Shielding evaluation for a radiotherapy bunker by ncrp 151. National council on radiation protection and measurement. By order of the executive director office of the federal register washington, d. Structural shielding design and evaluation for medical use of xrays and gammarays up to 10 mev see other formats a by authority of the united states of america legally binding document by the authority vested by part 5 of the united states code 552a and part 1 of the code of regulations 51 the attached document has been duly incorporated by reference. This report addresses the structural shielding design and evaluation for medical use of megavoltage x and gammarays for radiotherapy and supersedes. Structural shielding design for medical xray imaging facilities november 2004 and ncrp report 151. However, this methodology has obviously some deficiencies identified by many other studies petratonaki et al. The short answer is that the minimal thickness is zero. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us.
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