Published September 2010 | Version v1
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Spectrometry and dosimetry of isotopic sources of neutrons by means of artificial neural networks

Creators

  • 1. Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas, Unidad Academica de Estudios Nucleares, Calle Cipres No. 10, Fracc. La Penuela, 98068 Zacatecas (Mexico)
  • 2. Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Departamento de Ingenieria Nuclear, C/Jose Gutierrez Abascal No. 2, 28006 Madrid (Spain)
  • 3. Hospital del Rio Hortega, C/Dulzaina No. 2, 47012 Valladolid (Spain)

Description

The artificial neural networks technology has been applied to reconstruct the neutrons spectra of two isotopic sources: 252Cf, and 241Am-Be. Also, this technology has been applied to obtain the effective dose, E, and the personal dose equivalents, Hp(10) and environmental, H *(10). To obtain the spectra and the doses only were used the count rates produced in a Bonner Spheres spectrometer with a scintillator of 6LiI(Eu) of 0.4 φ x 0.4 cm2. The equivalent environmental dose and the spectra of the sources were also obtained by means of the reconstruction code BUNKIUT. When comparing the results obtained by means of both procedures it was found that they are consistent. (Author)

Availability note (English)

Available from the Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, Centro de Informacion y Documentacion Nuclear, 52750 Ocoyoacac, Estado de Mexico (MX), e-mail: javier.ortega@inin.gob.mx; claudio.fernandez@inin.gob.mx;

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (Spanish)
Espectrometria y dosimetria de fuentes isotopicas de neutrones mediante redes neuronales artificiales

Publishing Information

Publisher
Sociedad Mexicana de Seguridad Radiologica A. C.
Imprint Place
Mexico D. F. (Mexico)
Imprint Pagination
10 p.

Conference

Title
toward a continuous improvement of the radiological protection in Mexico
Original Conference Title
12. Congreso Nacional: hacia una mejora continua de la proteccion radiologica en Mexico
Acronym
12. National Congress
Dates
11-13 Nov 2009
Place
San Luis Potosi, SLP (Mexico)

INIS

Country of Publication
Mexico
Country of Input or Organization
Mexico
INIS RN
42000580
Subject category
S97: MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND COMPUTING;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
AMERICIUM 241; B CODES; BONNER SPHERE SPECTROMETERS; CALIFORNIUM 252; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COUNTING RATES; DOSE EQUIVALENTS; DOSIMETRY; NEURAL NETWORKS; NEUTRON SPECTRA
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; AMERICIUM ISOTOPES; CALIFORNIUM ISOTOPES; COMPUTER CODES; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NEUTRON SPECTROMETERS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; RADIOISOTOPES; SPECTRA; SPECTROMETERS; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

Optional Information

Funding organization
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares (Mexico); Comision Nacional de Seguridad Nuclear y Salvaguardias (Mexico); Comision Federal para la Proteccion contra Riesgos Sanitarios (Mexico); Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, Facultad de Medicina (Mexico); Oficina de Congresos y Convenciones, San Luis Potosi (Mexico); Nuclemedica (Mexico); Calidad XXI (Mexico); Centro Regional de Enfermedades Oncologicas (Mexico); Hospital Lomas de San Luis Potosi (Mexico); AccesoFarm (Mexico); Siemens Healthcare (Mexico); Oncology Services International (United States); Servicios Integrales para la Radiacion (Mexico); ADITSA (Mexico)