Radiation Protection lessonsRadiation Protection lessonsExperiences with operating beams for
Neutrino experiments
H. Vincke, CERN
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OutlineOutline
Experiences at CERN:a bit of history - from WANF to CNGS
P i i l bl t WANF & i t f th Principle problems at WANF & improvements of the CNGS facility
Lessons learned from CNGS, MiniBooNE, NuMI and K2K
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Neutrino studies at CERN at the SPSNeutrino studies at CERN at the SPS
Two major neutrino facilities at CERN at the SPS (Super Two major neutrino facilities at CERN at the SPS (Super Proton Synchrotron)
The old one: The West Area Neutrino Facility (WANF) of the CERN SPS was commissioned along with the SPS mm gaccelerator itself in 1976
This facility was used until the area was shut down in 2000. The beam line was operated at proton intensities f t 3 1013 (450 G V)of up to 3×1013 ppp (450 GeV)
The new one: CNGS was approved in 1999 and started b ti i 2006 ( t 4 8×1013 400 G V)beam operation in 2006 (up to 4.8×1013 ppp, 400 GeV).
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WANF vs. CNGS - IWANF vs. CNGS INo shielding around the beam line
High residual dose rates during maintenance or repair work Air activationAir activation
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WANF CNGS
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WANF vs. CNGS - IIWANF vs. CNGS IIWANF - Absence of a service gallery
Decay tunnel
Target chamber
Decay tunnel
Junction chamberService gallery
Ventilation chamber
NG ll f CNGS - a separate service gallery minimizes occupancy of the target chamber. Most of the equipment (pumps, cooling units, power supplies, cable trays, etc.) did not have to be located in the target chamber. Less activation of
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gcomponents, lower collective dose during interventions.
Prompt dose rate in CNGS (8E12 pot/s) Prompt dose rate in CNGS (8E12 pot/s)
Use a three leg design
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Reference: M. Lorenzo Sentis, A. Ferrari, S. Roesler, L. Sarchiapone, CERN-OPEN-2006-009
WANF vs. CNGS - IIIWANF vs. CNGS III
WANF Part of the gear mechanism for the crane was made out of teflon.f g m m f w m u f fl .
CNGS no teflon. Further, crane cables are located outside the target chamber when the crane is in its parking position. Thus, they are exposed to much lower radiation than compared to a storage location in the target chamber chamber.
WANFO’rings in pumps and motors were not specified to be radiation resistant.
CNGS CNGS only radiation hard components were installed in the CNGS target chamber
WANF WANF Blocking of the vacuum shutter mechanism because of the degradation of the travel-limiter switches or thickening of grease due to radiation.
CNGS h tt h i i l t d i th i ll
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shutter mechanism is located in the service gallery
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WANF vs. CNGS - IVWANF vs. CNGS IV
WANFThere was a continued inability to provide a correct closed-circuit There was a continued inability to provide a correct closed circuit ventilation system Because of this, the decision was taken to stop the air circulation during operation. This caused strong rusting due to the build-up of humidity.
CNGSThe ventilation system is housed inside a ‘ventilation chamber’ which is separated from the target chamber. Maintenance of ventilation units can be done in a ‘low’ radiation area.Separate ventilation system is for the target chamber/service gallery, the proton beam-line tunnel and the access gallery. Therefore, no mixture of radioactive air with non radioactive air.w .Effective air dehumidifier was installed – reduces the problem of corrosion considerably.
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Further CNGS improvements Further CNGS improvements • shielding blocks at target, horn and reflector can be
• marble shielding at target station
removed remotely station
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Further CNGS improvements Further CNGS improvements • Remote exchange of radioactive items like target, horn, reflector and collimators in case of a failure. The crane console is located in the ventilation chamber camera is mounted on craneventilation chamber… camera is mounted on crane.
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Further CNGS improvements Further CNGS improvements
• A special stub tunnel has been constructed to serve as a radioactive storage area. Transport into the storage area can be made with a remote controlled transport vehicle No need for long (time and distance) transports of radioactive components to
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vehicle. No need for long (time and distance) transports of radioactive components to a storage location somewhere on the surface.
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Further CNGS improvements Further CNGS improvements
Used quick connectors for flanges, horn-stripline ti h t iconnection, horn water pipes.
Choice of material - for example we used only stainless steel with no or very low content of cobalt.Redundancy function for ‘delicate’ items; for example target or two independed water cooling circuits for horn and reflector
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CNGS target magazineSwitch for water circuits
Remotely controlled radiation survey - IRemotely controlled radiation survey I
A survey platform has been developed to measure the residual d i h
Reaches nearly any location in the target chamber. Prevents exposure of dose rate in the
CNGS cavern remotely
exposure of personnel to high radiation levels during manual measurements
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The platform can be mounted on the crane.measurements.
Lessons learned from CNGS, NuMI,MiniBooNE and K2K
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Radiation accelerated corrosion and radiation damage is a big problemradiation damage is a big problem
Beam induced ionization of air creates a nitric acid environment.Examples of failures due to this fact
Mini-BooNE 25 m movable absorber. Two failures of steel chains
Concerns over similar corrosion of NuMI Decay Pipe window (Al Concerns over similar corrosion of NuMI Decay Pipe window (Al, 1/16”thick) have motivated NuMI to use He gas in decay pipe rather than evacuated.Target and horn failures are mostly related to corrosion and radiation damage issuesdamage issues.
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Material studies are neededMaterial studies are neededCorrosion and air radicals are still a big problem in a ‘humid’ environment like water cooled target, horn etc.g ,
Placed at WANF Ongoing study – metal samples placed under
Photos - courtesy of S.Rangod
samples placed under the horn at CNGS
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Repair workRepair workFailure of target, horn occurs more often than expected. However, what fails are items like water lines, ceramic isolators and not the main expensive deviceand not the main, expensive device.
Therefore:• have spare part
f d • perform dry runs on spare part or mock-up• Optimizing the work procedure• use remote exchange and use remote exchange and transport of activated items to the place where the work will be performed
p f m k i k ll • perform work in a work-cell (presently only at NuMI).
All these reduces the dose to the repair crew considerable
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Residual dose rate at NuMI horn in August 2006Residual dose rate at NuMI horn in August 2006
Horn 1 ceramic replacement challenging
Repair people got weekly dose limit in seconds although the work was well planned and optimized with several dry runs.
100 mr/h = 1 mSv/h
planned and optimized with several dry runs. Repair would have been impossibly without a work-cell
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NuMI Work-CellNuMI Work Cell
Connections done through module by person on top of work cell Shown during test-assembly above groundperson on top of work cell
Railing
Module
Lead-glass window
Horn
Remote lifting table
Concrete wall
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TritiumTritiumFirst seen at NuMI - Tritium levels were greater than expected in water pumped from NuMI tunnel. Measured up to ~30 pCi/ml in Nov. 2005
FYI – surface water limit in the US is 2000 pCi/ml and drinking water limit is 20 pCi/ml.
Task Force established and mitigation implemented
condensate from an air conditioning unit in the target area was collected and disposed separately.
Installation of two dehumidification systems. One for target hall and one for target chase air They prevent tritiated humidity from passing through the decay target chase air. They prevent tritiated humidity from passing through the decay hall and mixing with the tunnel water
These measure reduce the amount of tritium that otherwise could reach the Fermilab surface waters by about a factor of seven.Fermilab surface waters by about a factor of seven.
In addition, Fermilab started an investigation together with help from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) to understand the tritium origin and transport
Progress Report: Mobility of Tritium in Engineered and Earth Materials at the Progress Report Mobility of ritium in Engineered and Earth Materials at the NuMI Facility, Fermilab - LBNL-61798
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Major findings from the reportMajor findings from the report• “….. movement of tritium through the facility is dominated by vapor
transport”.• “In addition to the tritium directly produced in the h mid air d rin • “In addition to the tritium directly produced in the humid air during
beamline operation, tritium is expected to enter the airstream by diffusion of tritium produced in the shielding materials close to the Target Pile and absorber. ““P d f h d f d k l h D • “Production of tritium in the concrete and fractured rock along the Decay Pipe may provide another source of tritium that is slowly released by diffusive processes. “
• “Once in the air phase, tritiated vapor is transported by the ventilation p , p p ysystem to other parts of the facility, where it may condense, diffuse into the concrete and rock, and—if conditions change—diffuse back from these materials. These transport, exchange, and phase partitioning processes explain why high tritium concentrations persist even when the beam is shut off.”y g p ff
• “Increased concentrations of other radionuclides produced at the NuMIfacility, such as Na-22, could also have a significant environmental impact; therefore, in addition to tritium, transport of these radionuclides should be investigated.”investigated.
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At CNGS similar findings At CNGS similar findings
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Predictive ‘power’ of Monte Carlo particle transport codestransport codes
Whereas the predication of prompt dose rates was rather good in the past also the Dose rate as function of cooling timef diff t di t b t l d d t tg pestimates of induced dose rate is now a days remarkableMonte-Carlo Programs can predict residual dose rates and specific
for different distances between sample and detector
residual dose rates and specific radioactivity (for most of the isotopes) within 20-30 % of errors. This allows much better design studies optimizing of design studies, optimizing of maintenance and repair work and better studies of waste management. H h i l iti f However, chemical composition of components must be known -sometimes to trace element level. Do not design to regulatory RP g g ylimits, always keep a safety factor Reference: M. Brugger et al., Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 116 (2005) 12-15
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Thank you
Special thanks to Sam Childress, Nancy Grossman, Jim Hylen, Takashi Kobayashi, Yuichi Oyama, Stefan Roesler, Kazuhiro Tanaka, and Kamran Vaziri for contributing
material/information for this presentation.
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