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- Title
DOSE RATE CALCULATIONS FOR A RECONNAISSANCE VEHICLE.
- Authors
Grindrod, L.; Mackey, J.; Salmon, M.; Smith, C.; Wall, S.
- Abstract
A Chemical Nuclear Reconnaissance System (CNRS) has been developed by the British Ministry of Defence to make chemical and radiation measurements on contaminated terrain using appropriate sensors and recording equipment installed in a land rover. A research programme is under way to develop and validate a predictive capability to calculate the build-up of contamination on the vehicle, radiation detector performance and dose rates to the occupants of the vehicle. This paper describes the geometric model of the vehicle and the methodology used for calculations of detector response. Calculated dose rates obtained using the MCBEND Monte Carlo radiation transport computer code in adjoint mode are presented. These address the transient response of the detectors as the vehicle passes through a contaminated area. Calculated dose rates were found to agree with the measured data to be within the experimental uncertainties, thus giving confidence in the shielding model of the vehicle and its application to other scenarios.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; RADIATION measurements; GREAT Britain. Ministry of Defence; ELECTROMAGNETIC measurements; PHYSICS instruments; DETECTORS; DISCOVERY sport utility vehicles
- Publication
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2005, Vol 115, Issue 1-4, p420
- ISSN
0144-8420
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/rpd/nci221