THE BACKSCATTERING OF GAMMA RADIATION FROM PLANE CONCRETE WALLS
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4710814
Monte Carlo calculations were performed for source energies from 1 to 10 Mev, and normally incident radiation, showing that 90% of the infinite-barrier energy flux albedo is reached with a 10-cm concrete wall. The spectrum of back- scattered energy fiux is presented for the above sources and wali thicknesses ranging from 5 to 50 cm. An analytical expression, based on a single-scattering approximation, is shown to produce good fits to the Monte Carlo results. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Aktiebolaget Atomenergi, Stockholm
- NSA Number:
- NSA-17-011895
- OSTI ID:
- 4710814
- Report Number(s):
- AE-92
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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