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EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 153, 2017
ICRS-13 & RPSD-2016, 13th International Conference on Radiation Shielding & 19th Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division of the American Nuclear Society - 2016
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| Article Number | 04005 | |
| Number of page(s) | 8 | |
| Section | 4. Medical Facilities, Radiotherapy & Medical Applications, Space Dosimetry & Shielding | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201715304005 | |
| Published online | 25 September 2017 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201715304005
Shielding design of the Mayo Clinic Scottsdale cyclotron vault
1 White Rock Science, P. O. Box 4729, Los Alamos, NM 87547, USA
2 Radiation Safety Engineering, 3245 N. Washington, Chandler, AZ 85225, USA
3 Scottsdale Mayo Clinic, 13400 E. Shea Blvd., Scottsdale, AZ 85259, USA
* Corresponding author: kvr@rt66.com
Published online: 25 September 2017
Mayo Clinic Scottsdale (Scottsdale, Arizona) is building a cyclotron vault containing a cyclotron with adjacent targets and a beam line leading to an external target. The targets are irradiated by high energy (15 to 16.5 MeV) protons for the production of radioisotopes. We performed Monte Carlo radiation transport simulations to calculate the radiation dose outside of the vault during irradiation of the cyclotron and external targets. We present the Monte Carlo model including the geometry, sources, and variance reduction methods. Mesh tallies surrounding the vault show the external dose rate is within acceptable limits.
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