A time-dependent dose model for glovebox processing of fissile material

A new modeling system for high-intensity neutral particle radiation fields is presented. The code PANDEMONIUM calculates external effective dose rates from neutrons and photons produced at specific locations within an industrial-size plutonium processing facility. The new version of PANDEMONIUM intr...

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Published in:Radiation protection dosimetry 2005-01, Vol.115 (1-4), p.350-356
Main Authors: Wooten, H. Omar, Dudziak, Donald J., Hertel, Nolan E., Kornreich, Drew E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer Simulation
Models, Biological
Neutrons
Nuclear Fission
Occupational Exposure - analysis
Radiation Dosage
Radiation Monitoring - methods
Radiation Protection - instrumentation
Radiation Protection - methods
Radioisotopes - analysis
Risk Assessment - methods
Software
Specimen Handling - instrumentation
Specimen Handling - methods
Time Factors
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Summary:A new modeling system for high-intensity neutral particle radiation fields is presented. The code PANDEMONIUM calculates external effective dose rates from neutrons and photons produced at specific locations within an industrial-size plutonium processing facility. The new version of PANDEMONIUM introduces time-dependent neutronics for source multiplication coupled with transient source and detector positions. The code is designed to provide quick and acceptably accurate total effective dose estimates for scenarios and facilities for which conventional methods prove to be too impractical or costly to model. The energy range of the code has also been extended to include the effects of prompt-fission photons.
ISSN:0144-8420
1742-3406
DOI:10.1093/rpd/nci081