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 | Measured photons | Measured neutrons | Total | ||
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| P1, P2 | side walls | 20 | 8.5 |
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| P1a, P2a | above 3.2 m | 800 | 300 |
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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 |
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| S3, 4 | side walls | 19 | 1.7 |
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| S5 | roof | 80 | 25 |
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25 |