| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1883646 | Radiation Measurements | 2014 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
•A passive neutron area monitor was built and evaluated.•The monitor uses pairs of TLD 600 and TLD700.•It was evaluated in the beam port of a TRIGA Mark III reactor.•The performance was also evaluated in a 15 MV LINAC.
A passive neutron area monitor has been designed using Monte Carlo methods; the monitor is a polyethylene cylinder with pairs of thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLD600 and TLD700) as thermal neutron detector. The monitor was calibrated with a bare and a thermalzed 241AmBe neutron sources and its performance was evaluated measuring the ambient dose equivalent due to photoneutrons produced by a 15 MV linear accelerator for radiotherapy and the neutrons in the output of a TRIGA Mark III radial beam port.
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Authors
Héctor René Vega-Carrillo, Karen Arlete Guzman-Garcia, Eduardo Gallego, Alfredo Lorente,