Early Warning System for Radiological Emergency Preparedness of TRIGA 2000 Reactor Site
Santiko Tri Sulaksono (a,b*), Zahra Fauhan Salsabila (c), Danang Supriyanto (d), Haryo Seno (e), Dani Muliawan (d), Gallant Tsany Abdillah (d), Satrio Aris Setiawan (d)

a) Department of Doctoral Nuclear Engineering, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Bandung Institute of Technology, Ganesha 10 Street, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia
b) Research Center for Nuclear Reactor Technology, Research Organization for Nuclear Energy, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Tamansari 71 Street, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia
*sant012[at]brin.go.id
c) Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Muhammadiyah Bandung, Soekarno-Hatta 752 Street, Bandung, 40614, Indonesia
d) National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Tamansari 71 Street, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia
e) Research Center for Nuclear Beam Analysis Technology, Research Organization for Nuclear Energy, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Tamansari 71 Street, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia

Abstract

The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) has a nuclear facility, one of which is the TRIGA 2000 research reactor. Radiation protection along with the emergency preparedness and response programs are essentials to be carried out in the nuclear reactor and its surrounding area. These programs require several types of devices to detect and measure radiation. The aim of this study is to obtain the effectiveness of the early warning system that has been developed for radiological emergency preparedness in the TRIGA 2000 reactor site. A Geiger Muller (GM) counter based on the ATMega 328 microcontroller was created for dose rate measurement and an ESP8266 module to send the results to the server. Javascript programming was created to send notifications to smartphones when the measured dose rate exceeds a certain dose rate. Comparison of the dose rate from the GM counter measurement and the data stored on the server showed a small error. This early warning system can also provide notifications to smartphones when the measured dose rate exceeds the threshold. Based on the test results, it can be concluded that the early warning system performed functions effectively to support the radiation protection program in the TRIGA 2000 reactor site.

Keywords: radiation protection, early warning system, radiological emergency, Geiger Muller counter

Topic: Radiation Physics