title: Analysis of QUADOS problem on TLD-ALBEDO personal dosemeter responses using discrete ordinates and Monte Carlo methods.
abstract: In the scope of QUADOS, a Concerted Action of the European Commission, eight calculational problems were prepared in order to evaluate the use of computational codes for dosimetry in radiation protection and medical physics, and to disseminate "good practice" throughout the radiation dosimetry community. This paper focuses on the analysis of the P4 problem on the 'TLD-albedo dosemeter: neutron and/or photon response of a four-element TL-dosemeter mounted on a standard ISO slab phantom'. Altogether 17 solutions were received from the participants, 14 of those transported neutrons and 15 photons. Most participants (16 out of 17) used Monte Carlo methods. These calculations are time-consuming, requiring several days of CPU time to perform the whole set of calculations and achieve good statistical precision. The possibility of using deterministic discrete ordinates codes as an alternative to Monte Carlo was therefore investigated and is presented here. In particular the capacity of the adjoint mode calculations is shown.
authors.affiliation: OECD/NEA Data Bank, 12 bd. des Iles, F-92130 Issy-les-Moulinaux, France. ivo.kodeli@oecd.org
authors.forename: Ivo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kodeli
authors.forename: Rick
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tanner
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis / Q000379:methods; D005062:European Union; D008954:Models, Biological; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D012984:Software; D013819:Thermoluminescent Dosimetry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*