title: MCNPX alpha particle dose estimate to the skin tissue from a low-enriched uranium fuel fragment.
abstract: Three alpha volume sources (low-enriched uranium-U(3)Si) were analysed using Monte Carlo modelling in order to calculate the dose delivered to the dermis from a small embedded fuel fragment (sliver). Three shapes were analysed using MCNPX 2.6.0 code: sphere, cylinder and parallelepiped. Essentially, two kinds of runs were performed: count rate run and dosimetry run. The two results were combined to estimate dose coefficients that can be used for alpha dose assessments in the field. The two results were obtained for the 1 and 0 cm counting geometries. These results are very stable and show that the actual dose delivered to the skin per unit count rate for the recovered particle is independent of the shape of the volume alpha source.
authors: Chalk River Laboratories, AECL Dosimetry Services, Chalk River, Ontario, Canada. atanackj@aecl.ca
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Atanackovic
mesh_terms: D000512:Alpha Particles; D006801:Humans; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D012867:Skin / Q000528:radiation effects*; D014501:Uranium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D014501:Uranium