APPLICATION OF MONTE CARLO METHOD TO NEUTRON SHIELDING IN ORDINARY CONCRETE
APPLICATION OF MONTE CARLO METHOD TO NEUTRON SHIELDING IN ORDINARY CONCRETE
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1986-12
Authors
DANIEL, YAKUBU KUTCHIN
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Abstract
Using the Monte Carlo formalism we have
calculated the thickness of ordinary concrete
required to shield a source of 14 MeV neutrons.
A shield thickness of (2.3 ± 0.2) meters was obtained.
This is in good agreement with the results given in
the MBS (National Bureau of Standards) Handbook 63
(1957) and the ORINS (Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear
Studies) Journal (1963) using the Removal cross section
technique. Both quote 2.1 and 2.6 meters respectively
Description
A thesis submitted to the Postgraduate
School Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in
partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of Master of Science in
Nuclear Physics
Department of Physics
Faculty of Science
Ahmadu Bello University
Zaria - Nigeria
December, 1986
Keywords
APPLICATION,, CARLO METHOD,, NEUTRON SHIELDING,, ORDINARY CONCRETE