Shielding Aspects of Accelerators, Targets and Irradiation Facilities - SATIF 10
Workshop Proceedings, Geneva, Switzerland 2-4 June 2010
Particle accelerators have evolved over the last decades from simple devices to powerful
machines, and are having an increasingly important impact on research, technology
and daily life. Today they cover a wide range of applications including material science
and medical applications. In recent years, requirements from new technological and
research applications have emerged while the number of accelerator facilities in operation,
being commissioned, designed or planned has significantly grown. Their parameters
(such as the beam energy, beam currents and intensities, and target composition) vary
widely, giving rise to new radiation shielding aspects and problems.
Particle accelerators must be operated in safe ways to protect operators, the public
and the environment. As the design and use of these facilities evolve, so must the
analytical methods used in the safety analyses. These workshop proceedings review
the state of the art in radiation shielding of accelerator facilities and irradiation
targets. They also evaluate progress on the development of modelling methods used
to assess the effectiveness of such shielding as part of safety analyses.
Published on January 04, 2011
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