Transcription of Radiation Vault Design and Shielding
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Radiation VaultDesign and ShieldingRajat Kudchadker, PhDAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Radiation PhysicsThis report addresses the structural Shielding Design and evaluation for medical use of megavoltage x- and gamma-rays for radiotherapy and supersedes related material in NCRP Report No. 49, Structural Shielding Design and Evaluation for Medical Use of X Rays and Gamma Rays of Energies Up to 10 MeV, which was issued in September descriptive information in NCRP Report No. 49 unique to x-ray therapy installations of less than 500 kVand brachytherapy is not included in this Report and that information in NCRP Report No.
Uses a beam stopper ... • Used when shielding linear accelerators in excess of 10 MV. Physical properties of shielding materials (adapted from McGinley 1998) …
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