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	Physical analysis of the radiation shielding for the medical accelerators
	Li, Q. F. ; Xing, Q. Z. ; Kong, C. C.
	2010-10-12 ; 2010-10-12
关键词	Physics, Applied
中文摘要	Radiation safety standards today require comprehensive shielding protection schemes for all particle accelerators. The original shielding system of BJ-20 (BeiJing-20 MeV), the high-energy medical electron linac, was designed only for the 18 MeV level. And the dose caused by the lost electrons in the 270 degrees bending magnet system was neglected. In this paper, the leakage dose of BJ-20 is carefully analyzed. The radiation leakage dose distribution of the photons coming from the accelerator head is obtained for energy levels of 6, 12, 14, and 18 MeV. The dose of the photoneutrons is especially analyzed for the 18 MeV level. The result gives that even neglecting the dose from the 270 bending magnet system, the shielding system is still not enough for the energy levels lower than 18 MeV. The radiation leakage produced by electrons that are lost in the 270 bending magnet system has been particularly studied. Using beam transport theory and Monte Carlo sampling methods, which have been combined in calculations, we have obtained the distribution of the energy, position, and direction of the lost electrons. These data were then further processed by the Monte Carlo N-particle (MCNP) code as input data. The results show that when the electron loss rate in the 270 bending magnet system is 13.5%, the radiation leakage dose of the photons generated by the lost electrons is 0.1% higher than that at the isocenter, and the corresponding relative leakage dose of the photoneutrons reaches 0.045% around an angle of 170 at 18 MeV level. Both of these parameters exceed radioprotection safety standards for medical accelerators. The original shielding design is therefore not suitable and is also incomplete since the radiation produced by the electrons being lost in the 270 bending magnet system was neglected and the leakage dose for the low-energy levels was not considered in the original design. Our calculations provide a very useful tool for further optimization and design improvement that will enable this radiation shielding to conform to present day safety standards. (C) 2009 American Institute of Physics.
语种	英语 ; 英语
出版者	AMER INST PHYSICS ; MELVILLE ; CIRCULATION & FULFILLMENT DIV, 2 HUNTINGTON QUADRANGLE, STE 1 N O 1, MELVILLE, NY 11747-4501 USA
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/78862]
专题	清华大学
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Li, Q. F.,Xing, Q. Z.,Kong, C. C.. Physical analysis of the radiation shielding for the medical accelerators[J],2010, 2010.
APA	Li, Q. F.,Xing, Q. Z.,&Kong, C. C..(2010).Physical analysis of the radiation shielding for the medical accelerators..
MLA	Li, Q. F.,et al."Physical analysis of the radiation shielding for the medical accelerators".(2010).

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