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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Phys. 2023 Jul 12;125(4):281–288. doi: 10.1097/HP.0000000000001718

Table 3:

Total effective dose rate at the points of interest and comparison to FLUKA calculations for single layer and multilayered collimator designs, occupancy factors were not included.

Position NCRP Report 151
Calculation
(mSv w−1)		 FLUKA Calculation (Single Layer)
(mSv w−1)		 FLUKA calculation (Multilayer)
(mSv w−1)
Control Room
(KM w/Attenuation Factor from FLUKA)		 9.1 × 10−2 5.90 × 10−2 4.84 × 10−2
Control Room
(MKM w/Attenuation
Factor from FLUKA)		 1.6 × 10−1
Control Room
(MKM w/ Eq 1)		 2.0 × 10−1
Control Room
(MKM w/ Attenuation
Factor and ϕA from
FLUKA)		 1.3 × 10−1
Mechanical Room 8.3 × 10−3 1.36 × 10−3 1.21 × 10−3
Public Sitting Area 1.0 × 10−4 4.04 × 10−4 2.03 × 10−4
Office Space 4.8 × 10−2 4.47 × 10−3 1.52 × 10−3
Office Space 1st Floor 4.6 × 10−2 1.50 × 10−3 9.54 × 10−4
Garden Area 1.1 × 10−4 1.96 × 10−5 1.02 × 10−5