Portable air sampler for nuclear installations

Edited by the Processingtalk editorial team Sep 10, 2003

AM Sensors in Somerset has seen increased demand for their portable Tritium samplers over the Summer months, to meet the requirements of power plant shutdown maintenance work in particular

AM Sensors in Somerset has seen increased demand for their portable Tritium samplers over the Summer months, to meet the requirements of power plant shutdown maintenance work in particular.

Access to any potentially contaminated area for maintenance during a shutdown is strictly monitored, particularly by "First Hand" monitoring for traces of airborne Tritium.

AM Sensors have developed a portable sampler kit, which can be used alongside the maintenance workforce, sampling the air in their environment.

The air is sampled and passed through a bubbler system into a solution that traps the Tritium particles, that are normally carried in moisture vapour.

Typically the Chemist monitoring the maintenance crew samples the liquid in the trap every half hour, to determine the exposure level, which is added to their radiation records.

AM Sensors provide a complete line of radiation monitoring equipment, using fixed and portable air sampling systems.

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