title: Monte Carlo modelling of a simple accident dosemeter.
abstract: A simple dosemeter made of a sulphur tablet, bare and cadmium-covered indium foils and a cadmium-covered copper foil has been modelled using MCNP5. Studies of the model without phantoms or other confounding factors have shown that the cross sections and fluence-to-dose factors generated by the Monte Carlo method agree with those generated by analytic expressions for the high-energy component. In this study, the effect of location on phantoms is studied and an extension of this study to low and intermediate energies is done. The activities expected from exposure to four critical assemblies on phantom is calculated and compared with observations.
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory, HSR-4, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA. devine_r@lanl.gov
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Devine
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity