Radiation Dosimetry of a Graphite Moderated Radium-Beryllium Source
Abstract
The Brookhaven National Laboratory Sigma Pile is a Radium-Beryllium neutron source imbedded in a cube of graphite blocks. The pile is approximately 2.13 m on four sides and is 3.07 m high. Thermo-luminescent dosimeters were used to determine the neutron and gamma-ray dose rates in the pile. Gamma-ray dose rate measurements have also been made in the air outside of the pile, while the Radium-Beryllium neutron source was being withdrawn from the pile. The Monte Carlo code has been used to calculate the coupled neutron-photon transport. Measured dose rates at various locations agreed with the calculated values within 5% to 15%.
- Publication:
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Reactor Dosimetry in the 21st Century
- Pub Date:
- June 2003
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2003rdtc.conf..484H