An online monitoring system for nuclear waste storage

Author

Pappalardo, Alfio ; Barbagallo, Massimo ; Bellini, Vincenzo ; Capogni, Marco ; Cosentino, Luigi ; Febbraro, Vincenzo ; Finocchiaro, Paolo ; Greco, Giuseppe ; Scirè, Carlotta ; Scirè, Sergio

Author_Institution

Lab. Naz. del Sud, INFN, Catania, Italy

fYear

2009

fDate

7-10 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

We propose a system for the on-line monitoring of short and medium term radioactive waste repositories. Such a system is distributed, fine-grained, robust, reliable, and must be based on low-cost components. It could, in principle, open new perspectives on the modality of waste packaging and storage. In particular we propose to employ a new family of cheap and powerful micro sensors to be placed in shape of a fine grid around each single drum.

Keywords

microsensors; radiation monitoring; radioactive waste repositories; radioactive waste storage; low-cost components; microsensor; nuclear waste storage; online monitoring system; radioactive waste repository; waste packaging; Costs; Geometry; History; Laboratories; Monitoring; Optical fiber sensors; Radiation detectors; Radioactive pollution; Radioactive waste; Solid modeling; Geant; Scintillanting fibre; SiPM; Waste repository;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation Measurement Methods and their Applications (ANIMMA), 2009 First International Conference on

Conference_Location

Marseille

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5207-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5208-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ANIMMA.2009.5503790

Filename

5503790