<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Recombination chambers and 2202D Studsvik-Alnor reference remmeter were used for determination of ambient dose equivalent, H*(10) and its neutron and gamma components at the door to the maze of 15 MV medical accelerator. The measurements were performed at opened and partly closed door. The results showed that the ambient dose equivalent rate was 76.2 μSv h-1 at the opened door and only 2.7 μSv h-1 at slightly opened door, 2.5 m from the entrance to the maze.</abstract>

Recombination chambers and 2202D Studsvik-Alnor reference remmeter were used for determination of ambient dose equivalent, H*(10) and its neutron and gamma components at the door to the maze of 15 MV medical accelerator. The measurements were performed at opened and partly closed door. The results showed that the ambient dose equivalent rate was 76.2 μSv h-1 at the opened door and only 2.7 μSv h-1 at slightly opened door, 2.5 m from the entrance to the maze.

Application of recombination chambers for determination of neutron ambient dose equivalent at the door to the maze of linear accelerator vault

Institute of Metrology and Biomedical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Sw. A. Boboli 8, Warsaw, Poland

National Centre for Nuclear Research, Otwock-Świerk, Poland

Polish Journal of Medical Physics and Engineering

Recombination chambers and 2202D Studsvik-Alnor reference remmeter were used for determination of ambient dose equivalent, H*(10) and its neutron and gamma...

Application of recombination chambers for determination of neutron ambient dose equivalent at the door to the maze of linear accelerator vault

Published Online: Mar 20, 2012

Page range: 153 - 158

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10013-011-0015-2

Keywords
recombination chamber, medical accelerator, photoneutrons

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Application of recombination chambers for determination of neutron ambient dose equivalent at the door to the maze of linear accelerator vault

Published Online: Mar 20, 2012

Page range: 153 - 158

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10013-011-0015-2

Keywordsrecombination chamber, medical accelerator, photoneutrons

This content is open access.

Keywords
recombination chamber, medical accelerator, photoneutrons