Indonesian Journal of Physics and Nuclear Applications
Vol 4 No 2 (2019)

MONTE CARLO N PARTICLE EXTENDED (MCNPX) RADIATION SHIELD MODELLING ON BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY FACILITY USING D-D NEUTRON GENERATOR 2.4 MeV

Yohannes Sardjono (Pusat Sains Dan Teknologi Akselerator
Badan Tenaga Nuklir Nasional (PSTA BATAN) / Center of Science and Technology of Accelerator
National Nuclear Energy Agency)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jun 2019

Abstract

Based Studies were carried out to analyze the internal dose of radiation for workers at Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) facility base on Cyclotron 30 MeV with BSA and a room that was actually designed before. This internal dose analyzation included interaction between neutrons and air. The air contained N2 (72%), O2 (20%), Ar (0.93%), CO2, Neon, Kripton, Xenon, Helium and Methane. That internal dose to the worker should be below the dose limit for radiation workers which is an amount of 20 mSv/years. From the particles that are present in the air, only Nitrogen and Argon can change into radioactive element. Nitrogen-14 activated to Carbon-14, Nitrogen-15 activated to Nitrogen-16, and Argon-40 activated to Argon-41. Calculation using tally facility in Monte Carlo N Particle version Extended (MCNPX) program for calculated Neutron flux in the air 3.16x107 Neutron/cm2s. The room design in the cancer facility has a measurement of 200 cm in length, 200 cm in width, and 166.40 cm in height. Neutron flux can be used to calculate the reaction rate which is 80.1x10-2 reaction/cm3s for carbon-14 and 8.75x10-5 reaction/cm3s. The internal dose exposed to the radiation worker is 9.08E-9 µSv.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijpna

Publisher

Subject

Environmental Science Physics

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Indonesian Journal of Physics and Nuclear Applications is an international research journal, which publishes top level work from all areas of physics and nuclear applications including health, industry, energy, agriculture, etc. It is inisiated by results on research and development of Indonesian ...