleonic gauges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Constructional requirements and classification of nucleonic gauges |
| title_short | Constructional requirements and classification of nucleonic gauges |
| title_sort | constructional requirements and classification of nucleonic gauges |
| topic | Nucleonic gauges Constructional requirements GEANT4. |
| url | https://bjrs.org.br/revista/index.php/REVISTA/article/view/667 |
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