NEA-1694 SATIF/CYCLO-RADSAFE.

SATIF/CYCLO-RADSAFE.

The database contains reports on health physics and radiological safety aspects of cyclotron within the energy range 10-250 MeV:

• Mukherjee B., Sartori E., A Database on Health Physics and Radiological Safety of Cyclotrons 10-250 MEV, SATIF-7 2004 Workshop, ITN, Lisbon, Portugal

• Styen G.F., van Rooyen T. J., Binns P. J., Hough J. H., Nortier F. M., Mills S.J., Shield Design Calculations for a Radioisotope Production Target Bombardment Station, Proc.Targetry 1991 Workshop, PSI, Switzerland

• Phillips A. B., Prull D. E., Ristinen R.A., Kraushaar, Residual Radioactivity in a Cyclotron and its Surroundings, HPhys. 51(3) (1986) 337-342

• Vega-Carrillo H. R., Neutron energy spectra inside a PET cyclotron vault room, Nucl. Inst. Meth A 463 (2001) 375-386

• Mukherjee B., Operational Health Physics Service during the Maintenance of the Australian National Medical Cyclotron, Proc. 9th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference, Sydney, Australia 1-6 May 1994

• Mukherjee B., Parcell S., Transmission of Neutron and Gamma Radiation Fields along the Maze of a Cyclotron Vault, Appl. Radiat. Isot. 48(4) (1997) 453-457

• Mukherjee B., Decay characteristics of the induced radioactivity in the target cave of a Medical Cyclotron, Appl. Radiat. Isot. 48(6) (1997) 735-738

• Mukherjee B., A real-time positron monitor for the estimation of stack effluent releases from PET Medical Cyclotron facilities, Appl. Radiat. Isot. 57(12) (2002) 899-905

• Azharul Islam S. M., Akramuzzaman M.M., Awal M.A., Nurul Islam M., A study of Neutron Shielding Properties of Some Multilayers containing Polyethylene, Appl. Radiat. Isot.44(8) (1993) 1161-1164

• Sun R. K. S., Estimation of neutron dose equivalent at the mezannine of the advances light source and the laboratory boundary using the ORNL Program MORSE, HPhys. 59(6) (1990) 837-848

• Olsher R. H., Hsu H.H., Harvey W.F., Benchmarking the MCNP Monte Carlo Code with a Photon Skyshine Experiment, Nucl. Sc. Engg. 114 (1993) 219-227

• Borak T. B., Awschalom, Fairman W., Iwami F., Sedlet J., The underground migration of radionuclides produced in soil near high energy proton accelerator, HPhys. 23(11) (1972) 679-687

• Moritz L. E., Review of Proton Accelerator Shielding Problems, Proc. 1st specialists meeting of SATIF-1, Arlington, USA 28-29 April 1994

• Hayashi, K., Sakamoto Y., Working Group of Accelerator Shielding, Survey of thick target neutron yield data and accelerator shelding experiments, Proc. 2nd specialists meeting of SATIF-2, Geneva, Switzerland, 12-13 October 1995

• Shin K., Ishii Y., Uwamino Y., Sakai H., Numata S., Transmission of medium energy neutrons through concrete shields, Rad. Prot. Dosim. Vol.37, No. 3, pp. 175-178 (1991)

• Sun R. K. S., Neutron skyshine from end stations of the continuous electron beam accelerator facility, Proc. Topical meeting on New Horizons in Rad. Protection and Shielding, Pasco, USA, 26 April-1 May 1992

• Kurosawa T., Nakamura T., Kim U., Takada M., Hayashi Y., Morita T.,  Adachi Y., Radiation shielding for a small cyclotron for PET, Cyclotron and Radioisotopes Center, Tohoku university, Radioisotopes, Vol. 45, No. 11, Nov. 1996

• Szlavik F. F., Activation of a 42 MeV Cyclotron, Proc. Mid year topical meeting of the Health Physics Society, Reno, USA,  9-11 June 1987

• K. Kitao, T. Ohata, Gamma-ray Analysis on Radioactive Aerosol and Dust in the Machine Hall of a Cyclotron, HealthPhys. Pergamon Press 1971 Vol.21(Sept.) p. 475-479

• Moritz L. E., Activation of a 500 MeV Cyclotron, Proc. Mid year topical meeting of the Health Physics Society, Reno, USA,  9-11 June 1987

• Boothe T. E., McLeod T.F., Fernandez-Rubio F, Radiation safety aspects of production of commercial levels of medical radioisotopes, Nucl. Inst. Meth B 79 (1993) 945-948

• IAEA, Properties of neutron sources, IAEA-TECDOC-410, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria

• Maerker R. E., Muckenthaler F.J., Neutron fluxes in Concrete Ducts Arising from Incident Epicadmium Neutrons: Calculations and Experiment, Nucl. Sc. Engg. 30 (1967) 340-354

• Kenneth Shultis J., Faw R. E., Bassett M. S., The integral Line-Beam method for gamma skyshine analysis, Nucl. Sc. Engg. 107 (1991) 228-245

• Nakamura T., Kosako T., A Systematic Study on the Neutron Skyshine from Nuclear Facilities-Part I. Monte Carlo Analysis of Neutron Propagation in Air-over-Ground Environment from a Monoenergetic Source, Nucl. Sc. Engg. 77 (1981) 168-181

• D.R. Johnson, W.F. Ohnesorge, Yield, Energy and Angular Distributions of Neutrons Produced in Graphite, Copper and Tantalum Targets Irradiated with 63 MeV Protons, Atompraxis 14 Heft 4/5 1968 p.181-183

• Hayashi K., Nakamura T., Evaluation of the Neutron Skyshine from a Cyclotron, Nucl. Sc. Engg. 87 (1984) 123-135

• Distenfeld C. H., Colvett R. D., Skyshine Considerations for Accelerator Shielding Design, Nucl. Sc. Engg. 26 (1966) 117-121

• Ladu M., Pelliccioni M., Picchi P., Verri G., A contribution to the Skyshine Study, Nucl. Inst. Meth 62 (1968) p.51-56

• Alsmiller R. G., JR., Barish J., Childs R.L., Skyshine at neutron energies < 400 MeV, Particle Accelerators 11(1981) 131-141

• Stevenson G. R., Thomas R. H., A simple procedure for the estimation of neutron skyshine from proton accelerators, HPhys. Vol. 46, No. 1 (January), pp.115-122, 1984

• Gui A. A., Kenneth Shultis J., Faw R. E., Neutron skyshine calculations with the integral Beam-Line method, Nucl. Sc. Engg. 127 (1997) 230-237

• Shultis J. K., Hybrid Skyshine Calculations for Complex Neutron and Gamma-Ray Sources, Nucl. Sc. Engg. 136 (2000) 294-304

• Mazal A., Gall K., Bottollier-Depois J.F., Michaud S., Delacroix D., Fracas P., Clapier F., Delacroix S., Nauraye C., Ferrand R., Louis M., Habrand J.L., Shielding Measurements for a Protontherapy Beam of 200 MeV: Preliminary Results, Rad. Prot. Dosim. Vol.70, nos. 1-4, pp. 429-436 (1997)

• Rindi A., Thomas R.H., Skyshine- A paper tiger ?, Particle Accelerators 7(1975) 23-39

• Almond P. R., Marbach J. R., Otte V. A., Installation and Testing of a Hospital based Cyclotron for Radiation Therapy and Isotope Production, IEEE Trans. NS-30(2) (1983) 1772-1776

• Stephens L. D., Miller A. J., Radiation studies at a medium energy accelerator, Proc. of 2nd Int. Conf. on Accelerator Dosimetry and Experiments,, Stanford, USA, November 5-7, 1969

• Barral R. C., Merendino K. A., Nizar Feteih, A medical cyclotron facilities and program at the King Faisal specialist hospital and research centre Ryadh, Saudi Arabia, IEEE Trans. NS-30(2) (1983) 1777-1781

• Conard E. M., Arnott D. W., Operational experience and recent developments at the National Medical Cyclotron, Sydney, Nucl. Inst. Meth A 370 (1996) 630-633

• Thomas R. H., Shaw K. B., Simpson P., MacEwan J. F., Neutron surveys around the Rutherford Laboratory 50 MeV proton linear accelerator, NIRL/M/30, Harwell, Didcot, March 1962

• Dickie W. J., Stevenson N. R., Szlavik F.F., A cyclotron isotope production facility designed to maximize production and minimize radiation dose, Nucl. Inst. Meth B 79 (1993) 929-932

• Carter L. L., Bulk shield design for Neutron Energies below 50 MeV, Nucl. Tech/Fusion vol.3 Mar.1983 pp.165-180

• Teichmann S., Amrein, Gerig J., W. Hajdas, Temnitzer H., Dose rate measurements behind different shielding for 250 MeV protons on a thick copper target, Proc. 6th specialists meeting of SATIF-6, Palo Alto, USA, 11-13 April 2002

• Roussin R. W., Alsmiller R.G. Jr., Barish J., Calculations of the transport of neutrons and secondary gamma rays through concrete for incident neutrons in the energy range 15 to 75 MeV, Nucl. Engg. Des. 24 (1973) 250-257

• Oliver G. D. Jr., Bailey Moore E., The Neutron-Shielding Qualities of Water-Extended-Polyesters, HPhys. Pergamon Press 1970. Vol. 9 (Oct.) pp. 578-580

• Gujrathi S. C., d'Auria J.M., The attenuation of fast neutrons in shielding materials, Nucl. Inst. Meth 100 (1972) 445-452

• Stevenson G. R., Thomas R. H., Shielding of Accelerator Facilities (Part 1 & 2), Proc. IRPA9 Congress, Vienna, Austria, 14-19 April 1996

• Wadman W. W., Use of local shielding in experimental caves at a cyclotron, Health Physics Operational Monitoring, Vol. 2 pp.1291-1302

• Knieper J., Komnick K., Äquivalentdosisleistungsmessungen der Neutronen- und Gammastarhlung außerhalb des Babyzyklotron-Beschleunigerraumes, KFA-ICH1-1A-Strsch, KFA Jülich, Jun-91

• Weise H. P., Radiation protection at high energy heavy ion accelerators, Proc. IRPA7 Congress, Sydney, Australia, 10-17 April 1988

• Sauermann P. F., Friedrich W., Knieper J., Komnick K., Printz H., Shielding of fast neutrons from cyclotron targets, Proc. IRPA4 Congress, Paris, France, 21-23 April 1977

• Maerker R. E., Muckenthaler F.J., Neutron Fluxes in Concrete Ducts Arising from Incident Thermal Neutrons: Calculations and Experiment, Nucl. Sc. Engg. 29 (1967) pp. 444-454

• Calloway M. J., Ashworth M.J., Decommissioning and disposal of reduntant radioactive facilities at Manchester University, Southport '99 - Proceedings of the 6th SRP International Symposium, Held in Southport, 14-18 June 1999, ISBN 0-7058-1784-9

• Preusche St., Füchtner F., Steinbach J., Zessin J., Krug H., Neumann W., Long-distance transport of radionuclides between PET cyclotron and radiochemistry, Appl. Radiat. Isot. 51(1999) 625-630

• Bhuiyan S. I., Ahmed F. U., Mollah A. S., Rahman M. A., Studies of the neutron transport and shielding properties of locally developed shielding material: Poly-Boron, HPhys. 57(5) (1989) 819-824

• Boothe T. E., McLeod T.F., Plitnikas M., Kinney D., Tavano E., Feijoo Y., Smith P., Szelecsenyi F., Commercial and PET radioisotope manufacturing with a medical cyclotron, Nucl. Inst. Meth B  79 (1993) 926-928

• Bair J. K., Miller P. D., Wieland B. W., Neutron yields from the 4-12 MeV proton bombardment of 11B, 13 C and 18 O as related to the production of C, 13 N and 18 F, Appl. Radiat. Isot. 32(1981) 389-395

• Yamaguchi C., Energy Dependence of the Dose Equivalent on the Primary Proton Energy- Comparison of CASIM and Moyer model calculations, HPhys. Vol.51, No.6 (December), pp. 812-814, 1896

• Fasso A., Höfert M., Distributions of secondary particles around various targets exposed to 50 MeV protons, Nucl. Inst. Meth 133 (1976) 213-218

• Tesch K., Attenuation of the photon dose in labyrinths and ducts at accelerators, Rad. Prot. Dosim. 20 (3) (1987) 169-174

• Ishikawa T., Sugita H., Nakamura T., Thermalization of Accelerator-produced Neutrons in a Concrete Room, Hphys. Vol.60, No. 2 (February), pp. 209-221, 1991

• Votaw J. R., Nickles R. J., Radionuclide production for positron emission tomography: Choosing an appropriate accelerator, Nucl. Inst. Meth B 40/41(1989)1093-1099

• Maruyama T., Bouts C. J., Attenuation of 15 MeV Neutrons in Multilayer Shields Composed of Steel, Polyethylene and Borated Materials, Phys. Med. Biol 17(3) )1972) 420-424

• kuei-Lin L., Stevenson G.R., Thomas R.H., Thomas S.V., Variance and Regression Analyses of Moyer Model Parameter Data and Their Variation with Primary Proton Energy, HPhys. Vol. 46, No. 3 (March), pp. 674-681, 1984

• Abdul-Majid S., Othman F., Neutron attenuation characteristics of polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride and heavy aggregate concrete and mortars, HPhys.66(3) (1994) 327-338

• Mukherjee B., Optimisation of the radiation shielding of medical cyclotrons using a genetic algorithm, Proc. IRPA10 Congress,, Hiroshima, Japan, 14-19 May 2000

• Coutrakon G., Slater J. M., Ghebremedhin A., Design considerations for medical proton accelerators, Proc.  IEEE Particle Accelerator Conf., New York 1999

• Mukherjee B., Estimation of the 41-Argon production rate during the operation of the National Medical Cyclotron, Rad. Prot. Austr. 12(4) (1994) 152-155

• Jenkins T. M., Accelerator boundry doses and skyshine, HPhys. 27(9) (1974) 252-257

• Kimura K.I., Ishikawa T., Kinno M., Yamadera A., Nakamura T., Residual long-lived radioactivity distribution in the inner concrete wall of a cyclotron vault, HPhys. 67(6) (1994) 621-631

• Kimura K. I., Ishikawa T., Kinno M., Nakamura T., Compilation of neutron activation cross sections and trace element contents of concrete for estimating the induced radioactivities, Proc. ICRS8 Conference,, Arlington, USA, 24-28 April 1994

• Tesch K., A simple estimation of the lateral shielding for proton accelerators in the energy range 50 to 1000 MeV, Rad. Prot. Dosim. 11(3) (1985) 165-172

• Braid T. H., Rapids R. F., Siemssen R. H., Tippie J. W., O'Brien K., Calculations of shielding for large cyclotrons, IEEE Trans. NS-18 (1971) 821-824

• Garth J. C., Turinetti J. R., Gamma-ray Transport through Material Layers, IEEE Trans. NS-44 (6) (1997) 2058-2063

• Shure K., O'Brien J. A., Rothberg D. M., Neutron dose rate attenuation by iron and lead, Nucl. Sc. Engg. 35 (1969) 371-375

• Sasaki M., Kim E., Nunomiya T., Nakamura T., Nakao N., Shibata T., Uwamino Y., Ito S., Fukumura A., Measurements of high-energy neutrons penetrated through concrete shields using self-TOF, Ne213 and activation detectors, Nucl. Sc. Engg. 141 (2002) 140-153

• Newhauser W. D., Titt U., Dexheimer D., Yan X., Nill S., Neutron shielding verification measurements and simulations for a 235 MeV proton therapy center, Nucl. Inst. Meth A 476(2002) 80-84

• Agosteo S., Corrado M. G., Silari M., Tabarelli de fatis P., Shielding Design for a Proton Medical Accelerator Facility, IEEE Trans. NS, Vol. 43, No. 2, April 1996 pp. 705-715

• Nakamura T., Uwamino Y., Neutron and photon production from thick targets bombarded by 30-MeV p, 33-MeV d, 65-MeV 3He and 65-MeV alpha-ions: Phenomenological analysis of experimental neutron energy spectra, Phys. Rev. C, Vol.29, no. 4 (1984) pp. 1317-1325

• Al-Shalabi B., Cox A. J., The angular distribution of gamma-rays produced by the inelastic scattering of 14MeV neutrons in large samples of concrete, Appl. Radiat. Isot. 33 (1982) 1459-1463

• Nakamura T., Ishikawa T., Measurements and calculation of neutron leakage through a labyrinth from a 40 MeV proton cyclotron room, Proc. Topical meeting on New Horizons in Rad. Protection and Shielding Pasco, USA, 26 April-1 May 1992

• Nakamura T., Fujii M., Shin K., Neutron production from thick targets of carbon, iron, copper and lead by 30- and 52-MeV protons, Nucl. Sc. Engg. 83 (1983) 444-458

• Agosteo S., Fasso A., Ferrari A., Sala P. R., Silari M., Tabarelli de Fatis P., Double differential distributions and attenuation in concrete for neutrons produced by 100-400 MeV protons on iron and tissue targets, Nucl. Inst. Meth B 114 (1996) 70-80

• Pavlovic R., Pavlovic S., Nedeljkovic N., Shielding design on the TESLA accelerator installation in the institute of nuclear sciences Vinca, Eur. Accelerator Conf. Stiges, Spain, 10-14 June 1996

• Sunil Sunny C., Subbaiah K.V., Radiation shield design evaluation for GE-PET trace proton cyclotron, Rad. Prot. Environ. Vol.23, No.4, (2000) 266-273

• Sauermann P. F., Abschirmung der schnellen Neutronen von Zyklotrons für die medizinisch-biologische Forschung (Kompaktzyklotrons), Jül-751-PC, April 1971

• Stephens L. D., Thomas R. H., Thomas S. B., Population exposure from high-energy accelerators, HPhys. 29 (1975) 853-860

• Uwamino Y., Nakamura T., Shin K., Penetration through shielding materials of secondary neutrons and photons generated by 52-MeV protons, Nucl. Sc. Engg. 80 (1982) 360-369

• Sztanko K., Kacperek A., Cleaning of a medical cyclotron, Proc. SOUTHPORT 99 International Symposium of the SRP,, Southport, UK, 14-18 June 1999

• Yan X., Titt U., Koehler A.M., Newhauser W.D., Measurement of neutron dose equivalent to proton therapy patients outside of the proton radiation field, Nucl. Inst. Meth A 476 (2002) 429-434

• Comsan M. N. H., Estimated leakage radiation from Inshas Cyclotron, Applications of Accelerators in Research and Industry (1999), American Institute of Physics

• Shin K., Seki Y., Takatsu H., Simple estimation formula for radiation duct streaming, Proc. Topical meeting on New Horizons in Rad. Protection and Shielding Pasco,, USA, 26 April-1 May 1992

• Gujrathi S. C., d'Auria J.M., The attenuation of fast neutrons in shielding materials, Nucl. Inst. Meth 100 (1972) 445-452

• Yudelev M., Maughan R.L., Jordan L. E, Saxena R., Dose equivalents to neutron therapy facility staff due to induced activation, HPhys. 72 (3) (1997) 361-367

• Shen Q. B., Intensity and spectra of a white light neutron source produced by a 70-MeV proton accelerator, Nucl. Tech. 132 (10) (2000) pp.61-65

• Butler H. M., Fulmer C. B., Wallace K. M., Neutron Shielding of Cyclotron Targets, HPhys. 21 (7) (1976) PP.62-66

• Hagan W. K., Colborn B. L., Armstrong T. W., Radiation Shielding Calculations for a 70- to 250 MeV Proton Therapy Facility, Nucl. Sc. Engg. 98 (1988) 272-278

• Courtney J. C. (Ed), A hand book of radiation shielding data, ANS/SD-76/14, American Nuclear Society

• Yudelev M., Maughan R.L., Dunlap K., Shielding and Radiation Safety around a Superconducting Cyclotron Neutron Therapy Facility, HPhys. 69 (1) (1995) 130-136

• Shin K., Miyahara K., Tanabe E., Uwamino Y., Thick-Target Neutron Yield for Charged Particles, Nucl. Sc. Eng. 120 (1995) 40-54

• Nakashima H., Nakao N., Tanaka S.I., Nakamura T., Shin K., Tanaka S., Baba M., Transmission through Shields of Quasi-monoenergetic Neutrons generated by 43- and 68-MeV Protons-II: Iron Shielding Experiment and Analysis for investigating Calculational Method and Cross-Section Data, Nucl. Sc. Engg. 124 (1996) 243-257

• Shin K., Hibi K., Fujii M., Uwamino Y., Nakamura T., Neutron and photon production from thick targets bombarded by 30-MeV p, 33-MeV d, 65-MeV 3He and 65-MeV alpha ions: Experiment and comparison with cascade Monte Carlo calculations, Phys. Rev. C 29(4) (1984) 1307-1316

• Mukherjee B., A "Cook-Book-Method" of shielding design for compact medical cyclotrons, Proc. 14th International Conference on Cyclotrons and Their Applications, Cape Town, South Africa, 8-13 October 1995

• Naryanaswamy J., Duffy J., Kashy E., Koenig Z., Ronningen R.M., Neutron Shielding Calculations for Phase II Operarions of the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, MSUCP-40, NSCL,, Michigan State University, April 1992

• Shin K., Murakami R., Taniuchi H., Hyodo T., Measurements of neutron and gamma-ray streaming in a cavity-duct system and an analysis by an Albedo Monte Carlo method, Nucl. Sc. Engg. 81 (1982) 161-171

• Birattari C., Bonardi M., Ferrari A., Silari M., Neutron activation of air by a biomedical cyclotron and an assessement of dose to neighbourhood populations, Rad. Prot. Dosim. 14(4) (1986) 311-319

• Skyrme D. M., The evaporation of neutrons from nuclei bombarded with high energy protons, Nucl. Phys. 35 (1962) 177-193

• Uwamino Y., Nakamura T., Shin K., Penetration through shielding materials of secondary neutrons and photons generated by 52-MeV protons, Nucl. Sc. Engg. 80 (1982) 360-369

• Fulmer C. B., Butler H.M., Wallace K.M., Radiation leakage through thin cyclotron shields walls, Particle Accl. 4 (1972) 63-68

• Maerker R. E., Muckenthaler F.J., Neutron fluxes in concrete ducts arising from incident epicadmium neutrons: calculations and experiments, Nucl. Sc. Engg. 30 (1967) 340-354

• Nakao N, Nakashima H., Nakamura T., Tanaka S.I., , Tanaka S., Shin K.,  Baba M., Sakamoto Y., Nakane Y., Transmission through Shields of Quasi-Monoenergetic Neutrons generated by 43- and 68-MeV protons-I: Concrete Shielding Experiment and Calculation for Practical Application, Nucl. Sc. Engg. 124 (1996) 228-242

• Butler H.M., Wallace K.M., Fulmer C.B., Half-Value Thickness of Ordinary Concrete for Neutrons from Cyclotron Targets, HPhys. 24 (4) (1973) 438-439

• Siebers J. V., DeLuca P.M., Jr., Pearson D.W., Shielding calculations for 230 MeV protons using the LAHET code system, Nucl. Sc. Engg. 122 (1996) 258-266

• Roussin R. W., Alsmiller R.G., Jr., Barish J., Shielding against neutrons in the energy range of 15 to 75 MeV, ORNL-TM-3659, Oak Ridge National, Laboratory, December 1971

• Siebers J. V., DeLuca P.M., Jr., Pearson D.W., Shielding measurements for 230-MeV protons, Nucl. Sc. Engg. 115 (1993) 13-23

• Ishikawa T., Nakamura T., Mesurement and Calculation of Neutron Leakage through Labyrinth for 35 MeV Proton Accelerator Room, Jour. Nucl. Sc. Tech. 29 (2) (1992) 97-109

• Stevenson G. R., Liu Kuei-Lin, Thomas R.H., Determination of transverse shielding for proton accelerators using the Moyer model, HPhys. 43 (1) (1982) 13-19

• Song Y. T., Huddleston C.M., Chilton A.B., Neutron streaming through ducts- Analysis of experimental results, Nucl. Sc. Engg. 44 (1971) 252-275

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• Alsmiller R. G., Jr., Santoro R.T., Barrish J., Shielding calculations for a 200 MeV proton accelerator and comparisons with experimental data, Particle Accl. 7 (1975) 1-7

• Bozyap O., Day L.R., Attenuation of 14 MeV neutrons in shields of concrete and paraffin wax, HPhys. 28 (2) (1975) 101-109

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• Mukherjee B., Principle of radiological shielding of medical cyclotrons, Proc. 6th specialists' meeting of SATIF-6, Palo Alto, USA, 10-12 April 2002

• Gonzalez, L., Vano E., Cordeiro C.A., Carreras J.L., Preliminary safety evaluation of a cyclotron facility for positron emission tomography imaging, Euro. Jour. Nucl. Med. 26(8)(1999)894-899

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• Takacs, S., Tarkanyi F., Hermanne A., Paviotti de Corcuera R., Validation and upgrading of the recommended cross section data of charged particle reactions used for production of PET radioisotopes, Nucl.Instr.Meth.B211(2003)169-189

• Clark, J. C., Aigbirhio F.I., Burke P., Downey S.P.M.J., GE PETtrace and associated systems, 4 years experience in Cambridge, Proc. 16th Int.Conf. On Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry

• Alvord, C.W., Mendez A.J., Wittner D.E., Target and Accelerator developments at CTI, Proc. 16th Int.Conf. On Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry

• Miller, L. F., Townsend L. W., Alvord C.W., Characterisation of neutron and photon sources from a 10.5 MeV proton beam on [18O] Enriched Water, Proc. 16th Int.Conf. On Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry

• Carrol, L. R., Predicting long-lived, neutron-induced activation of concrete in a cyclotron vault, Proc. 16th Int.Conf. On Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry,

• Carrol, L. R., Ramsey F., Armbruster J., Montenero M., Recycling and recommissioning a used Biomedical Cyclotron, Proc. 16th Int.Conf. On Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry

• Harima Y., Hirayama H., Sakamoto Y., Sasamoto N., Masukawa F., Nakashima H., Hayashi K., Handa H., Tayama R., Kurosawa N., Nemoto M., Abe T., Validity of the Four-Parameter Empirical Formula in approximating the Response Functions for Gamma-ray, Neutron, and secondary Gamma-ray Skyshine Analyses, Jour. Nucl.Sc.Tech 40(8)(2003)569-578

• Singlachar, R., Mukherjee B., An advanced PC-PLC-based SCADA system for a commercial medical cyclotron, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A399(1997)396-406,

• Dale, D. J., Ewert T., Harrison D., Lam J., Keitel R., The TR13 control system for automatic isotope production, The TR13 control system for automatic isotope production

• Kinno, M., Kimura K.I., Nakamura T., Raw materials for low-activation concrete neutron shields, Jour. Nucl.Sc.Tech 39(12)(2002)1275-1280

• Suzuki, A., Iida T., Moriizumi J., Sakuma Y., Takada J., Yamasaki K., Yoshimoto T., Trace elements with large activation cross-section in concrete materials in Japan, Jour. Nucl.Sc.Tech 38(7)(2001)542-550

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• Sunny, C.S., Subbaiah K.V., Radiation shield design evaluation for GE PET-Trace proton cyclotron, Rad.Prot.Environm 23(4) (2000)266-273,

• Zib, P., Considerations for the shielding of an Intermediate energy particle accelerator, CSIR Research Report 314 (South Africa,

• Muriyama, T., Bouts C.J., Attenuation of 15 MeV neutrons in multilayer shields Shields Composed of Steel, Polyethylene and Borated Materials, Phys.Med.Biol. 17(3)(1972)420-424

• Sharma, S. C., Hood J.T., Polyethylene pellets in the design and construction of a storage safe, a transport vessel and a portable shield for californium-252, Health Phys.35(9)(1978)496-498

• McCall, R., Hootman H.E., Heavy metal shielding for neutron sources, Health Phys. 35(10)(1978)570-571

• Dehnel, M. P., Dawson R.J., Stinson G.M., Helmer R., Keitel R., Dale D.J., Pattyn E.W., Wilson A., The design and operation of an industrial beam transport system for 15-30 MeV protons, IEEE Trans.Ind.Appl.28(6)(1992)1384-1391

• Faulkner, D. B., Kearfott J., Manning R.G., Planning a clinical PET Center, Emory University, USA. Continuing Education, Vol.19, No. 1, March 1991

• Kearfott, K. J., Carey J.E., Clemenshaw M.N., Faulkner D.B., Radiation protection design for a clinical positron emission tomography imaging suite, Health Phys.63(5)(1992)581-589

• Ostertag, H. J., Krauss O., Kueblert W.K., Kaemmer M., Strauss L.G., Measurement and calculation of local radiation doses in the vicinity of a positron emission tomograph (PET), Rad.Prot.Dosim. 36(1)(1991)37-41

• Birattari, C., Ferrari A., Parnell C.J., Silari M., The environmental release of radiaoctive gases produced by neutron activation of air with the new Hammersmith Cyclotron, Rad.Prot.Dosim.19(3)(1987)183-186

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Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)
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