Personnel protection and beam containment systems for the 3 GeV injector

Author

Yotam, R. ; Cerino, J. ; Garoutte, R. ; Hettel, R. ; Horton, M. ; Sebek, J. ; Benson, E. ; Crook, K. ; Fitch, J. ; Ipe, N. ; Nelson, G. ; Smith, H.

Author_Institution

Stanford Synchrotron Radiat. Lab., CA, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

6-9 May 1991

Firstpage

1028

Abstract

The 3-GeV injector is the electron beam source for the Stanford Positron-Electron Asymmetric Ring (SPEAR) storage ring, and its personnel safety system was designed to protect personnel from both radiation exposure and electrical hazards. The personnel protection system (PPS) was designed and implemented with complete redundancy and is a relay-based interlock system completely independent from the machine protection system. Comprehensive monitoring of the system status and control of the injector PPS from the SPEAR control room via the control computer is a feature. The beam containment system (BCS) is based on beam current measurements along the linear accelerators (LINACs) and on beam shut-off ion chambers installed outside the LINAC, at several locations around the booster, and around the SPEAR storage ring. An outline of the design criteria is presented with a more detailed description of the philosophy of the PPS logic and the BCS.<>

Keywords

computerised control; electron accelerators; electron sources; physical instrumentation control; physics computing; radiation protection; storage rings; 3 GeV injector; LINAC; PPS logic; Stanford Positron-Electron Asymmetric Ring; beam containment systems; beam current measurements; beam shut-off ion chambers; control computer; control room; design criteria; electrical hazards; electron beam source; linear accelerators; machine protection system; monitoring; personnel protection system; personnel safety system; radiation exposure; redundancy; relay-based interlock system; storage ring; Control systems; Electrical safety; Electron beams; Hazards; Linear accelerators; Particle beams; Personnel; Protection; Radiation safety; Storage rings;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1991. Accelerator Science and Technology., Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0135-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1991.164526

Filename

164526