title: Radiation protection of PFMA-1, a plasma focus for medical applications.
abstract: A plasma focus is being developed for breeding short-lived radionuclides. The different radiation protection issues and concerns posed by the machine once in operation are analysed and discussed. Activation is shown to be totally negligible and likewise neutron emission is found to pose no concern at all. The only source of radiation risk is found to rest in the radionuclides produced, 18F and 15 O, generating a peak exposure of 1.114 Sv y(-1) at the distance of closest approach of 2.5 m. Shielding to protect against this hazard is calculated to be 5 cm Pb or 54 cm concrete for the operation area and 5.5 cm Pb for the transportation flask.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio di Ingegneria Nucleare di Montecuccolino, Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, via dei Colli 16, I-40136 Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fabbri
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frignani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mannucci
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mostacci
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rocchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sumini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Teodori
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Angeli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tartari
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cucchi
mesh_terms: D003252:Construction Materials; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D011868:Radioisotopes; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods*; D017751:Safety Management; D012542:Scattering, Radiation
chemical_list: D011868:Radioisotopes