UPGRADING OF A GAMMA-RADIATION FACILITY

A gamma radiation facility installed with the support of the Internati onal Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is operating at Sacavem campus of the National Institute for Industrial Technology and Engineering (INETI) under the administration of the Institute of Technology and Innovation for Entrepreneurial Modernization (ITIME). In order to upgrade the sa fety of the plant and running operation, following national regulation s as well as the CEN standards, several improvements have been introdu ced in the last couple of years. Hence, a new radiation monitoring sys tem, a physical barrier at the entrance of the labyrinth and an electr opneumatic loading/unloading station were installed interlocked to the source. All the previous systems remaining and the new ones are contr olled by a PC. The facility can work continuously in automatic mode.