A report on the review and formal analysis of the SRS personnel safety system

Author

Alexander, J.R. ; Heron, M.T. ; Quinn, P.D.

Author_Institution

CLRC Daresbury Lab., UK

Volume

4

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

2769

Abstract

CLRC Daresbury Laboratory operates the SRS light source, which consists of a linac, booster synchrotron, storage ring and 41 experimental stations. Protection of personnel from radiation and the hazards associated with the accelerators and photon beamlines is ensured through a dedicated personnel safety (PS) system. The design of the PS interlock hardware was produced over 20 years ago, and has been implemented using two generations of technology. The PS system has recently been reviewed due to changes in legislation and in preparation for future accelerator projects. This review included a formal analysis of part of the system using the technique of fault tree analysis to examine likely failure modes and system integrity. The analysis takes into account both hardware and human factors. This paper briefly presents the SRS PS system and discusses the outcome of the recent review and analysis

Keywords

X-ray production; beam handling equipment; electron accelerators; fault trees; human factors; linear accelerators; radiation protection; safety; storage rings; synchrotrons; SRS light source; SRS personnel safety system; booster synchrotron; failure modes; fault tree analysis; hazards; human factors; interlock hardware; linac; photon beamlines; radiation protection; storage ring; system integrity; Failure analysis; Hardware; Hazards; Laboratories; Light sources; Linear particle accelerator; Personnel; Protection; Storage rings; Synchrotrons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 2001. PAC 2001. Proceedings of the 2001

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7191-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.2001.987901

Filename

987901