Speaker
Mr
Mohammed MOUHIB
(INRA Tanger, Morocco)
Description
The automatic control system is one of the central parts of all
irradiation facilities. The level of this control is always
implemented to achieve strict safety procedures in routine facility
use. However, sometimes the system is limited to the minimum legal
regulation required due to economical restrictions; some commercial
systems are generally made by manufactures of industrial facility and
considered in the price of the irradiator. In some cases there is
some specific irradiation facility with specific control system. For
this kind of irradiator the control system can be developed and
upgraded according to feedback from operating experiences and in
accordance with industrial experiences. These upgrading procedures
are also used as input by others to upgrade their systems.
The objective of this paper is to share a local experience in
upgrading the safety systems and special upgrading of $^{60}$Co
for the irradiator. This work has been done with other works related
to security and $^{60}$Co upgrading which are published in other
scientific paper and concerns 1) Upgrading of $^{60}$Co in SIBO
irradiator in Tangier (an operation made in collaboration with the
IAEA and has been a success story of the year 2014 during the general
conference of IAEA), and 2) Installation and upgrading of the security
system in accordance with the Global Threat Reduction Programme to
reduce the threat of a Radiological Dispersion Device (RDD) in
collaboration with The United States Department of Energy’s National
Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).
| Country/Organization invited to participate | Morocco |
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Primary author
Mr
Mohammed MOUHIB
(INRA Tanger, Morocco)
