title: Technical procedures for the evaluation of different radiation detection systems at the entrance of a waste incinerator plant.
abstract: To protect a new waste incinerator plant and the population against the accidental introduction of radioactive material in the furnace, in 1998 the Municipal Service Corporation of the city of Brescia decided to acquire a radiation detection portal system. However, the performance of such instruments is not sufficiently specified in this type of application, so ASM asked the Nuclear Engineering Department of the Polytechnic of Milan to draw up a test protocol and to lead the following experimental campaign. A truck trailer and a source container were prepared ad hoc, and three different systems underwent a sensitivity and a false alarm test. On the basis of the final results, the performance characteristics of various monitoring systems in this particular application were established with the correct degree of accuracy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Engineering, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy. fabrizio.campi@polimi.it
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Campi
mesh_terms: D000398:Air Pollution, Radioactive / Q000517:prevention & control; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D011848:Radioactive Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D011850:Radioactive Waste / Q000032:analysis*; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D011848:Radioactive Pollutants; D011850:Radioactive Waste