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Los Angeles 10/15/2012 - 2012 & Beyond:State-of-the-Art Radiation Monitoring Systems for Nuclear Power Plants and Accelerators - White Paper
2011 brought us the Fukushima disaster and other radioactive polluting events around the world.
Typically a nuclear plant’s instrumentation for detecting and measuring radionuclide contaminants dates back at least to the 1970s.
An expert in nuclear instrumentation systems design tells us his vision for a future where smart systems and Cloud computing facilitates compliance with Federal Regulations, saves money, improves plant efficiency, and protects people and the global environment.
Read this White Paper: 2012 and Beyond: State-of-the Art Radiation Monitoring Systems for Nuclear Power Plants and Accelerators.
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2012 & Beyond:State-of-the-Art Radiation Monitoring Systems for Nuclear Power Plants and Accelerators - White Paper
Los Angeles 10/15/2012 - 2012 & Beyond:State-of-the-Art Radiation Monitoring Systems for Nuclear Power Plants and Accelerators - White Paper
2011 brought us the Fukushima disaster and other radioactive polluting events around the world.
Typically a nuclear plant’s instrumentation for detecting and measuring radionuclide contaminants dates back at least to the 1970s.
An expert in nuclear instrumentation systems design tells us his vision for a future where smart systems and Cloud computing facilitates compliance with Federal Regulations, saves money, improves plant efficiency, and protects people and the global environment.
Read this White Paper: 2012 and Beyond: State-of-the Art Radiation Monitoring Systems for Nuclear Power Plants and Accelerators.
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Los Angeles 10/15/2012 - 2012 & Beyond:State-of-the-Art Radiation Monitoring Systems for Nuclear Power Plants and Accelerators - White Paper
2011 brought us the Fukushima disaster and other radioactive polluting events around the world.
Typically a nuclear plant’s instrumentation for detecting and measuring radionuclide contaminants dates back at least to the 1970s.
An expert in nuclear instrumentation systems design tells us his vision for a future where smart systems and Cloud computing facilitates compliance with Federal Regulations, saves money, improves plant efficiency, and protects people and the global environment.
Read this White Paper: 2012 and Beyond: State-of-the Art Radiation Monitoring Systems for Nuclear Power Plants and Accelerators.
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2012 and Beyond: State oI-the-Art Radiation Monitoring Systems Ior Nuclear Power Plants and Accelerators
White Paper
By:
Robert Goldstein, Senior Physicist, U.S. Nuclear Corporation Penny Randall, Environmental Specialist, Technical Associates/Overhoff Technology
7051 Eton Ave Canoga Park, CA 91303 www.tech-assoicates.com Phone (818) 883-7043 Fax (818) 883-6103 tagoldtech-associates.com
2012 and Beyond: State oI-the-Art Radiation Monitoring Systems Ior Nuclear Power Plants and Accelerators
Table of Contents
Executive Summary: Demand for Electrical Power is Far Outpacing the Current Clobal Capacity....... Introduction: Nuclear Power - Fission...................... Introduction: Nuclear Power - Fusion......................5 Introduction: Accelerators..........................6 Problem Definition: ............................7 Fukushima Tritium and Carbon-14 (organic/inorganic) Federal Regulations Security of Fuel Rod Storage Environmental Impacts Communication with Government Agencies Inter-Department Communication Issues Addressed in: Detection, Measurement, and Reporting of Effluent Radionuclides........9 Air Water Plant Operation Personnel Protection Solution Details................................9 Business Benefits..............................10 Summary..................................14 2012 and Beyond: State oI-the-Art Radiation Monitoring Systems Ior Nuclear Power Plants and Accelerators
10/26/2011 Page 3 oI 14 Executive Summary: Demand for Electrical Power is Far Outpacing the Current Global Capacity.
Our modern industrial world stands or falls on the success of our People, Institutions and Infrastructure. Clean Electric Power including Nuclear Power is a central pillar of our global infrastructure requirement.` #obert Coldstein, 211. The recognition oI this critical element ELECTRICAL POWER - in today`s world has spurred action around the globe to upgrade, re-commission and re-license old nuclear plants and build new; to develop new sources oI nuclear power such as Fusion, and to increase development oI particle accelerators. This paper examines the current and projected demands Ior an upgraded State-oI-the-Art nuclear industry. The time has come to move into current technology Ior monitoring the radionuclide eIIluent oI Nuclear Power Plants and Accelerators. Transitioning into the 21 st century with the next generation oI monitoring systems is proactive and a sound capital investment Ior all Nuclear Power Plants and Accelerator operations. Technical Associates/Overhoff Technology provides cost eIIective integrated monitoring systems unique in the nuclear industry; monitoring Tritium, organic and inorganic Carbon-14, in addition to the typical detection and measurement oI Isotopes in Particulates, Iodine, and Nobel Gases, as well as a comprehensive plant wide soItware system Ior critical and expeditious plant management. Introduction: Nuclear Power - Fission
EIA, U.S. Energy Information Administration, September 211 uch of the growth in energy consumption occurs in countries outside the Organi:ation for Economic Cooperation and Development (currently 34 member countries, industriali:ed nations.) In non-OECD nations
demand is driven by strong long-term economic growth. Energy use in non-OECD nations increases by 85 percent in the Reference case, as compared with an increase of 18 percent for the OECD economies. EIA, U.S. Energy Information Administration, September 211 2012 and Beyond: State oI-the-Art Radiation Monitoring Systems Ior Nuclear Power Plants and Accelerators
10/26/2011 Page 4 oI 14 The U.S. Department of Energy profects that U.S. electricity demand will rise 24 percent by 2035, about 1 percent each year. That means our nation will need hundreds of new power plants to provide electricity for our homes and continued economic growth. aintaining nuclear energys current percent share of generation would require building one reactor every year starting in 2016, or 20-25 new units by 2035, based on DOE forecasts. uclear Energy Institute (EI) 211 The chart below was generated by the EI in 2008. It illustrates previous thinking oI a U. S. growth rate in electricity demand by 2035 oI only 14. Obviously, demand has grown much Iaster than originally projected and caused the EI's 2011 revised projection oI a rise to 24 in the U. S. growth rate in electricity demand by 2035.
O ainland China has 14 nuclear power reactors in operation, more than 25 under construction, and more about to start construction soon. O Additional reactors are planned in China, including some of the worlds most advanced, to give more than a ten-fold increase in nuclear capacity to at least 80 GWe by 2020, 200 GWe by 2030, and 400 GWe by 2050. orld uclear Association, August 211.
orld uclear Association, August 211.
2012 and Beyond: State oI-the-Art Radiation Monitoring Systems Ior Nuclear Power Plants and Accelerators
10/26/2011 Page 5 oI 14 Introduction: Nuclear Power - Fusion Fusion power is being developed in the south oI France in the international collaborative large-scale scientiIic experiment demonstration project originally called the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor. Now called ITER pronounced ee-ter with the goal to demonstrate that it is possible to produce commercial energy Irom Iusion. The science going on at ITERand all around the world in support oI ITER will beneIit all oI mankind. It is the world's largest and most advanced experimental Tokamak nuclear Iusion reactor. The ITER Tokamak is made up oI an estimated one million parts. The ITER Tokamak will be the largest ever built, with a plasma volume oI 840 cubic meters. In currently operating Tokamaks, the maximum plasma volume is 100 cubic metersachieved by both Europe's JET and Japan's JT-60. We firmly believe that to harness fusion energy is the only way to reconcile huge conflicting demands which will confront humanity sooner or later. The issue at stake is how to reconcile the imperative, constantly growing demand of the mafority of the worlds population to raise their standard of living ...with the enormous environmental ha:ards resulting from the present energy supply ... ...In our opinion, the use of fusion energy is a "must" if we want to be serious about embarking on sustainable development for future generations.` -Director-General Osamu Motojima, Opening address, Monaco International I1E# Fusion Energy Days (MIIFED), 23 ovember 21
The incredibly complex ITER Tokamak will be nearly 30 meters tall, and weigh 23,000 tons. The very small man dressed in blue (bottom right) gives us some idea oI the machine's scale. Image credit: I1E# Organization 211 2012 and Beyond: State oI-the-Art Radiation Monitoring Systems Ior Nuclear Power Plants and Accelerators
10/26/2011 Page 6 oI 14 Introduction: Accelerators Accelerators are in use globally in a wide variety oI applications; medical use includes diagnostics such as Positron Diagnostic Tomography (PET), Accelerator mass spectrometry is widely used in biomedical research, and in treatment such as Neutron Cancer Therapy. Accelerators in physics research delve into a wide variety oI applications. More accelerators are being built as these diverse application potentials expand. Accelerator development will spur the global economy Iorward with the discovery oI new materials and technologies such as nano-technology. They are also paving the way Ior a better understanding oI our world, the Universe, and our place in it. The IAEA emphasi:es the use of Nuclear methods based on accelerators in a broad variety of applications. The agenda of our meeting reflects this diversity, which ranges from the interest of the nuclear energy community as pointed out by r. Sokolo, Deputy Director General of IAEA, to a strong emphasis on promoting the use of accelerators in industry and scientific research in other areas of nuclear sciences and applications. The use of particle beams from the accelerators can be seen as the cradle of nuclear science education. In addition it is a vital tool in nuclear research, and in deriving practical applications in development and understanding of materials. Accelerator centres form the basis of nuclear knowledge and are the starting point of nuclear development worldwide.` IAEA, International Atomic Energy Association, Werner Burkart, IAEA Deputy Director General, ead of the Department of uclear Sciences and Applications, May 29. The largest particle accelerator in the world headquatered in Switzerland and is known by the acronym CERN. The acronym CERN originally stood, in French, Ior Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire (European Council Ior Nuclear Research) a group oI 12 countries established in 1952. The original international eIIort changed its name in 1954 but the acronym CERN remained intact. CERN`s membership includes 20 countries and many others either in application to join or in observer capacity. CERN operates a network oI eight accelerators and a decelerator. Each machine in the chain increases the energy oI particle beams beIore delivering them to experiments or to the next more powerIul accelerator. Two Noble prizes have been awarded to CERN Ior breakthroughs in the atomic Iield.
2012 and Beyond: State oI-the-Art Radiation Monitoring Systems Ior Nuclear Power Plants and Accelerators
10/26/2011 Page 7 oI 14 Problem Definition: Fukushima: The disaster at Fukushima in Japan earlier this year, 2011, instilled new diligence in upgrading the inIrastructure oI Nuclear Power Plants and Accelerator operations regarding Ilooding, seismic activity, and power Iailure Ior critical saIety systems. In addition to these basic saIe guards there is a growing concern over the need to have updated instrumentation Ior detecting, monitoring, and reporting oI radioactive elements released during the power generation at Nuclear Power Plants and Accelerator operations. In particular, Tritium and Carbon-14 emissions have been identiIied by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) as nuclides oI concern. This has not always been the case beyond academic consideration, primarily because instrumentation was not available. The technology simply was not there Iorty years ago. Now it is. Tritium and Carbon-14 (organic/inorganic): Tritium is produced in all heavy water CANDU reactors, all nuclear power reactors, and in the development oI Iusion power. Fission reactors are Iueled by Uranium and Plutonium. Fusion power is Iueled by Tritium (Hydrogen-3). Tritium is a signiIicant component in Iusion power and tritium breeding will be developed through the ITER project. SpeciIic accelerators breed Tritium Ior medical isotopes and nuclear weaponry. Currently the most signiIicant oII-site airborne radionuclide eIIluents generated by Nuclear Power Plants are organic and inorganic Carbon-14 and Tritium. However due to lack oI technology the airborne eIIluents oI Particulates, Iodine, and Noble Gas are those typically detected and measured. Federal Regulations: The NRC requires compliance with 10CFR, the GALL Report, Environmental Release Reports, etc. Most oI the United States` Nuclear Power Plants are out oI compliance because their Environmental Emissions oI Tritium and Carbon-14 are above the limitations set Iorth; limits that are continually being revised downward. EIIective monitoring instrumentation Ior organic and inorganic Carbon-14 and Tritium will beneIit the Nuclear Power Plant and Accelerator operation, the environment, and the public by identiIying the when and where and by quantitating it. Security of Fuel Rod Storage: Maintaining saIety and security oI spent Iuel rod storage is critical to public and environmental saIety. Most are not currently adequately instrumented because Tritium detection is not being done. Less than 1 oI Iuel rod storage ponds have automated continuous Tritium monitoring. Environmental Impacts: Nuclear Power Plants and Accelerator operations almost always leak Tritium and C-14. These unmonitored releases have raised watchdog and industry groups` interest and concern regarding the contamination oI air, eIIluent streams, and surrounding water tables. Technology once again had not advanced to monitor and measure Tritium and C- 14 in air and water without labor intensive and expensive spot sampling. Regardless oI whether a Nuclear Power Plant or Accelerator is currently active, being re-commissioned, or still on the draIting board this will always be an unavoidable problem. 2012 and Beyond: State oI-the-Art Radiation Monitoring Systems Ior Nuclear Power Plants and Accelerators
10/26/2011 Page 8 oI 14 Communication with Government Agencies: Sharing measurement inIormation Irom water utilities with the EPA is currently required. It is simply a matter oI time and technological advances when this type oI inIormation sharing between all utilities, including Nuclear Power Plants and the NRC and other regulators will occur. The NRC sets Goals and Rules Ior Nuclear Power Plants. Regional coordination oI electric power is more critical than in any other industry. Data collection, analysis, display, and archiving oI inIormation needs to be Iunctional and user Iriendly Ior Nuclear Power Plants and Accelerator operations managers. Inter-Department Communication: Nuclear Power Plants and Accelerator operations have several departments that need to be integrated with quick real-time measurement data providing the Control Room and managers an immediate overview oI the Nuclear Power Plant`s and Accelerator operations Iunction. Departments oI Chemistry, Dosimetry, Radiation Protection/Health Physics, Radioactive EIIluent Technical SpeciIications (RETS), and Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program (REMP) all produce data that needs to be easily analyzed and disseminated by the Nuclear Power Plant`s and Accelerator operations Control Rooms and plant managers. Current best practices have been limited by outdated instrumentation and programming. CERN is comprised oI 39 operation stations Ior 4 diIIerent areas the Large Hadron Collider, the Super Proton Synchrotron, the Proton Synchrotron complex and the technical inIrastructure. The control room accommodates up to 13 operators, each assisted by a team oI experts. The CERN Accelerator control center combines all the control rooms Ior the laboratory`s 8 accelerators, the cryogenic distribution system and the technical inIrastructure. "You must understand that all aspects of nuclear energy - the technical elements and the management elements - have to be considered as one unified system.` Alexander Bychkov, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Nuclear Energy Department, International Centre for 1heoretical Physics (IC1P)/IAEA School of uclear Energy Management, now underway in 1rieste, Italy.
2012 and Beyond: State oI-the-Art Radiation Monitoring Systems Ior Nuclear Power Plants and Accelerators
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Issues Addressed in Detection, Measurement, and Reporting of Effluent Radionuclides: Effluent Radionuclide Detection - Air and Water: O Alpha, Beta, Gamma, X-Ray, Neutron, Positron, etc. O Tritium. O Carbon-14: organic and inorganic. O Diverse range oI detection: High, Low, and Post Accident Water: O EIIluent streams. O Cooling ponds. O Groundwater. O Source water. Plant Operation: O Communication between departments and interagency. O Environmental release inIormation. O Maintenance schedules. O Report generation. O Data and instrument alarm systems. O Emergency response mechanism. Personnel Protection: O Air. O Drinking Water. O Clothing. Solution Details: Nuclear Power Plants and many Accelerator operations typically are utilizing old, outdated, and perhaps inaccurate Iunctioning detection and monitoring instrumentation. There has been no signiIicant drive to update such instrumentation per the NRC to date. Waiting Ior a mandate may save money in the short term but iI there is an accident, or malIunction that comes to the attention oI the public the monetary impact will be immense; much more so than in being proactive by simply upgrading instrumentation to current technology. Vendors abound providing speciIic individual solutions Ior these diverse issues with the exception oI monitoring Tritium, Carbon-14: organic and inorganic, water, and a comprehensive plant wide system. Technical Associates/OverhoII Technology (TA/O) has developed instrumentation that is state-oI-the-art integrated and comprehensive to provide cost eIIective, simple to use, and eIIective solutions to all aspects oI Nuclear Power Plant and Accelerator operations detection, monitoring, and reporting. 2012 and Beyond: State oI-the-Art Radiation Monitoring Systems Ior Nuclear Power Plants and Accelerators
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Technical Associates provides a Iull line oI real-time monitoring instrumentation Ior a wide variety oI radioisotopes which include Tritium and both organic and inorganic Carbon-14. Instrumentation Ior real-time continuous monitoring oI plant eIIluent radionuclide detection and measurement includes Iuel rod storage ponds, eIIluent streams, groundwater, and source water protection. About Technical Associates/Overhoff Technology (TA/O): Technical Associates was established in 1946 as a spin oII Irom the Manhattan Project. SaIety concerns Ior the scientists developing the atomic bomb and the subsequent need Ior industrial grade radiation monitors was recognized by Technical Associates` Iounders. Designing and building these monitors and detectors established a whole new industry. Since that time Technical Associates has continued to lead the way in radionuclide detection and monitoring instrumentation with innovative and Iorward thinking design and manuIacture. Recognizing and addressing the need as it emerges in our industrial world is a keynote oI Technical Associates. Recently TA/O submitted a Iormal Petition Ior Rule Making to the NRC. This Petition was submitted on behalI oI Nuclear Power Plant operators, public health oIIicials, instrumentation engineers, designers, and manuIacturers regarding the concern and need Ior Nuclear Power Plants to upgrade and move into state-oI-the-art instrumentation Ior monitoring radionuclide eIIluent. OverhoII Technology was established in 1971 expressly Ior the development oI Tritium detection instruments. OverhoII Technology is recognized globally as the premier designer and manuIacturer oI Tritium instrumentation. Globally OverhoII instrumentation is used in many Nuclear Power Plants and in other industries that generate Tritium. Technical Associates acquired OverhoII Technology in 2006 and the marriage oI these two companies has expanded the opportunities Ior Nuclear Power Plants and Accelerator operations to acquire their needed instrumentation and comprehensive systems Irom one well established and highly regarded source, Technical Associates/OverhoII Technology (TA/O). Business Benefits: TA/O understands the issues oI capital expenditure. Instrumentation is oIIered at a cost much lower than competitors in addition to being a unique solution to a Nuclear Power Plants and Accelerator operations instrumentation needs and requirements. Cost eIIectiveness is an essential element oI consideration in the design oI TA/O`s instrumentation; such as one instrument doing the work oI many because it is an integrated unit. Real-time continuous monitoring provides instant communication oI a problem, eliminates costly lab Iees Ior typically monitored nuclides, and Ior sampling oI air and water Ior Tritium and Carbon-14. The hazards oI delayed response time, sample handling, transportation, and ultimately disposal issues are eliminated. 2012 and Beyond: State oI-the-Art Radiation Monitoring Systems Ior Nuclear Power Plants and Accelerators
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EFFLUENT RADIONUCLIDE DETECTION IN AIR: STACK; ROOM; GLOVE BOX; HOT LABS: O Multiple isotope monitoring Ior Alpha, Beta, Gamma, X-Ray, Neutron, Positron, etc. O Tritium. O Carbon-14: organic and inorganic. O A diverse range oI detection: High, Low, and Post Accident TA/O stack monitor Model CAM-TC is the only existing instrument that measures all Iorms oI both organic and inorganic C-14 and Tritium in addition to the traditional measurement oI Particulates, Iodine, and Noble Gas. Having this all-in-one real-time continuous stack monitor constitutes a substantial cost savings in addition to the overall upgrade oI Nuclear Power Plant stack monitors and Accelerator exhaust systems thus Iacilitating compliance with Federal regulation.
CAM-TC For in-plant monitoring glove box, room air, or hot lab TA/O`s Model Carb-F9 simultaneously measures Tritium and C-14 with an option to include Iodine and Noble Gases as well. TA/O`s TriCair Survey Meter is a handheld instrument Ior Iield use measurement oI Tritium and both organic and inorganic C-14. It is the Iirst and only portable instrument currently available Ior Carbon-14 and the only instrument that measures both Tritium and Carbon-14.
TriCair Tritium - C-14 Switch TriCair
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WATER: O EIIluent streams. O Cooling ponds. O Groundwater. O Source water. TA/O`s water monitoring product line provides real-time continuous monitoring and alarming Ior source water, Iiltration plants, and wastewater Iacilities. For Nuclear Power Plants the ability to monitor 24/7 the various water elements oI cooling and storage ponds, the eIIluent streams and surrounding groundwater is a unique and highly desirable Iunction Ior both the environment and Ior public security. The TA/O water product line Ieatures both Iixed instruments and portables. TA/O Model NPP-H2O, developed speciIically Ior Nuclear Power Plant use, is a continuous real-time water monitor Ior alpha, beta, gamma, and Tritium and C-14 isotope eIIluent in groundwater and waste streams. Having this diversity oI detection and monitoring contained in one unit which does not utilize reagents is highly desirable and cost eIIective. The NPP-H2O and other models detect down to EPA`s new Protective Action Guidelines (PAG) and to military drinking water standards. TA/O Model Trimaran has exceptionally low end sensitivities Ior Tritium; an instrument designed with the anticipated revised Federal regulations Ior a lower limit oI Tritium detection Irom 20,000 pCi/L to 500 pCi/L Iirmly in mind. This instrument is sensitive enough to detect runoII changes in groundwater Tritium plumes. Model MDA 4 hr MDA 6 hr MDA 8 hr MDA 24 hr MDA 7 day Trimaran H 2 O 500 Bq/l 13,500 pCi/l 74 Bq/l 2,000 pCi/l 33 Bq/l 900 pCi/l 6 Bq/l 160 pCi/l 2 Bq/l 50 pCi/l New and spent Iuel rod storage ponds and casks are monitored by TA/O`s high range underwater monitor model CP-MU-D1. Radiation levels oI 1 million or 10
million R/hr (900,000 Sv/h) submerged to 30 meters are eIIectively monitored. This unique instrument is available to secure and detect theIt oI nuclear Iuel rods.
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PLANT OPERATION: O Communication between departments and interagency. O Environmental release inIormation. O Maintenance schedules. O Report generation. O Data and instrument alarm systems. O Emergency response mechanism. Current data collection, analysis, display, and archiving systems Ior Nuclear Power Plants and Accelerator operations are extremely expensive and not user Iriendly. The cost and need Ior Iunctionality spurred TA/O to develop the Overhoff Overview-X. This is a unique Control Room and plant management system that is both cost eIIective and Iunctional. It provides a simple and easy interIace with other systems. Organizing data Ior correct and expeditious reporting is essential in today`s world oI integrated systems: local, regional, national, and global. Within a Nuclear Power Plant or an Accelerator this inter-department integration, the Control Room, and management is critical, With clarity, simplicity, and precision this coordination is achieved with the Overhoff Overview-X. Additionally, the Overhoff Overview-X prepares reports, sets maintenance schedules and monitors adherence to the schedule. It also prints calibration reports and Iiles them electronically. In general this simpliIies the operator`s job through Iull or partial automation oI most communication and reporting tasks. Real-time direct reporting streamlines previously cumbersome and ineIIective processes, saving time and money. Data communication and capture with TA/O`s real-time instrumentation all have integrated local retrieval and alarms as well as remote display and alarms. Scada system connection allows Ior control room integration and communication is Ilexible with wired and wireless connections. Additionally TA/O`s instrumentation is compatible with Cloud computing. The critical communication elements oI tracking and reporting radionuclide monitoring is an extremely complex and important Iunction both to the utility and to the global environment. As the demand Ior transparency and ease oI access increases Irom the public and the global community in general the need to utilize a centralized management system that directly pertains to contaminated water, groundwater, soil, and air increases. The opportunity to utilize such a centralized Cloud based system called EIM replaces cumbersome stand alone systems, eliminates most oI the diIIiculties associated with adoption oI new technology, and oIIers the opportunities Ior rapid customization. 2012 and Beyond: State oI-the-Art Radiation Monitoring Systems Ior Nuclear Power Plants and Accelerators
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PERSONNEL PROTECTION: O Air. O Drinking Water. O Clothing. TA/O has a diverse product line oI detectors and monitors Ior the protection and security oI Nuclear Power Plants and Accelerator employees. A complete suite oI sensors and systems Ior health physics includes air, water, stack, and room monitors, vehicle and personnel scanners, shipping container and cargo scanners, waste, laundry, and surIace detectors, sample and survey meters, and dosimeters.
Summary: For 2012 and Beyond, it is imperative that State oI-the-Art Radiation Monitoring Systems be Installed in Nuclear Power Plants and Accelerators. The security and eIIiciency oI your Iacility, the personnel within, and the public and environment without, are the primary considerations oI Technical Associates/OverhoII Technology and its diverse and ever evolving product line. Nuclear Power Plants and Accelerator operations are provided with state-oI-the-art, cost eIIicient instrumentation and systems: O Enhancing productivity and adherence to Federal Regulations, O Saving operators money, O Securing the saIety oI the employees, the public, and the environment O Facilitating eIIective and accurate communication between Nuclear Power Plant and Accelerator departments and management; with local, regional, and national, global governments. Technical Associates comprehensive, cost eIIective, state-oI-the-art instrumentation provides the ultimate solution; integrating typical measurements as deIined by the Code oI Federal Regulations (CFR) part 10 Ior energy, with those Ior Tritium and organic and inorganic Carbon-14. Upgrading instrumentation will give Nuclear Power Plants and Accelerator operations the opportunity to take corrective measures to protect the public and the environment moving into compliance with NRC requirements.
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