INVESTIGATION OF WINDOWS AND SHIELDS FOR NEUTRON POINT SOURCES

doi:https://doi.org/10.2172/4231695

INVESTIGATION OF WINDOWS AND SHIELDS FOR NEUTRON POINT SOURCES

H. J. Browne,Jens Kaufmann,N.B. Garden-1959-05-20

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For presentation at the Health Physics Conference, Gatlinburg, Tenn., June 18, 1959. An empirical approach for the evaluation of shielding materials for macrochemical manipulations of spontaneously fissioning heavy elements (curium and californium) has revealed interesting comparisons. High-density metal halide solutions were compared with lead glass and with rare earth glass for use as shielding windows. Laminated shieids of lead-paraffin and uranium- paraffin were compared with water and with paraffin for shielding walls. Measurement if samples of the mixed shielding materials compared reasonably with published data, where available. On the basis of the figures obtained dose- attenuation factors were computed for various thicknesses of the materials tested. (auth)

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For presentation at the Health Physics Conference, Gatlinburg, Tenn., June 18, 1959. An empirical approach for the evaluation of shielding materials for macrochemical manipulations of spontaneously fissioning heavy elements (curium and californium) has revealed interesting comparisons. High-density metal halide solutions were compared with lead glass and with rare earth glass for use as shielding windows. Laminated shieids of lead-paraffin and uranium- paraffin were compared with water and with paraffin for shielding walls. Measurement if samples of the mixed shielding materials compared reasonably with published data, where available. On the basis of the figures obtained dose- attenuation factors were computed for various thicknesses of the materials tested. (auth)

Keywords

CaliforniumElectromagnetic shieldingShieldsDepleted uraniumCuriumMaterials scienceUraniumShield

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