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BE AWARE OF NEUTRONS OUTSIDE SHORT MAZES FROM 10-MV LINEAR ACCELERATORS X-RAYS IN RADIOTHERAPY FACILITIES.

Brockstedt, Sara LU ; Holstein, Hanna LU ; Jakobsson, L ; Tomaszewicz, Andrej LU and Knöös, Tommy LU orcid (2015) In Radiation Protection Dosimetry 165(1-4). p.464-467
Abstract
During the radiation survey of a reinstalled 10-MV linear accelerator in an old radiation treatment facility, high dose rates of neutrons were observed. The area outside the maze entrance is used as a waiting room where patients, their relatives and staff other than those involved in the actual treatment can freely pass. High fluence rates of neutrons would cause an unnecessary high effective dose to the staff working in the vicinity of such a system, and it can be several orders higher than the doses received due to X-rays at the same location. However, the common knowledge appears to have been that the effect of neutrons at 10-MV X-ray linear accelerator facilities is negligible and shielding calculations models seldom mention neutrons... (More)
During the radiation survey of a reinstalled 10-MV linear accelerator in an old radiation treatment facility, high dose rates of neutrons were observed. The area outside the maze entrance is used as a waiting room where patients, their relatives and staff other than those involved in the actual treatment can freely pass. High fluence rates of neutrons would cause an unnecessary high effective dose to the staff working in the vicinity of such a system, and it can be several orders higher than the doses received due to X-rays at the same location. However, the common knowledge appears to have been that the effect of neutrons at 10-MV X-ray linear accelerator facilities is negligible and shielding calculations models seldom mention neutrons for this operating energy level. Although data are scarce, reports regarding this phenomenon are now emerging. For the future, it is advocated that contributions from neutrons are considered already during the planning stage of new or modified facilities aimed for 10 MV and that estimated dose levels are verified. (Less)
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  author       = {{Brockstedt, Sara and Holstein, Hanna and Jakobsson, L and Tomaszewicz, Andrej and Knöös, Tommy}},
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  publisher    = {{Oxford University Press}},
  series       = {{Radiation Protection Dosimetry}},
  title        = {{BE AWARE OF NEUTRONS OUTSIDE SHORT MAZES FROM 10-MV LINEAR ACCELERATORS X-RAYS IN RADIOTHERAPY FACILITIES.}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncv046}},
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