Analysis of personnel exposures in neutron therapy facilities.

Abstract:

:In conventional radiation-therapy facilities, radiation doses to medical personnel originate from the leakage radiation of 60Co teletherapy systems or from photoneutrons produced during the operation of x-ray generators at energies over 10 MeV in unsuitably shielded therapy rooms. In neutron-therapy facilities, during patient set-ups and position verifications, medical personnel are exposed to photons from remanent radioactivity induced in the shielding around the neutron-producing targets and in the beam collimators. At Fermilab, the use of an elevating platform limits personnel exposure periods to those times when collimators are being exchanged. Comparisons with other facilities are shown.

journal_name

Health Phys

journal_title

Health physics

authors

Rosenberg I,Awschalom M,Ten Haken RK,Bennett BR

doi

10.1097/00004032-198402000-00016

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1984-02-01 00:00:00

pages

407-12

issue

2

eissn

0017-9078

issn

1538-5159

journal_volume

46

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