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Title:
FAST NEUTRON GENERATORS: RADIATION LEVELS AND SHIELDING REQUIREMENTS ( AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL HYGIENGE ASSOC. JOURNAL VOL.24, PP 497-501, SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1963, REPRINT )
Author(s):
CLOUTIER, R J [OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR STUDIES]
Subject Terms:
HREX
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Publication Date:
1963 Sep 30
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0006
Accession Number:
NV0703862
Originating Research Org.:
ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION-OAK RIDGE OPERATIONS OFFI
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
NEUTRON AND GAMMA RADIATION LEVELS AROUND A COCKCROFT-WALTON NEUTRON GENERATOR PRODUCING 14-MEV NEUTRONS AT AN APPROXIMATE RATE OF 10E+10 NEUTRONS PER SECOND WERE MEASURED UNDER CONDITIONS TYPICAL OF THOSE REQUIRED FOR ACTIVATION ANALYSIS. NEUTRON FLUX REDUCTION TO ACCEPTABLE LEVELS FOR LIMITED OPERATION WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY 12 FEET OF DISTANCE THAT INCLUDED SHIELDING CONSISTING OF 27 INCHES OF WATER AND 16 INCHES OF SOLID CONCRETE BLOCK. OTHER RADIATION HAZARDS ENCOUNTERED WERE THE PRODUCTION OF X-RAYS AND THE RELEASE OF TRITIUM FROM THE TARGET.