Dose mapping of a 60Co irradiation facility using PENELOPE and MCNPX and its validation by chemical dosimetry

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 435-440

  Belchior, A ^a   Botelho, M L ^a   Peralta, L ^b   Vaz, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

60Co gamma irradiator; Dose mapping; Fricke solution; MCNPX code; PENELOPE code

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; GAMMA RAYS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STANDARDS;

DOSE MAPPING; FRICKE SOLUTIONS; GAMMA IRRADIATORS;

DOSIMETRY;

COBALT 60;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; FRICKE SOLUTION; GAMMA RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION PROCESSING; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 39649125415     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2007.11.017     Document Type: Article

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