CANBERRA 2008 Users' Group
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Speaker: Yann Donjoux Abstract Summary:The European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN, Geneva) has been operating accelerators for high-energy physics for 50 years. The gamma spectrometry laboratory of the radiation protection group (RP) is equipped with 5 germanium detectors, including a mobile detector for in situ spectrometry. Four of these detectors are characterized with LabSOCS/ISOCS. About 1700 measurements are performed every year. LabSOCS has been tested a few years ago and it proved capable of satisfying CERN specific needs. In this talk, latest results calculated with LabSOCS/ISOCS are compared to those obtained in previous studies. The standard G2K software has been fully customized to fulfill CERN requirements and a specific network environment has been recently set up to centralize the data management system. Such network has required modifications on the Windows environment in order to adapt G2K to a client-server functionality. Guidelines on how to setup a similar network outside CERN are provided. The presentation concludes with an overview of the advantages and disadvantages of this method, both from the point of view of the user and of the manager. The most important goals achieved by the implementation of the network are the optimization of data management, availability of all spectra and libraries in one single server, improvement of consistency and interoperability, sharing of resources, implementation of a backup service and avoidance of redundancy. About the Speaker, Yann Donjoux
Yann Donjoux joined CERN as a technical student in 1997, where he carried out various studies (Fe-55 determination in various materials and radioactive waste, shielding of a gamma irradiation facility, dosimetry & spectrometry on various CERN accelerators components, time response of CERN detectors, air monitoring). He joined the Radiation Protection Group as an engineer in the radiation protection group of CERN in 1998 where he gained practical experience regarding accelerators, and participated in the project to install a new kind of gate monitor (specially designed for CERN and its environment, with very low detection limit). He later took charge of the CERN gamma spectrometry laboratory, ~1,500 measurements per year on 3 detectors, where many LEP (Large Electron Positron collider) components have been measured during decommissioning. Yann then took over responsibility for the "radioactive source service" (to provide any kind of radioactive source to CERN users), as well as the radiation protection around the accelerators complex. Additionally, he was responsible for designing and implementing a new database for radioactive sources, industrial radiographies, and shipping of radioactive goods. Yann Donjoux is currently responsible for the CERN Radiation Protection gamma spectrometry laboratory and the radioactive shipping service, namely the analysis of the safety aspects related to the transport of radioactive dangerous goods (Class 7). |
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