Radiation impact caused by activation of air from the future GSI accelerator facility fair

Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2005;115(1-4):437-40. doi: 10.1093/rpd/nci233.

Abstract

The Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt is planning a new accelerator Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR). Two future experimental areas are regarded to be the most decisive points concerning the activation of air. One is the area for the production of antiprotons. A second crucial experimental area is the so-called Super Fragment Separator. The production of radioactive isotopes in air is calculated using the residual nuclei option of the Monte Carlo program FLUKA. The results are compared with the data for the activation of air given by Sullivan and in IAEA report 283. The resulting effective dose is calculated using a program package from the German Federal Office for Radiation Protection, the Bundesamt für Stranlenschutz. The results demonstrate that a direct emission of the total radioactivity produced into the air will probably conflict with the limits of the German Radiation Protection Ordinance. Special measures have to be planned in order to reduce the amount of radioactivity released into the air.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Air / analysis*
  • Air Pollutants, Radioactive / analysis*
  • Computer Simulation
  • Computer-Aided Design*
  • Environment*
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Facility Design and Construction / methods
  • Germany
  • Linear Energy Transfer
  • Models, Statistical
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Particle Accelerators / instrumentation*
  • Radiation Dosage
  • Radiation Monitoring / methods*
  • Radiation Protection / instrumentation
  • Radiation Protection / methods*
  • Risk Assessment / methods
  • Risk Factors

Substances

  • Air Pollutants, Radioactive