Accession Number:

AD0601719

Title:

EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION OF THE WALLSCATTERED RADIATION FUNCTION G SUB S (OMEGA)

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

TECHNICAL OPERATIONS INC BURLINGTON MA

Personal Author(s):

• Jones, James L.
• Batter, John F.

Report Date:

1963-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

67.0

Abstract:

An investigation was made of the variation of dose rate with solid angle fraction in structures of simple geometries. The experimentally determined infinite field dose rate was compared with calculations based on the Engineering Manual and Spencers Monograph. Except for the thinnest walls, the values of experimental and calculated dose rates were within 20. This was greater than the estimated experimental error, and the difference followed a pattern that suggests a definite discrepancy between experiment and calculation. The same pattern of discrepancies was found in a direct comparison of experimental and theoretical values of skyshine radiation.

Descriptors:

• *SHELTERS
• *RADIOACTIVITY
• *DOSE RATE
• *RADIATION SHIELDING
• *GAMMA RAY SCATTERING
• EXPERIMENTAL DATA
• MOMENTS
• MONTE CARLO METHOD
• STEEL
• MATHEMATICAL PREDICTION
• CYLINDRICAL BODIES
• DETERMINATION
• RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION
• FUNCTIONS(MATHEMATICS)
• RADIATION MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
• FALLOUT

Subject Categories:

• Radioactivity, Radioactive Wastes and Fission Products

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE