Operation of the electron accelerator and the -ray irradiation facilities

Agematsu, Takashi; Hanaya, Hiroaki; Yamagata, Ryohei; Seito, Hajime; Nagao, Yuto; Kaneko, Hirohisa; Yamaguchi, Toshiyuki*; Kawashima, Ikuo*; Yagi, Norihiko*; Takagi, Masahide*; Matsuzaki, Shinya*

The electron accelerator and the -ray irradiation facility have been operated approximately smoothly. The annual operation time in FY 2013 for the electron accelerator, the first, the second cobalt irradiation facility and food irradiation facility are 1242 h, 18,900 h, 11,804 h and 6,587 h, respectively. Typically repairs were next ones. The SF gas withdrawal system was renewed at the electron accelerator. The 600 m water storage tank was installed to keep pool-water for the cobalt facilities maintenance. New pieces of Co sources were purchased and loaded to the first and the second irradiation facility. The maintenance check was done for the food irradiation facility.