Facilities for the examination of radioactive bodies
AssigneeUnited Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
InventorsMaurice E. Ginniff, Eric K. Richardson
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Abstract
A facility for the examination of radioactive bodies in which carriages, each transporting one or more radioactive bodies, travel along a shielded passage to bring the bodies to examination stations spaced along the passage. The transverse sectional dimensions of the passage are not much larger than the corresponding dimensions of the carriages in order to maintain the radioactive region as small as possible. Equipment for the examination of the radioactive bodies is located outside the shielded passage.
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Facility for the examination of radioactive bodies comprising a movable carriage having means for supporting and transporting at least one radioactive body, a relatively thick radioactive shield having the property of shielding substantially all radioactive emissions, said shield surrounding and defining a shielded passage forming a path of travel for the carriage and having a transverse dimension to substantially fit about a corresponding dimension of the carriage, a plurality of examination stations spaced along the path of travel with said stations being confined within the dimensions of the shielded passage, examination equipment for said stations located outside the said shield at each examination station and in communication with its respective examination station within the shielded passage and means for moving the carriage along the shielded passage.
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