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Report number CERN-ACC-2014-0018
Title The practical use of an interactive visualization and planning tool for intervention planning in particle accelerator environments with ionizing radiation
Author(s) Fabry, Thomas (CERN) ; Blaha, Jan (CERN) ; Vanherpe, Liesbeth (CERN) ; Braesch, Christian (Savoie U. (main)) ; Tabourot, Laurent (Savoie U. (main)) ; Feral, Bruno (CERN)
Publication 2014
Imprint 16 Dec 2013
Number of pages 8
In: Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., A 743 (2014) 14-21
DOI 10.1016/j.nima.2013.12.051
Subject category Accelerators and Storage Rings ; Health Physics and Radiation Effects
Free keywords Ionizing radiation ; Intervention planning ; Radiation dose minimization ; Interactive data visualization ; FLUKA ; PURESAFE
Abstract A core issue during the planning of a maintenance intervention in a facility with ionizing radiation is the minimization of the integrated equivalent dose contracted by the maintenance workers during the intervention. In this work, we explore the use of a technical-scientific software program facilitating the intervention planning in irradiated environments using sound mathematical concepts. We show how the software can be used in planning future operations using a case studies: the decommissioning of a beam dump for a linear 160 MeV H− accelerator. Interactive visualization of the facilities and radiation levels, as well as tools for interactive trajectory planning are explored, as well as automatic calculation of the expected integrated individual dose contracted during an intervention.
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