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Evaluation of Usability in Extreme Temperature Environments of Safeguards Equipment

안전조치 검증장비의 극한 온도환경 적용성 평가

  • Heekyun Baek (Neosiskorea Co., Ltd.) ;
  • Jinwon Lee (Neosiskorea Co., Ltd.) ;
  • Jung-Ki Shin (Neosiskorea Co., Ltd.)
  • 백희균 ((주)네오시스코리아) ;
  • 이진원 ((주)네오시스코리아) ;
  • 신중기 ((주)네오시스코리아)
  • Received : 2024.02.01
  • Accepted : 2024.03.26
  • Published : 2024.03.31
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Abstract

For most commercial radiation measurement equipment, manufacturers specify an operating temperature in the range of 0 to +40℃. However, in environments that exceed the quality assurance performance of the safeguards equipment, such as the winter environment in North Korea, the performance of the equipment deteriorates or normal use is impossible. In this study, safeguards equipment measurements were performed by creating an extreme temperature environment using a constant temperature and humidity test chamber. The safeguards equipment used in the evaluation was MIRION's Inspector-2000-based equipment, which evaluated the usability in extreme temperature environments using three types of detection units: NaI(Tl), CZT, and HPGe.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by the Nuclear Safety Research Program through the Korea Foundation Of Nuclear Safety (KoFONS) using the financial resource granted by the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC) of the Republic of Korea (No. 2103090).

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