Accession Number:

AD0755510

Title:

Accelerator Radiation Protection

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

ARMY NATICK LABS MA FOOD LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Martin, III, Thomas G.

Report Date:

1972-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

196.0

Abstract:

The eight chapters of the report cover much of the material needed in the evaluation of design and operational safety for particle accelerators below 40-50 MeV. Each chapter deals with a phase of the problem such as x-ray shielding, neutron shielding, and induced radioactivity.

Descriptors:

• *NUCLEAR RADIATION
• *PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
• *SHIELDING
• ARTIFICIAL RADIOACTIVITY
• BETATRONS
• CYCLOTRONS
• DOSIMETERS
• GRAPHICS
• LINEAR ACCELERATORS
• MATERIALS
• NEUTRON SCATTERING
• NUCLEAR CROSS SECTIONS
• RADIATION HAZARDS
• SAFETY
• X RAYS

Subject Categories:

• Nuclear Radiation Shielding, Protection and Safety
• Radioactivity, Radioactive Wastes and Fission Products
• Particle Accelerators

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE