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The application of EPICS in TMSR radiation protection and access control system

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To treat technical problems of data acquisition, alarm management, and historical data archiving of radiation protection control system in Thorium Molten Salt Reactor, a network prototype system was designed based on experimental physics and industrial control system. Radiation level of many locations in Jiading campus of Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics is being continuously monitored, and boundaries of accelerator facilities and radiochemical areas are defined by the access control system. In this paper, we introduce the control system design, including human–machine interfaces, alarm system, historical data archiving system, and the software for access control. The software development followed the standard of Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI®) Level 3, and the software had passed a third-party test, which indicated that the functionality and the reliability could fulfill the requirements of the radiation protection system.

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This work was supported by the “Strategic Priority Research Program” of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. XDA02010300).

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    Li-Feng Han, Yong-Zhong Chen, Jun Cai, Hai-Xia Xu, Wen-Bo Huang, Ning Zhang, Li-Xin Han & Peng-Fei Hong

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Han, LF., Chen, YZ., Cai, J. et al. The application of EPICS in TMSR radiation protection and access control system. NUCL SCI TECH 27, 41 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41365-016-0040-7

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