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. 2004 Nov 24;5(4):120–125. doi: 10.1120/jacmp.v5i4.2025

Table 2.

Radiation barriers, design limits, and measured values for dose equivalent rates with the accelerator producing 18 MV at 600 MU/min. These rates are for the worst‐case irradiation condition (e.g., for a primary barrier, the beam is directed at the barrier). The design limit is the predicted total dose equivalent rate for the barrier using the limiting transmission factor from Table 1.

Barrier ID Location Design limit μSv/h Measured photons μSv/h Measured neutrons μSv/h Total μSv/h
P1, P2 side walls 20 8.5
<0.5
<9.0
P1a, P2a above 3.2 m 800 300
<0.5
300
P3 roof 4000 2200 40 2240
S1 front wall 24 0.1 2.0 2.1
S1a door 24 0.4 3.0 3.4
S2 back wall 19 0.3
<0.5
<0.8
S3, 4 side walls 19 1.7
<0.5
<2.2
S5 roof 80 25
<0.5
25