Accelerators

This category covers  all types of accelerators, accelerator-produced radiation fields, accelerator radiation shielding, accelerator radiation detection instrumentation, accelerator radiation safety syetem interlocks  accelerator material radiation damage and accelerator-induced radiation. Anything accelerator related can be found here!

Questions Answered by HPS Experts

The following health physics questions have been answered by an expert and approved by our editors for inclusion in our "Ask the Experts" feature. Click on the question to see the answer.

Questions in this Category Are in the Following Subcategories:
  •  Radiation fields
  •  Radiation shielding
  •  Induced radioactivity
  •  Instrumentation
  •  Miscellaneous
 
Radiation fields
Q4511   –   Linac survey
Q9892   –   Increasing radiation from an Am-241 source
 
Radiation shielding
Q8043   –   Which form of iron provides better uniformity of mix for concrete?
Q11104   –   Radiation leakage calculations
Q12516   –   Paraffin for thermal neutron shielding
 
Induced radioactivity
Q7427   –   Concrete activation from Linac operation
 
Instrumentation
Q10174   –   Unstable readings
 
Miscellaneous
Q8626   –   Guidance for interlocks for table-top x-ray generating devices
Q9368   –   Controls for a DT neutron generator
Q9383   –   Production of titanium-44