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Breakout Sessions
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Discussion: ER &
Management
- Marc Morelli
- Kevin Carmichael
The Homeland Security needs have developed over the past few years in response to the attacks of 9/11. A lot of radiation detection equipment has been purchased, but what are the future needs of the Emergency Response Community? This open discussion forum is intended to stimulate a lively debate on the more pressing issues. Topics addressed, but not limited to :
The Ideal PRD (personal radiation detector)
- The ideal wearable radiation detector; what features are included and how much does it cost? There are many design tradeoffs to consider for the new wave of Personal Radiation Detectors. Sensitivity, Nuclide Identification, directionality…
Alpha, Beta, Neutron Detection?
- Many radiation detectors used in Emergency Response applications are sensitive to gamma radiation only, should alpha, beta, and neutron radiation be detectors play a larger role in field measurements?
RDD Response
- In responding to a Radiological Dispersive Device (RDD) attack, what will be the major challenges for First Responders, given the current level of radiation equipment deployed?
What is the role for combined Radiation/Chem/Bio Solutions?
In today’s multi-threat environment, is there a role for a multi-threat device that would alarm on a chemical, radiological or biological threat? How would this device be deployed? What are the important features? |
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Open Discussion: Commercial & Government
Nuclear Research Facilities & Laboratories
- Brett Roberson
The nuclear renaissance is having a profound affect on our industry, shaping exciting new opportunities and changes. The purpose of this interactive discussion will be for all of us – users and vendors alike - to share information, experiences, and new ideas. We would like to hear about your challenges and successes. We will discuss industry trends, future solutions and services needed to meet your current and future mission. |
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Open Discussion: NPP
Operations
- Bud Sielaff
The nuclear industry is on the verge of a renewal and changing rapidly. We all – users and vendors alike – must change with it. This forum will be an Open Discussion on the changes and how they affect your operations. Please come with ideas and thoughts for a lively discussion.
Topics to consider:
- What is the impact of license renewals on your operating needs? Plants are set to operate longer – but fueling and maintenance outages need to be ever shorter. How does this effect you day to day?
- Today’s nuclear fleet is in the hands of a smaller number of larger owner/operators than the case 10 years ago. Along with the consolidation comes standardization, resource sharing, consolidation of work and procedures. How does this effect you?
- In the post 9/11 world, security of entrance and exit has increased – does it effect your work.
- What is the effect of Yucca Mountain delays on your operation?
…. And anything else you think will be of interest! |
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Genie Software/MCA Products
- Patti McClay
- Glenn Centola
This session will focus on the exciting new features and developments of the Genie suite of products including Cascade Summing, and demonstrations of the 3D-Geometry Composer and the Lynx V1.0 MCA.
Time will be reserved for an open discussion of users’ needs and ideas for future developments. |
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Portable HP Instrumentation
& Dosimetry
- Laurent Meaux
The new CANBERRA Health Physics hand-held picture with many new products will be introduced: Colibri new hand-held survey meter, GPS-COM communication hot shoe for UltraRadiac, UltraRadiac II, AVIOR new desktop survey meter, CSP-COM communication module for CSP (CANBERRA Smart Probes). A comparison between our new PIPS silicon alpha-beta probe and conventional probe will also be given.
We will also show new Radiagem 4000 options and recently launched new CSP. |
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NPP Laboratory Advanced Management (LAM)
- Steve Mettler
The nuclear industry faces daunting challenges in workforce and resource optimization, particularly as it anticipates a nuclear renaissance. Worldwide resources are illustrated by the situation in the USA and UK, where half of all nuclear employees are nearing retirement age. Compounding this challenge is increased pressure to optimize maintenance and refueling outages – including decreasing worker dose and risk of injury – all while preserving and extending the value of existing power plant assets. Each of these imperatives relies heavily upon the ability to conduct reliable nuclear measurements and to interpret the data accurately.
An integrated solution to providing the nuclear measurements that are key to optimizing outage, dose, and risk issues is vital in order to allow nuclear utilities to focus on generating and selling electric power at an attractive margin. For example, a comprehensive service that includes measurement and analysis of plant chemistry, effluents, waste, and health physics parameters, and assembles the data into a form from which asset deployment decisions can be straightforwardly made, is greatly superior to one in which each of these functions is uncoordinated and not directly linked to asset management.
A model for an integrated nuclear measurements service, including rudimentary cost / benefit and total cost of ownership analyses of pilot deployments of the model, will be presented. Some of these pilot deployments achieved savings of 50% or more compared to baseline estimates. But much more importantly, the projects suggest how integrated nuclear measurement solutions can optimize the total cost of ownership compared to more fragmented plans. |
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Recent
Enhancements in Alpha-Beta Counting
- Lee Reagan
This session will include presentations on the gasless iSeries alpha/beta instruments and version 2 of iLink, iSeries Communications Software.
Discussions of ORBIT and Eclipse software are also planned in this session. |
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ISOCS, LabSOCS, InSitu Measurements, and D&D Applications
- Frazier Bronson
This session will discuss new features of the ISOCS and LabSOCS products and present other operational aspects, precautions, or advice for users of these products we think our customers should know about.
This is also a forum for our customers to present how they have used these products, or would like to use these products.
Please let us know and bring a few PowerPoint slides if you wish. |
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Internal and External Personnel Monitoring
- Skip Danielson, Nuclear Power Business Segment Manager
Come see the latest that Canberra has to offer to make your personnel monitoring challenges simpler. Canberra offers a complete line of both external and internal contamination monitoring systems. During this breakout session you will you learn about the networking software in development for our Argos and Gem external whole body monitoring systems. We will also discuss the next generation of ABACOS software for our complete line of In Vivo Counting Systems.
Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to see the prototype products. |
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Environmental Monitoring
- James Forde-Johnston
This session will review some recently completed Environmental Monitoring System projects, covering both local and country-wide fixed and mobile monitoring systems, based on Canberra’s RADACS GARDS and MOVERS technology.
The projects reviewed will illustrate the wide range of monitoring and communications options that can be used in such systems to implement a customised solution to the customer’s requirements.
There will also be a discussion on current and forthcoming developments in this area.
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Apex Gamma Suite
- Brett Roberson, Director of Strategic Development, LFC Business Line
- Bill Pyle
The Apex Gamma counting suite is the most advanced sample counting system available today. This session will focus on the exciting new features and developments available in Version 1.2 and will include a live demonstration of the software.
This session will include time for user feedback and open discussions. |
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Apex Alpha Suite
- Brett Roberson, Director of Strategic Development, LFC Business Line
The Apex Alpha is the latest generation software suite for use in alpha sample counting labs. This session will focus on the exciting new features and developments Apex.
This session will include time for user feedback and open discussions. |
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OpenCDM
- Bill Pyle
OpenCDM is a unique application designed to meet the stringent requirements for nuclear power plant chemistry data management. OpenCDM combines flexible and intuitive user interfaces with platform flexibility. Discussion topics include new features and enhancements available in version 3.2.4.
Time will be reserved for user feedback and open discussions on future developments. |
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Solutions for Radiological Emergency Response
- Marc Morelli / Kevin Carmichael
The Emergency Response and Emergency Management breakout session will provide a forum to address new developments in radiation detection for Homeland Security and other ER applications. A wide range of topics focused on quick and accurate detection of radioactive material.
Topics include: products for personal radiation detection, handheld Health Physics instruments, radionuclide identification equipment and field deployable radiation portals.
Applications will be explored for monitoring alpha, beta, and gamma radiation in the field.
The Ultraradiac and Radiogem products will be discussed for personal monitoring and contamination detection.
The InSpector 1000 and Falcon 5000 will be covered for applications involving radionuclide identification to distinguish between common medical isotopes and threat objects. Activity quantification capabilities will also be addressed.
The MiniSentry, a field-deployable portal monitor for post incident contamination screening, will be discussed.
In addition, many future Emergency Response needs and developments in radiation detection. |
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OpenEMS
- Brett Roberson, Director of Strategic Development, LFC Business Line
- Warren Western
OpenEMS is the effluents management system with the power and flexibility to meet nuclear sites needs today and into the future. OpenEMS uses the latest technology to seamlessly integrate with plant equipment and create a user friendly automated method for tracking radiological effluents.
This session will focus on the exciting new features and developments available in Version 1.2 and will include a live demonstration of the latest software.
Time will be reserved for user feedback and open discussions. |
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Homeland Security Topics
- Marc Morelli
This breakout session will address the exciting new developments in the field of handheld spectrometry and security portals for homeland security applications. The handheld spectroscopy topics to be covered are the upcoming Lanthanum Bromide detector release that greatly improves the performance over NaI scintillators, recent developments in nuclide identification algorithms, and a preview of a new line of portable germanium based nuclide identifiers. On the security portal side we will review enhancements to the RadSentry gross counting portal monitor and the application of medium and high resolution spectroscopy to enhance the capability of portal monitors to more reliably discriminate between different types of radioactive materials.
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HIS-20 (Health Physics Information System)
- Joanne Roberson
CANBERRA provides an industry standard software solution package for health physics information record keeping. HIS-20 represents a cost-effective approach in implementing a radiological exposure monitoring and control system. This system eliminates the need and the uncertainties of developing an internal software system dependent on a large programming staff. It eliminates the need to retain a large staff to maintain the software package.
HIS‑20 meets the requirements for a radiological controls information management system. It represents the ideal database solution for the maintenance of historical exposure records, implementation of a radiological control program, and trending of radiation control performance indicators.
CANBERRA believes HIS-20 provides the capabilities that will meet the customer’s needs now and in the future. |
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Using Genie’s New Tools: Auto ISOCS, Auto Gain Adjust, Library Correlation NID, and Interactive Analysis
- William Russ
Recent releases of Genie have introduced new powerful capabilities. These include automatic ISOCS calibration correction, Auto Gain Adjust, Library Correlation nuclide identification and Interactive Analysis. ISOCS can now be edited and run directly as an analysis step, explicitly using the found energy lines and enabling rapid dimension changes. Computer-controlled amplifier gain can be automatically adjusted to monitor and maintain the accuracy of the energy calibration. A discerning new method of nuclide identification improves identification performance for lower resolution detectors. A new way to visualize and interface with spectral data aids in expert data review.
This session will familiarize you with these newer tools and provide insights and recommendations to allow you to more fully leverage their features. |
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