Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1882906 | Radiation Physics and Chemistry | 2016 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
The bremsstrahlung photon flux from the UNLV particle accelerator (Varian M6 model) was determined using MCNP5 code for 3Â MeV and 6Â MeV incident electrons. Human biological equivalent dose rates due to accelerator operation were evaluated using the photon flux with the flux-to-dose conversion factors. Dose rates were computed for the accelerator facility for M6 linac use under different operating conditions. The results showed that the use of collimators and linac internal shielding significantly reduced the dose rates throughout the facility. It was shown that the walls of the facility, in addition to the earthen berm enveloping the building, provide equivalent shielding to reduce dose rates outside to below the 2Â mrem/h limit.
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Authors
M. Hodges, A. Barzilov, Y. Chen, D. Lowe,