RADWASTE WAREHOUSE AREA MONITORING SYSTEM

• US 20090033506A1
• Filed: 09/13/2006
• Published: 02/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ATOMIC ENERGY COUNCIL - INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH
• Original Assignee: ATOMIC ENERGY COUNCIL-INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH
• Inventors: Yang, Shou-Ju, Chyou, Shang-Lee, Chen, Ming-Huei
• Granted Patent: US 7,508,311 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/600
• CPC Class Codes: G01T 7/00 Details of radiation-measuring instruments
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/12 responsive to undesired emission of substances, e.g. pollution alarms

Abstract

A monitoring system watches out at radiation dosage in areas of a radwaste warehouse remotely. The system uses a monitoring device to coordinate with the system. By using the system, the monitoring is safe and more than one area can be monitored at the same time.

Claims

1. A radwaste warehouse area monitoring system, comprising:

a monitoring mechanism, said monitoring mechanism comprising a control unit, a display unit, a database unit and a plurality of monitoring device, said monitoring devices being located in a plurality of radiation areas separately;

an alarm unit, said alarm unit being connected with said monitoring mechanism to send an alarm to said monitoring mechanism when a measured radiation value of a radiation area is greater than a default monitoring value;

a radiation area switching menu, said radiation area switching menu being connected with said monitoring mechanism to switch to a monitored radiation area by said monitoring mechanism;

a historical data unit, said historical data unit being connected with said monitoring mechanism to query historical data of a radiation area by said monitoring mechanism;

a system maintenance unit, said system maintenance unit being connected with said monitoring mechanism to process a system maintenance by said monitoring mechanism; and

a monitor information unit, said monitor information unit being connected with said monitoring mechanism to query information of said monitoring device in said radiation area.

2. The monitoring system according to claim 1,

wherein said database unit stores and transfers monitored data of said radiation area.

3. The monitoring system according to claim 1,

wherein said alarm unit periodically and automatically processes an alarm check;

wherein alarm data is displayed when an alarm matter occurs, together with a flush light and a voice; and

wherein said alarm data is stored in said database unit.

4. The monitoring system according to claim 1,

wherein said historical data unit comprises a menu of a one-minute menu to query data per minute for past ten minutes;

a ten-minute menu to query data per ten minutes for a chosen day;

a one-hour menu to query data per hour for a chosen day; and

a one-day menu to query data per day for a chosen month.

5. The monitoring system according to claim 1,

wherein said system maintenance unit comprises a password set dialogue, an alarm set dialogue, an event query dialogue, an alarm query dialogue and a system information dialogue.

6. The monitoring system according to claim 1,

wherein said monitor information unit queries, deletes and updates data of said monitoring device of said radiation area;

and

wherein said data of said monitoring device comprises a series number, a location, a device type, a radiation dosage unit, transfer parameters and alarming positions; and

wherein said radiation dosage unit is selected from a group consisting of microcuries per cubic centimeter (uCi/cc), Bg/m³, and uSv/hr

wherein said transfer parameters comprises a regulation parameter, a background value and a sensitivity parameter.

7. The monitoring system according to claim 1,

wherein said monitoring mechanism further comprises a context menu;

and

wherein said context menu comprises an alarm set menu, a real-time data menu and a menu of a plurality of historical data.

8. The monitoring system according to claim 7,

wherein said menu of a plurality of historical data comprises a menu of a one-minute menu to query data per minute for past ten minutes;

a ten-minute menu to query data per ten minutes for a chosen day;

a one-hour menu to query data per hour for a chosen day; and

a one-day menu to query data per day for a chosen month.