Calculating the indoor dose deposited by gamma-photons using GEANT4

Danut Argintaru; Valerica Baban; Eliodor Constantinescu

doi:10.1117/12.885002

3 December 2010 Calculating the indoor dose deposited by γ-photons using GEANT4

Danut Argintaru, Valerica Baban, Eliodor Constantinescu

Proceedings Volume 7821, Advanced Topics in Optoelectronics, Microelectronics, and Nanotechnologies V; 782115 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.885002
Event: Advanced Topics in Optoelectronics, Microelectronics, and Nanotechnologies, 2010, Constanta, Romania

Abstract

The GEANT4 package programs were used to calculate the contribution of external γ dose due to natural radioactivity of building materials. The method correlates the activity concentrations of 40K and members of the 238U and 232Th radioactive decay chains in building materials used for constructing the walls with the γ dose absorbed by a water phantom at the center of the room. The obtained results are in agreement with values measured and calculated by other authors.

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Danut Argintaru, Valerica Baban, and Eliodor Constantinescu "Calculating the indoor dose deposited by γ-photons using GEANT4", Proc. SPIE 7821, Advanced Topics in Optoelectronics, Microelectronics, and Nanotechnologies V, 782115 (3 December 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.885002

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