RSICC CODE PACKAGE MIS-014

1.         NAME AND TITLE

REACTORSHIELDING-NMS:     Reactor Shielding for Nuclear Engineers by N. M. Schaeffer.

2.         CONTRIBUTOR

N. M. Schaeffer through OECD NEA Data Bank, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.

3.         CODING LANGUAGE AND COMPUTER

PDF (M00014MNYCP00). 

4.         NATURE OF PROBLEM SOLVED

Chapters:

- Historical Background

- Sources of Radiation

- Interactions of Radiation with Matter

- Radiation Transport

- Monte Carlo Methods for Radiation Transport

- Shield Attenuation Calculations

- Albedos, Ducts, and Voids

- Shield Heating, Air Transport, Shield Materials, and Shield Optimization

- Experimental Shielding

- Shield Design

 

Appendices:

- Gamma Rays From Inelastic Neutron Scattering and Fission

- Neutron Fluence-to-Kerma Conversion Factors for Standard-Man Model

- Cylindrical Tissue Phantom

- Coordinate Systems, Vector Operations, and Legendre Polynomials

- Exposure Buildup Factors

- Coefficients for Gamma-Ray Buildup Factors

- Graphs and Formulas of Exponential Integral Functions

- Tables of Attenuation Functions for Finite Slab Geometry

- Random-Number Generators

- Demonstration Monte Carlo Program

- Moments-Method Results for Fission-Neutron Penetration in Be, C, CH, CH2, H, and H2O

- Gamma-Ray Differential Energy Spectra for Water and Lead

- Graphs for Neutron Attenuation Calculations

- Graphs of the Psi- Function

- Constants for Empirical Expressions Of Albedo Data

- Radiation Penetration of Cylindrical Ducts Solutions to Exercises

5.         METHOD OF SOLUTION

Dr. Norman M. Schaeffer has released his legacy book on reactor shielding for free distribution:

N. M. Schaeffer, Editor: Reactor Shielding for Nuclear Engineers, TID-25951, 1973(1981), 797 pages

Contributors:

H. C. Claiborne, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Oak Ridge, Tennessee

S. T. Friedman, Consultant, Los Angeles, California

C. W. Garrell, Radiation Research Associates, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas

L. G. Mooney, Radiation Research Associates, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas

N. M. Schaeffer, Radiation Research Associates, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas

W. E. Selph, Radiation Research Associates, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas

P. N. Stevens, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee

D. K. Trubey, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

6.         RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS

N/A

7.         TYPICAL RUNNING TIME

N/A

8.         COMPUTER HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

All computers.

9.         COMPUTER SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

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10.        REFERENCE

Norman M. Schaeffer, Editor: Reactor Shielding for Nuclear Engineers, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, TID-25951, 1973 (1981).

11.        CONTENTS OF CODE PACKAGE

The package is transmitted on a CD which contains the referenced document in electronic format.

12.        DATE OF ABSTRACT

May 2011

KEYWORDS:         GAMMA RAY, NEUTRON, RADIOACTIVITY, REACTOR SAFETY