Speaker
Mr
Lee Stan
(Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation)
Description
Over the nearly 20 years of operation of the OPAL reactor and Neutron Beam Instruments a number of materials have been impacted by radiation. This poster will cover the types of materials and what mitigation strategies and tests we have come up with to deal with these challenges.
Materials that have seen damage from radiation include Neutron Guide delamination, Loss of Magnetism in Laser tracker target nests, electronic parts failures and oily residue from cabling in vacuum chambers.
Oily residue in vacuum tanks caused by the cable insulation breakdowns are now well controlled with cold traps.
We began a process of testing some materials in very high radiation fields prior to installation and the results will be presented.
Primary author
Scott Olsen
(Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation)
Co-authors
Mr
Bell Matt
(Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation)
Dr
Frank Darmann
(Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation)
Mr
Lee Stan
(Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation)
Ms
Mia Lock
(Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation)
Mr
Perry Merv
(Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation)
Mr
Stewart Pullen
(Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation)
