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Workshop on Radiation Protection Issues related to Radioactive Ion Beam Facilities
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Organized by CERN, Geneva - ISOLDE, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich - MAFF, EURISOL - Target and ion source working group
1st Announcement
SAFERIB I
1st WORKSHOP ON RADIOPROTECTION SAFETY ISSUES
RELATED TO RIB FACILITIES
CERN, 30 October - 1 November 2002
Dear Colleagues,
Developing optimized techniques for intense radioactive ion beams is a forefront topic of extensive efforts at various existing or upcoming facilities in Europe as well as in the US and Japan. Typically the envisaged increase of the ion beam intensities - intended to reach several orders of magnitude compared to presently existing facilities - goes along with a drastic increase of the radioactive inventory in the production target area and other radioprotection-related problems.
New technical challenges arise that will in most cases also critically affect approval procedures of new or upgraded institutions. Although a first attempt to launch a European network on safety issues connected to the production targets of next-generation RIB facilities was not approved for EU funding last year, we feel that these safety issues will increasingly move into the focus at all places aiming at building or upgrading RIB facilities. Therefore we renew our efforts and announce a workshop covering the main radioprotection-related safety issues connected to RIB facilities or comparable production targets.
We attribute two main goals to this workshop: First to offer a platform for colleagues working on similar problems to discus and exchange novel ideas and encourage synergy effects. And secondly we hope that this meeting can initiate a renewed attempt of creating a European network proposing coordinated R & D efforts within the 6th EU framework. The MAIN TOPICS of the workshop are envisaged as follows:
- Characterization of production rates of radionuclides from RIB targets
- Characterization of the radioactive inventory in target areas/beam transport systems
- Characterization of mechanical, thermal, radiation-correlated material properties for production targets and fission sources and handling devices
- Optimization of radiation shielding: simulations and dosimetry measurements migration of radioactivity
- Containment of volatile radioactivity
- Reliable remote controlled target/ion source manipulators
- Contamination-free transport, diagnostics, storage of used targets/sources
Please feel free to suggest additions and modifications to this list.
We encourage colleagues from all institutions or research groups involved or interested in the above mentioned topics to join the hereby announced workshop.
ACCOMMODATION
Reservations should be made individually well in advance at the CERN hostel (foyer@cern.ch).
REGISTRATION
Please register before 15th September 2002 through the SAFERIB web site at http://cern.ch/saferib. If you do not want to register yet, but would like to receive further announcements about the Workshop, please submit the following form.
ABSTRACTS
Abstracts can be submitted before 15th September 2002 through the following form.
SECRETARIAT
The conference secretary is Mrs. Tjitske Kehrer at CERN. She can be reached on e-mail at tjitske.kehrer@cern.ch , telephone +41 22 767 2606 or fax +41 22 767 9145.
CONFERENCE FEE
No conference fee will be charged to participants. A conference dinner will be organized based upon individual registration and payment.
CORRESPONDENCE
Correspondence should be sent to:
Looking forward to meeting you ,
Mats Lindroos (CERN, Geneva)
Peter Thirolf (LMU Munich, Germany)
Thomas Otto (CERN, Geneva)
with the support of the EURISOL Target and Ion Source Working Group