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Several analytic techniques, such as the ones used in environmental pollutants detection, make use of equipment with very sensitive detection systems, some of which are based on the ability of the radioactive substances to ionize the molecules we want to detect. This is the case of the gas chromatograph with electron capture detector (ECD) and portable equipment of ion-mobility spectrometry (IMS).
This is just one example of the applications of Sealed Radioactive Sources (SRS), which have the radioactive material inside a capsule, or at least in a format in which the radioactive material is not directly accessible or spreadable (electroplating). Other applications of the SRS is the equipment for the irradiation of biological material (such as blood derivatives for transfusions) or animals used for experimentation (in the research of bone marrow transplantation (BMT)).
Regardless of its applications, the SRS are designed to prevent spread of radioactive material in normal conditions. However, the conditions of use and the passing of time, the possibility of friction deterioration in mobile mechanisms or corrosion may facilitate the loss of integrity of the capsule or the source. In order to control and detect in advance this possibility, it has been established a series of periodic controls of these sources or the equipment which contain them.
Due to the UTPR-UB is explicitly authorized by the Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear (CSN) to carry out hermeticism controls to the SRS, we dedicate this technological seminar to revising the different technical and legal aspects.
Date: February 19th, 2015
Hour: 09:30h
Speakers: Dr. Imma Rafecas
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