High Exposure Facility Technical Description

Carter, Gregory L. ; Stithem, Arthur R. ; Murphy, Mark K. ; Smith, Alex K.

关键词: 07 ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES;    GAMMA SOURCES;    DESIGN;    DOSEMETERS;    SAFETY STANDARDS;    CALIBRATION;    RADIATION DETECTORS;    MEV RANGE 01-10;    SEALED SOURCES Irradiator;    Radiation;    Nuclear Safety;   

DOI  :  10.2172/943408
RP-ID  :  PNNL-17320
PID  :  OSTI ID: 943408
Others  :  TRN: US0900394

学科分类：核物理和高能物理

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

The High Exposure Facility is a collimated high-level gamma irradiator that is located in the basement of the 318 building. It was custom developed by PNNL back in 1982 to meet the needs for high range radiological instrument calibrations and dosimeter irradiations. At the time no commercially available product existed that could create exposure rates up to 20,000 R/h. This document is intended to pass on the design criteria that was employed to create this unique facility, while maintaining compliance with ANSI N543-1974, "General Safety Standard for Installations Using Non-Medical X-Ray and Sealed Gamma-Ray Sources, Energies up to 10 MeV."