Design development and implementation of an irradiation station at the neutron time-of-flight facility at CERN
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Design development and implementation of an irradiation station at the neutron time-of-flight facility at CERNAutoría
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2022-10-20Editor
American Physical SocietyISSN
2469-9888Cita bibliográfica
Ferrari, Senajova, Aberle, Aguiar, Baillard, , Barbagallo, Bernardes, Buonocore, Cecchetto, Clerc, Di Castro, Garcia Alia, Girod, Grenard, Kershaw, Lerner, Maeder, Makovec, Mengoni, Perez Ornedo, Pozzi, Almagro and Calviani. (2022) Design development and implementation of an irradiation station at the neutron time-of-flight facility at CERN. Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, 25(10)Tipo de documento
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A new parasitic, mixed-field, neutron-dominated irradiation station has been recently commissioned at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN). The station is installed within the neutron time-of-flight ... [+]
A new parasitic, mixed-field, neutron-dominated irradiation station has been recently commissioned at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN). The station is installed within the neutron time-of-flight (n_TOF) facility, taking advantage of the secondary radiation produced by the neutron spallation target, with neutrons ranging from 0.025 eV to several hundreds of MeV. The new station allows radiation damage studies to be performed in irradiation conditions that are closer to the ones encountered during the operation of particle accelerators; the irradiation tests carried out in the station will be complementary to the standard tests on materials, usually performed with gamma sources. Samples will be exposed to neutron-dominated doses in the MGy range per year, with minimal impact on the n_TOF facility operation. The station has 24 irradiation positions, each hosting up to 100 cm3 of sample material. In view of its proximity to the n_TOF target, inside protective shielding, the irradiation station and its operating procedures have been carefully developed taking into account the safety of personnel and to avoid any unwanted impact on the operation of the n_TOF facility and experiments. Due to the residual radioactivity of the whole area around the n_TOF target and of the irradiated samples, access to the irradiation station is forbidden to human operators even when the n_TOF facility is not in operation. Robots are used for the remote installation and retrieval of the samples, and other optimizations of the handling procedures were developed in compliance with radiation protection regulations and the aim of minimizing doses to personnel. The sample containers were designed to be radiation tolerant, compatible with remote handling, and subject to detailed risk analysis and testing during their development. The whole life cycle of the irradiated materials, including their post-irradiation examinations and final disposal, was considered and optimized. [-]
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Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, 25 (2022)Derechos de acceso
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