Decommissioning of Nishina Memorial Cyclotron Center

• Published in: RADIOISOTOPES Vol. 72; no. 3; pp. 219 - 234
• Main Authors: Saito, Yoshihiro, Ohkoshi, Minoru, Nagashima, Yoko, Uwamino, Yoshitomo, Takahashi, Katsunori, Furusawa, Satoshi, Shindou, Motoshi, Goto, Shoko, Nakabayashi, Takayuki, Nobuhara, Fumiyoshi, Shishizuka, Koichi, Maejima, Kunio, Yoshida, To-oru
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: Japan Radioisotope Association 15.11.2023
• Subjects: activation; caesium iodide detector; decommissioning; germanium detector; Nishina Memorial Cyclotron Center (NMCC); Particle and Heavy Ion Transport code System (PHITS)
• ISSN: 0033-8303; 1884-4111
• DOI: 10.3769/radioisotopes.72.219

We decommissioned the Nishina Memorial Cyclotron Center that was mainly used for PET/PIXE study until 2019. The main body of the cyclotron and peripheral equipment were separated as radioactive waste. For the concrete in the accelerator room building, radioactivity analysis of concrete core samples...