[Tpe] TPE shielding

Larry Weinstein weinstei at jlab.org
Thu Jan 27 08:44:15 EST 2011


Yes, that is correct.

David Kashy wrote:
> Larry,
> If I understand correctly you want to add shielding on to the platform 
> that supports the pairspectrometer magnet..
> Is this correct?
>
> Dave
>
>
> On 1/26/2011 5:26 PM, Larry Weinstein wrote:
>> Dear Dave,
>>
>> The wall is 10' wide.  That is the approximate distance from the 
>> short ladder at the pair spectrometer to the upstream end of that 
>> platform.  The wall height would then be beam height plus one foot.  
>> (I did not measure the height so I am not sure whether it would be 4' 
>> or 5'.)
>>
>> I completely agree that we should not rush into this.  I think that 
>> the radiation experience since Thursday indicates that we do not need 
>> to do this immediately.
>>
>> - Larry
>>
>> David Kashy wrote:
>>> Hi Larry,
>>> Is this wall 10' high or wide?
>>> If it is 10 ft wide then I guess we need to start it above the floor 
>>> level and need to design a beam structure to support it.
>>>
>>> If it is 10 ft tall we will still need to design a structure to keep 
>>> it from toppling.
>>>
>>> This wall will weight about 8000 lbs (similar to HYCAL) not a 
>>> trivial load and thus we must do it correctly.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Dave
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1/26/2011 4:55 PM, Larry Weinstein wrote:
>>>> Dear Folks,
>>>>
>>>> Recommendation: In order to be very conservative, build a concrete 
>>>> wall on the beam left side of the collimator box, frascati magnet 
>>>> 1, and PS magnet.  The wall would be about 10' x 5' x 1' and 
>>>> require 200 blocks.  It should be built during the next extended 
>>>> down time (Tuesday?) so as not to interfere with taking data.
>>>>
>>>> Details:  I spoke to Pavel Degtiarenko, the radiation and shielding 
>>>> expert.  He says that there is very little useful data about the 
>>>> effect of radiation on electronics because the response of 
>>>> electronics to radiation is highly variable.  He also noted that 
>>>> the existing BPM amplifiers have probably already suffered some 
>>>> radiation damage and that this damage is cumulative.  He also said 
>>>> that most of the radiation is probably high energy particles that 
>>>> can be shielded by a shield wall (if we know the approximate source 
>>>> location.)
>>>>
>>>> This means that we probably want to add shielding to reduce the 
>>>> probability of catastrophic BPM failure.
>>>>
>>>> RadCon gave us the badge readings today (thanks, Becky!).
>>>>
>>>> 66016 	331 	1' from top of Acc IOC rack 	
>>>> 66017 	197 	2.5' from top of Acc IOC rack, in front of concrete wall
>>>> 66018 	220 	2.5' from bottom of Acc IOC rack, in front of concrete 
>>>> wall
>>>> 66019 	66 	2.5 from top of Acc IOC rack, behind concrete wall
>>>> 66020 	73 	2' from bottom of Acc IOC rack, behind concrete wall
>>>> 66023 	92 	on ioc ptarg 	
>>>> 	
>>>> 	
>>>> 66024 	254 	in front of new lead wall, 5' from floor 	
>>>> 66025 	191 	L1-15 on left (upstream) side of IOC 	
>>>> 66026 	632 	on railing opposite PS 	
>>>> 	
>>>> 66027 	230 	upstream, beam side of lead wall on ioctorus
>>>> 66028 	126 	downstream, outside of lead wall on ioc torus
>>>>
>>>> The first column is the badge number, the second is the radiation 
>>>> dose, and the third is the location.
>>>>
>>>> A few notes: Badge 66026 with a reading of 632 mr is located where 
>>>> the radcon photon probe was located before 1/20, on the railing of 
>>>> the space frame close to the pair spectrometer.  The probe was 
>>>> reading about 50 mr/hr at that location.
>>>>
>>>> Badge 66019, behind the concrete wall, is located directly on top 
>>>> of the accelerator BPM amplifiers and right next to the radcon 
>>>> photon probe which is currently reading 5 mr/hr.  This is 
>>>> consistent with badge 66026.
>>>>
>>>> badges 66016, 7, and 8 are located on the accelerator BPM amplifier 
>>>> rack.  The highest one (66016) has the highest dose and has much 
>>>> less of the lead shielding on the lead wall between it and the beam 
>>>> line.  The concrete wall (either 6" or 12") reduces the rate from 
>>>> about 200 mr to 70 mr (comparing badges 17 and 18 with 19 and 20).  
>>>> (Note that the badges were placed before the BPE shielding was added.)
>>>>
>>>> The maximum thickness of the lead wall reduces the dose from 254 
>>>> (badge 66024) to 92 (badge 66023).
>>>>
>>>> The radiation level is not much less a little further down-beam on 
>>>> rack L1-15 (191 mr at badge 25).
>>>>
>>>> The dose decreases about a factor of two between the upstream beam 
>>>> side of the lead wall on ioctorus to the downstream outside of the 
>>>> lead wall.
>>>>
>>>> Summary: The dose at iocptarg, ioctorus and the accelerator BPM 
>>>> amplifiers are within a factor of two.  The shielding reduces the 
>>>> dose significantly.
>>>>
>>>> There is floor space or floor weight capacity to place any more 
>>>> shielding near the racks.  THis means that the only place to add 
>>>> shielding is near the source.  Since the source probably includes 
>>>> the collimator box, convertor and chicane, we should build a 
>>>> concrete wall on the beam left side from the PS magnet going as far 
>>>> upstream as possible.
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> 				Sincerely,
>>>> 				Larry
>>>>
>>>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>>>> Lawrence Weinstein
>>>> University Professor
>>>> Physics Department
>>>> Old Dominion University
>>>> Norfolk, VA 23529
>>>> 757 683 5803
>>>> 757 683 3038 (fax)
>>>> weinstein at odu.edu  <mailto:weinstein at odu.edu>
>>>> http://www.lions.odu.edu/~lweinste/  <http://www.lions.odu.edu/%7Elweinste/>
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>>
>> -- 
>> 				Sincerely,
>> 				Larry
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>> Lawrence Weinstein
>> University Professor
>> Physics Department
>> Old Dominion University
>> Norfolk, VA 23529
>> 757 683 5803
>> 757 683 3038 (fax)
>> weinstein at odu.edu  <mailto:weinstein at odu.edu>
>> http://www.lions.odu.edu/~lweinste/  <http://www.lions.odu.edu/%7Elweinste/>
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				Sincerely,
				Larry

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Lawrence Weinstein
University Professor
Physics Department
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 23529
757 683 5803
757 683 3038 (fax)
weinstein at odu.edu
http://www.lions.odu.edu/~lweinste/

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