SOURCE CATEGORIZATION EXERCISE
Ensuring the appropriate security of radioactive sources as well as nuclear material is crucial to reducing the risk of malicious acts, unauthorized material transfer and access, and sabotage.
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There are over a thousand radioactive facilities in Brazil, authorized by Brazilian National Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEN). Because of the wide variety of uses and activities of radiation sources, a categorization system is necessary so that the controls that are applied to the sources are commensurate with the radiological risks.
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The main objective of this work is to develop an exercise through which students learn how to categorize the sources and define levels of security for a hypothetical facility based on the implementing guide from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Nuclear Security Series No. 11 – Security of Radioactive Sources, and the regulation from CNEN. Also, propose alterations to adapt the facility to the required security level if necessary.
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OUTLINE
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Radioactive material and source
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Source categorization importance
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The D value
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Activity ratio
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Carategorization system
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Security Level
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Security Functions
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Security Measures
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Source categorization exercise - Hypothetical Facility
SPEAKER
Ms. Beatriz Machado dos Santos from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).
Beatriz Machado is one of the members of the chapter acting as Vice-President of the INMM UFRJ Student Chapter. She is attending the Master's degree in Nuclear Engineering at COPPE/UFRJ. Also, she graduated in Physics from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (2014) and Electrotechnical Engineering at the Federal Center of Technological Education Celso Suckow da Fonseca (2015).
LECTURE & EXERCISE
In order to increase your nuclear security knowledge, we provide the lecture and the exercise* in Google Drive.
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To access, go to the link below.
As soon as possible, we will be releasing your entry.
*The exercise will be available only after its publication in the INMM Annual Meeting 2017.
