Mr
David Garton
(ANSTO)
03/10/2012, 09:00
Oral
A recent review of the Australian Standards for pressure vessels revealed the lack of scrutiny on vacuum type pressure vessels. The standard has a category for vacuum vessels but it is open for mixed interpretation which has led to some safety concerns about the vacuum equipment used around the accelerators at ANSTO. The immediate response was to treat all vacuum equipment as pressure vessels...
Mr
Harri Tyrväinen
(Tapani)
03/10/2012, 09:30
Oral
Old radiation safety system was dismantled and discarded due to complete
renovation of accelerator building. Overview of the realization of the new Radiation Safety System and its components is given.
Mr
Chris Purcell
(GNS Sciences)
03/10/2012, 10:00
Oral
This talk details our recent experience with the careful decompression and removal of our Tandem columns after locating and sorting various pieces of the original 1950’s equipment found scattered about in the attic.
The people who did this job originally had long since gone, so there was a learning curve to go through.