DETERMINATION OF EXTERNAL IRRADIATION FROM SOURCES WITH COMPLEX GEOMETRY CONTAINING RADIOACTIVE WASTE

• Main Author: Y. V. Rudychev
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University Publishing 2016-04-01
• Series: East European Journal of Physics
• Subjects: radiation shielding; radioactive waste; radionuclide; dose rate; Monte Carlo method
• Online Access: https://periodicals.karazin.ua/eejp/article/view/5630

A combined technique using both Monte-Carlo and quasi-analytic method has been developed for calculation of irradiation from complex objects containing radioactive waste. Monte Carlo method is used to calculate spectral, angular and spatial distributions of γ-quanta close to one of the surfaces of the concrete cask loaded with containers filled with radioactive waste (RW). Radiation characteristics at the prescribed distance are determined by integrating the point sources with calculated distributions over thissurface. Summation of photons of external radiation from individual RW isotopes allows finding the photon flux for any storage time. Application of the technique allows to calculate asymmetric loading of casks with containers filled with RW of different activity and to optimize the arrangement of the casks in the RW storage area. This allows reducing the effect of radiation-absorbed dose on the service personnel and on the areas surrounding RW storage.