Time-Dependent Neutron and Secondary Gamma-Ray Transport in Infinite Air and in Air Over Ground

Abstract

The general description of the radiation field was determined for several neutron source energies in infinite air and in an air-over-ground geometry for source heights of 50 and 1125 feet. The effect on dose of source height and detector height and the effect of the ground on energy, angular, and time dependence is discussed for both fission and 12.2- to 15-MeV neutron sources. The satisfactory agreement of calculations with experimental results from operations BREN and HENRE and the agreement between Monte Carlo and discrete ordinates results lend confidence to the cross sections used and the computational techniques.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 07, 1970
Accession Number
AD0706693

Entities

People

  • E. A. Straker

Organizations

  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Detectors
  • Dose Rate
  • Energy
  • Energy Bands
  • Fast Neutrons
  • Gamma Rays
  • Geometry
  • Inelastic Scattering
  • Neutrons
  • Radiation
  • Radiation Shielding
  • Scattering
  • Slant Range
  • Spectra
  • Steady State
  • Time Dependence
  • Time Intervals

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.