title: New model for dwelling dose calculation using Monte Carlo integration.
abstract: A new methodology and computer model using Monte Carlo simulation for indoor dose calculation are developed. A room model of six rectangular slabs of finite thickness with door or window in each slab was used. Point-kernel photon transport model with self-absorption correction was applied for dose calculations. New software was designed and programmed using Pascal programming language, which was evaluated for standard room design. The calculated dose due to natural radionuclides in the concert walls has differences from the average model results of 0.21% for (238)U, 12.3% for (232)Th and 13.9% for (40)K; and the variability of specific dose rate with changing position density and composition of walls was studied. The new model has more flexibility for real dose calculation of any room structure and tailing, which is not given in the published models.
authors.affiliation: National Center for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Control, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt. khaledazalam@yahoo.com
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Allam
mesh_terms: D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000032:analysis*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006798:Housing; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D018511:Systems Integration
chemical_list: D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive; D011868:Radioisotopes