Open AccessREMOTE SURVEILLANCE OF FACILITIES AWAITING D AND D
Author(s) -
Ph D M A Ebadian,
Hans T. Weger,
Dave Roelant,
Rodrigue Ade,
Celso Duran
Publication year - 2001
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/789623
Subject(s) - capital cost , baseline (sea) , environmental science , radiation exposure , operating cost , radiation monitoring , computer science , engineering , waste management , nuclear medicine , electrical engineering , medicine , oceanography , geology
A remote surveillance system was designed, tested and will be deployed at INEEL that will monitor the TAN-616 facility for water in sumps, tanks, and on the floor. The presence of water is an indication that the facility is not contained and that the risk of contamination escaping is increased. This system replaces the need to send inspectors into the facility with radiation control personnel to check for water. Some of the areas that would be checked by the inspectors have a high radiation field and little space for maneuvering. Therefore, this system also decreases the radiation exposure and increases the safety of these personnel. A remote surveillance system has a higher initial capital cost for the equipment than the baseline method, which is to send inspectors into the building to obtain samples and perform measurements. However, the cost of operating and maintaining the system is negligible compared to the continuing cost of sending inspectors and radiation control technicians into the facility. The remote surveillance system has a lower cost in the long term when compared to the baseline method