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Passive neutron area monitor with pairs of TLDs as neutron detector
Fecha
2014-10Autor
Vega Carrillo, Héctor René
Guzmán García, Karen Arlete
Gallego Díaz, Eduardo
Lorente, Alfredo
Institución
Resumen
A passive neutron area monitor has been designed using Monte Carlo methods; the monitor is a polyethylene cylinder with pairs of thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLD600 and TLD700) as thermal neutron detector. The monitor was calibrated with a bare and a thermalzed 241AmBe neutron sources and its performance was evaluated measuring the ambient dose equivalent due to photoneutrons produced by a 15 MV linear accelerator for radiotherapy and the neutrons in the output of a TRIGA Mark III radial beam port.