Determination of the Total Annual Dose emitted by an irradiated target in ISIS synchrotron.

Thisworkcontainstheprocessfollowedtounderstandandsimulatehowaspeci csetofmaterials areactivated.Themainissueconsistsinhowtoshieldthesekindofmaterialstoensurethat anyonewillbeexposedtoharmfulradiation. Forthisspeci cproblem,theactivatedmaterialiscalledtarget.Itisacylindricalobjectplaced insideISISSyn...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Sabio Ruiz, Daniel
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/111544
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/111544
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Synchrotrons
Radiation
Sincrotrons
Radiació
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física
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Sumario:Thisworkcontainstheprocessfollowedtounderstandandsimulatehowaspeci csetofmaterials areactivated.Themainissueconsistsinhowtoshieldthesekindofmaterialstoensurethat anyonewillbeexposedtoharmfulradiation. Forthisspeci cproblem,theactivatedmaterialiscalledtarget.Itisacylindricalobjectplaced insideISISSynchrotrontobeirradiatedbyaprotonbeamof800MeVtogenerateneutrons, whichareusedtoperformexperiments. A modelhadtobedevelopedtoassurethatthisorfutureactivatedtargetswillbecorrectly shieldedandmanaged.Inordertodoitwasnecessarytounderstandthephysicsbehindionizing radiationsandhowtoimplementitinaMonte-Carlocode(FLUKA)toproduceaconsistent simulations. Theresultsofthemodelsimulationarecomparedwithasimilarstudypublishedthatuses MCNPX(anotherMonte-Carlocode),inassociationwiththeCINDER'90transmutationcode. Theresultsarealsocomparedwithmeasuredvalues.Bothcomparativeshaveaverygood match,whichmeansthatthemodelworks. Attheendofthisworktherearealsopossiblefutureworkingtokeepdevelopingthistopic.