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Experimental verification of bremsstrahlung production and dosimetry predictions for 15. 5 MeV electrons

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OSTI ID:5917565
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  1. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  2. Technical Support Corp., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
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The radiation produced by a 15.5-Mev mono-energetic electron beam incident on optimized and non-optimized bremsstrahlung targets is characterized using the ITS Monte Carlo code and measurements with equilibrated and non-equilibrated TLD dosimetry. Comparisons between calculations and measurements verify the calculations and demonstrate that the code can be used to predict both bremsstrahlung production and TLD response for radiation fields that are characteristic of those produced by pulsed simulators of gamma rays. At optimum bremsstrahlung production, the predicted total forward radiation fluence detected in equilibrated TLD dosimetry agrees with that measured within the {plus minus}6% uncertainty of the measurement. The absolute comparisons made here provide independent confirmation of the validity of the TLD calibration for photon fields characteristic of gamma-ray simulators. The empirical Martin equation, which is often used to calculate radiation dose from optimized bremsstrahlung targets, is examined, and its range of validity is established from the data presented.
Research Organization:
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
OSTI ID:
5917565
Report Number(s):
SAND-91-0145; CONF-910751--12; ON: DE92004950
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
A CODES
ACCELERATORS
BEAMS
BREMSSTRAHLUNG
COMPUTER CODES
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
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ELECTRON BEAMS
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RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS
RADIATION SOURCES
RADIATIONS
SIMULATION
TESTING
THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY
X-RAY EQUIPMENT
X-RAY SOURCES