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| Year : 2016 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 75-82 |
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Prompt gamma-based neutron dosimetry for Am-Be and other workplace neutron spectra
Ashwini Udupi, Priyada Panikkath, PK Sarkar
Manipal Centre for Natural Sciences, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
P K Sarkar
Manipal Centre for Natural Sciences, Manipal University, Manipal - 576 104, Karnataka
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/0972-0464.190393
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A new field-deployable technique for estimating the neutron ambient dose equivalent H*(10) by using the measured prompt gamma intensities emitted from borated high-density polyethylene (BHDPE) and the combination of normal HDPE and BHDPE with different configurations have been evaluated in this work. Monte Carlo simulations using the FLUKA code has been employed to calculate the responses from the prompt gammas emitted due to the monoenergetic neutrons interacting with boron, hydrogen, and carbon nuclei. A suitable linear combination of these prompt gamma responses (dose conversion coefficient [DCC]-estimated) is generated to approximate the International Commission on Radiological Protection provided DCC using the cross-entropy minimization technique. In addition, the shape and configurations of the HDPE and BHDPE combined system are optimized using the FLUKA code simulation results. The proposed method is validated experimentally, as well as theoretically, using different workplace neutron spectra with a satisfactory outcome. |
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