Published 1991
| Version v1
Report
Radiation safety and regulatory aspects
Creators
Description
The average radiation dose to personnel at the National Accelerator Centre has again increased, but seems to be leveling off. Radiation shielding programs have been developed and used to design shielding in the new proton therapy facility. Environmental monitoring is becoming more important as radioactivity releases have increased. 1 ref., 1 fig
Additional details
Publishing Information
- ISBN
- 1 8748 7703 3
- Imprint Title
- NAC annual report March 1991
- Imprint Pagination
- 129 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 20-21.
- Report number
- NAC-AR--91-01
INIS
- Country of Publication
- South Africa
- Country of Input or Organization
- South Africa
- INIS RN
- 24053515
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Progress Report, Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- COBALT 57; ENVIRONMENT; GALLIUM 67; INDIUM 111; IODINE 123; MAINTENANCE; MONITORING; NAC CYCLOTRON; NEUTRON THERAPY; PERSONNEL DOSIMETRY; PROGRESS REPORT; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; REGULATIONS; RUBIDIUM 83; RUBIDIUM 84; SHIELDING; SODIUM 22; ZINC 65
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCELERATORS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; COBALT ISOTOPES; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; CYCLOTRONS; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DOCUMENT TYPES; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; GALLIUM ISOTOPES; HEAVY ION ACCELERATORS; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INDIUM ISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; IODINE ISOTOPES; ISOCHRONOUS CYCLOTRONS; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LAWS; LIGHT NUCLEI; MATERIALS; MEDICINE; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NANOSEC LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOTHERAPY; RUBIDIUM ISOTOPES; SODIUM ISOTOPES; THERAPY; WASTES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ZINC ISOTOPES