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Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2004 111(1):101-103; doi:10.1093/rpd/nch369
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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Vol. 111, No. 1 © Oxford University Press 2004; all rights reserved

Neutron dose rate evaluation for medical linear accelerators

A. Facure1,*, R. C. Falcão1, A. X. Da Silva2 and V. R. Crispim2

1 Comissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear, R. Gal. Severiano 90, sala 416, 22294-900 Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil
2 [PEN/COPPE—DNC/EE]CT/UFRJ, Ilha do Fundão, P.O. Box 68509, 21945-970, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

* Corresponding author: afsoares{at}cnen.gov.br

During X-ray therapeutic irradiation with energies above the threshold of (X,n) reactions in the structural materials of medical accelerators, a photoneutron fluence is generated. In Brazil, no measurements of neutron doses in radiotherapy rooms are being done yet, when licensing these equipment. Consequently, it is very important to obtain accurate analytical formulae and/or simulation of these dose rates, in order to estimate the increase in dose received by the patient and staff, as well as to correctly project the additional shielding for the treatment room. In this work, we present MCNP simulation of dosimetric quantities at the isocentre of some models of high-energy linear accelerators, and compare it with the values given by the manufacturers, finding good agreement between both.


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