Accession Number:

AD0669120

Title:

MONTE CARLO CALCULATION OF THE SPECTRUM OF GAMMA RADIATION FROM A COLLIMATED CO-60 SOURCE

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. Sep 1966-Dec 1967 on Nuclear Radiation Shielding Studies

Corporate Author:

ILLINOIS UNIV AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

Personal Author(s):

• Morris, E. E.
• Chilton, A. B.

Report Date:

1967-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

64.0

Abstract:

A Monte Carlo calculation of the energy spectrum emitted by a collimated, Co-60 source is reported. The collimator assumed is very similar to one currently being used in experimental shielding studies at the University of Illinois. Radiation emerging from the collimator is classified into 13 equal- length energy intervals between 0.1 and 1.4 MeV, and into 3 direction intervals for angles relative to the collimator axis between 0 and 90 deg. Comparisons are made with experimental and theoretical work reported by others.

Descriptors:

• *COMPUTER PROGRAMS
• *SPECTRUM ANALYZERS
• *RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES
• COLLIMATORS
• CORRELATION TECHNIQUES
• COBALT
• SHIELDING
• GAMMA RAYS
• MONTE CARLO METHOD
• FLOW CHARTING

Subject Categories:

• Computer Programming and Software
• Nuclear Radiation Shielding, Protection and Safety

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE