Academic Training Lecture Regular Programme
The use of Monte Carlo radiation transport codes in radiation physics and dosimetry (3/3)
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Europe/Zurich
503/1-001 - Council Chamber (CERN)
Description
Application of Monte Carlo codes in radiation shielding and dosimetry
This lecture will review some of the applications of Monte Carlo codes in radiation physics and dosimetry, providing a number of examples with comparison with experimental results where available. The following topics will be addressed:
1) calculation of radiation shielding and energy deposition studies for the LHC and for future CERN high-power accelerators;
2) induced radioactivity in accelerators, its impact on accelerator operation and on accelerator decommissioning (the example of LEP);
3) exposure of man at commercial flight altitudes, modelling of aircraft to assess influence of material distribution around passengers and crew, and modelling the cosmic neutron field on earth;
4) example of designing radiation protection instrumentation;
5) calculations of fluence to dose conversion coefficients used to estimate the radiation risk to humans;
6) evaluation of radiation risk caused by exposure to narrow beams at high-energy accelerators (gas bremsstrahlung and high-energy protons).