SNEAP 2012

Session

Technical Report 1

WE1

3 Oct 2012, 09:00

Sala Villi (INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro)

5. The Development of Vacuum System Engineering Guidelines at ANSTO

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...

11. New Radiation Safety System for 5 MV Tandem Accelerator

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.

8. The Decompression of our 6MV EN Tandem Columns

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.