Towards a Unified Environmental Monitoring, Control and Data Management System for Irradiation Facilities: the CERN IRRAD Use Case B. Gkotse, M. Glaser, E. Matli, G. Pezzullo, F. Ravotti, P. Jouvelot 1 European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN EP-DT-DD, Geneva, Switzerland 2 MINES ParisTech, PSL Research University, Paris, France Blerina.Gkotse@cern.ch ABSTRACT The qualification of materials, electronic components and equipment for the CERN High Energy Physics experiments and beyond requires testing against possible radiation effects. These quite complex tests are performed by specialized teams working in irradiation facilities, such as IRRAD, the CERN Proton Irradiation Facility. Building upon the details of the overall irradiation control, monitoring and logistical systems of IRRAD as a use case, we introduce the motivations for and general architecture of its new data management framework, currently under development at CERN. This infrastructure is intended to allow for the seamless and comprehensive handling of IRRAD irradiation experiments and to help manage all aspects of the facility. Its architecture, currently focused on the specific requirements of IRRAD, is intended to be upgraded to a general framework that could be used in other irradiation facilities within the radiation effects community, as well as for other applications. IRRAD Testing components of the HEP experiments Beam of 24 GeV/c and size of 12×12 mm2 Spills of 400msec every ~10sec Fluence of 1×1016 p/cm2 in 14 days Scanning also in dimensions of 10×10cm2 Low temperature irradiation (-25°C) Irradiation System Control IRRAD Beam Instrumentation IRRAD tables IRRAD1 Shuttle Beam Profile Monitor (BPM) Transferring small samples (5×5 cm2) from outside, inside the irradiation zone without stopping the beam Transferring small samples (5×5 cm2) from outside, inside the irradiation zone without stopping the beam AD6 For beam alignment Positioning samples of different type and shape in beam For correct alignment of IRRAD tables in beam Shuttle system IRRAD tables Shuttle conveyor BPM profiles BPM hardware system Manual control User interface of the IRRAD table control system. Administrator interface IRRAD user interface BPM system architecture Mini-BPM profiles Environmental Monitoring Additional Applications 500 channels values monitored in each spill: Temperature IRRAD Tables and shuttle positions Radiation Beam intensities IRRAD status panel Application for the SEC value and intensity computation 3D reconstructed beam profile Notifications and alarms Tool for monitoring the dose rate of the AD6 dosimeters Environmental monitoring system IRRAD tables positions display IRRAD Data Management System Towards a Unique Irradiation Facility Framework Motivations Poster #264 After research in many irradiation facilities: Registered Experiments (web) 52 49 executed (94%) Number of user teams 23 + 5 AIDA teams ~70% LHC experiments Number of samples / irradiated objects 416 246 “SET” numbers Samples size (MIN/MAX) 2mm × 2mm 250cm × 13cm × 4cm Target proton fluence (request MAX) 1×1017 p/cm2 (5×5mm2 FWHM) ~27MGy in Si Typical irradiation runs (MIN/MAX) ~2×1011 p/cm2 (1 spill) ~4.2×1016 p/cm2 (5×5mm2 FWHM) ~1.6×1016 p/cm2 (20×20mm2 FWHM) Typical irradiation time (MIN/MAX) 400 ms ~50 days ~76 days Operations are done manually and even on papers Operating autonomously, using their own technologies and management systems Outdated systems Risks of data loss because of the poor or no data management systems Lack of a common knowledge base shared among the irradiation facilities The irradiation facilities need to share the same knowledge base and follow a same irradiation facility model. For this reason we need an ontology. Types of samples irradiated in IRRAD Radioactive equipment database (TREC) Conclusion IRRAD Proton Facility 2016 Ontology is an assembly of definitions, properties and interrelations among entities of a specific domain, in this case the irradiation facilities Gamma Spectrometry System (APEX) Irradiation Facility Framework Adaptive Multi-profile Platform independent Database Schema balsamiq mockups Irradiation facility ontology sketch IRRAD Data Management System webpages www.cern.ch