Automatic sample changer control software for automation of neutron activation analysis process in Malaysian Nuclear Agency

International Nuclear Science, Technology and Engineering Conference 2017

原子能学

Yussup, N.^1 ; Ibrahim, M.M.^1 ; Rahman, N.A.A.^1 ; Mokhtar, M.^1 ; Salim, N.A.A.^2 ; Sohshaari, S.C.^1 ; Azman, A.^1 ; Lombigit, L.^1 ; Azman, A.^2 ; Omar, S.A.^2

Technical Support Division, Malaysia^1

Waste and Environmental Technology Division, Malaysian Nuclear Agency, Bangi, Kajang

43000, Malaysia^2

关键词: Automatic sample changer;    Control software;    Counting process;    Hardware and software;    Laboratory personnels;    Measurement process;    Measurement software;    National Instruments;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/298/1/012039/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/298/1/012039

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Most of the procedures in neutron activation analysis (NAA) process that has been established in Malaysian Nuclear Agency (Nuclear Malaysia) since 1980s were performed manually. These manual procedures carried out by the NAA laboratory personnel are time consuming and inefficient especially for sample counting and measurement process. The sample needs to be changed and the measurement software needs to be setup for every one hour counting time. Both of these procedures are performed manually for every sample. Hence, an automatic sample changer system (ASC) that consists of hardware and software is developed to automate sample counting process for up to 30 samples consecutively. This paper describes the ASC control software for NAA process which is designed and developed to control the ASC hardware and call GammaVision software for sample measurement. The software is developed by using National Instrument LabVIEW development package.