Shielding evaluation of lead-free board for diagnostic X-rays

For physical foundation data used in the shielding calculation of structural facilities such as a radiation room, there are air kerma transmissions concerning the thickness of shielding objects, and half value layers and tenth value layers concerning a greatly attenuated wide X-ray beam. Accordingly, we evaluated the above-mentioned items with a lead-free board, which is mixed sulfuric acid calcium and barium sulfate with equiponderance for the amount of sulfuric acid calcium included in the usual plasterboard. Permeability in National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) Report 147 is expressed by 3 parameters, α, β and γ, and shielding objects x. It showed that it corresponds to the measurement point and permeability curve with parameters, α, β and γ obtained by nonlinear regression analysis. Furthermore, we calculated the half value layer and tenth value layer concerning the greatly attenuated wide X-ray beam. The evaluated lead-free board, used in this examination, is useful as the shielding material for the diagnosis X-ray and, moreover, the partition wall materials are hard enough, with a board that is even heavier than the usual plaster board. Besides, the use of lead-free materials is friendly to the general environment. (author)