A Proposed Design for Moveable Mechanical Conveyor System Increases Radiation Safety of Industrial Cobalt-60 Irradiators
- 1. Faculty of Engineering, Helwan University, Cairo (Egypt)
- 2. Radiation Engineering Department, National Center for Radiation Research And Technology, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo (Egypt)
Description
There is a necessity for the re-assessment of the danger of jamming accidents which were recorded inside the Co60 industrial irradiator. Jamming happened when product boxes pushed by mechanical pushers, obstruct radiation source rack from lowering inside the storage pool. This leads to harmful effects on irradiation systems, operators and environment. This study suggests a proposed design of moving the mechanical conveyor system that allows shifting the mechanical conveyor, which carries jamming boxes, far away from the two sides of radiation source rack. Analysis were made for the mechanical transport system to calculate the minimum needed force to liberate source rack from jamming and shift the movable mechanical transport system far from the source rack
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Arab Journal of Nuclear Sciences and Applications
- Journal Volume
- 50
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 104-111
- ISSN
- 1110-0451
- CODEN
- AJNADV
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Egypt
- Country of Input or Organization
- Egypt
- INIS RN
- 48080660
- Subject category
- S07: ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES;
- Descriptors DEI
- ACCIDENTS; COBALT 60; CONVEYORS; ENVIRONMENT; INDUSTRY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SOURCES
- Descriptors DEC
- BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; COBALT ISOTOPES; EQUIPMENT; HAULAGE EQUIPMENT; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; RADIOISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES