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Development and Application of Test Apparatus for Classification of Sealed Source  

Kim, Dong-Hak (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Seo, Ki-Seog (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Bang, Kyoung-Sik (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Lee, Ju-Chan (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Son, Kwang-Je (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Publication Information
Journal of Radiation Protection and Research / v.32, no.1, 2007 , pp. 35-44 More about this Journal
Abstract
Sealed sources have to conducted the tests be done according to the classification requirements for their typical usages in accordance with the relevant domestic notice standard and ISO 2919. After each test, the source shall be examined visually for loss of integrity and pass an appropriate leakage test. Tests to class a sealed source are temperature, external pressure, impact, vibration and puncture test. The environmental test conditions for tests with class numbers are arranged in increasing order of severity. In this study, the apparatus of tests, except the vibration test, were developed and applied to three kinds of sealed source. The conditions of the tests to class a sealed source were stated and the difference between the domestic notice standard and ISO 2919 were considered. And apparatus of the tests were made. Using developed apparatus we conducted the tests for $^{192}Ir$ brachytherapy sealed source and two kinds of sealed source for industrial radiography. $^{192}Ir$ brachytherapy sealed source is classified by temperature class 5, external pressure class 3, impact class 2 and vibration and puncture class 1. Two kinds of sealed source for industrial radiography are classified by temperature class 4, external pressure class 2, impact and puncture class 5 and vibration class 1. After the tests, Liquid nitrogen bubble test and vacuum bubble test were done to evaluate the safety of the sealed sources.
Keywords
Sealed source; Tests for classification; Test apparatus; $^{192}Ir$ brachytherapy sealed source; Sealed source for industrial radiography;
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