Technical Note: A proposal of air ventilation system design criteria for a clinical room in a heavy-ion medical facility.

Abstract:

PURPOSE:An optimized air ventilation system design for a treatment room in Heavy-ion Medical Facility is an important issue in the aspects of nuclear safety because the activated air produced in a treatment room can directly affect the medical staff and the general public in the radiation-free area. METHODS:Optimized design criteria of air ventilation system for a clinical room in 430 MeV/u carbon ion beam medical accelerator facility was performed by using a combination of MCNPX2.7.0 and CINDER'90 codes. Effective dose rate and its accumulated effective dose by inhalation and residual gamma were calculated for a normal treatment scenario (2 min irradiation for one fraction) as a function of decay time. Natural doses around the site were measured before construction and used as reference data. RESULTS:With no air ventilation system, the maximum effective dose rate was about 3 μSv/h (total dose of 90 mSv/y) and minimum 0.2 μSv/h (total dose of 6 mSv/y), which are over the legal limits for medical staff and for the general public. Although inhalation dose contribution was relatively small, it was considered seriously because of its long-lasting effects in the body. The integrated dose per year was 1.8 mSv/y in the radiation-free area with the 20-min rate of air ventilation system. CONCLUSION:An optimal air ventilation rate of 20 min is proposed for a clinical room, which also agrees with the best mechanical design value.

journal_name

Med Phys

journal_title

Medical physics

authors

Kum O

doi

10.1002/mp.12914

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-06-01 00:00:00

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2667-2671

issue

6

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0094-2405

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2473-4209

journal_volume

45

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