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NEUTRON AND PHOTON DOSE MAPPING OF A DD NEUTRON GENERATOR
Walid A Metwally1, Osama A Taqatqa1, Mohammed M Ballaith1
1Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, UAE.
Abstract:
Neutron generators are an excellent tool that can be effectively utilized in educational institutions for applications such as neutron activation analysis, neutron radiography, and profiling and irradiation effects. For safety purposes, it is imperative that appropriate measures are taken in order to minimize the radiation dose from such devices to the operators, students and the public. This work presents the simulation and measurement results for the neutron and photon dose rates in the vicinity of the neutron generator installed at the University of Sharjah. A very good agreement is found between the simulated and measured dose rates. All of the public dose constraints were found to be met. The occupational dose constraint was also met after imposing a 200 cm no entry zone around the generator room.
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