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  • Title: Radiologic assessment of a self-shield with boron-containing water for a compact medical cyclotron.
    Author: Horitsugi G, Fujibuchi T, Yamaguchi I, Eto A, Iwamoto Y, Hashimoto H, Hamada S, Obara S, Watanabe H, Hatazawa J.
    Journal: Radiol Phys Technol; 2012 Jul; 5(2):129-37. PubMed ID: 22370731.
    Abstract:
    The cyclotron at our hospital has a self-shield of boron-containing water. The amount of induced radioactivity in the boron-containing water shield of a compact medical cyclotron has not yet been reported. In this study, we measured the photon and neutron dose rates outside the self-shield during cyclotron operation. We estimated the induced radioactivities of the boron-containing water used for the self-shield and then measured them. We estimated the activation of concrete outside the self-shield in the cyclotron laboratory. The thermal neutron flux during cyclotron operation was estimated to be 4.72 × 10(2) cm(-2) s(-1), and the activation of concrete in a cyclotron laboratory was about three orders of magnitude lower than the clearance level of RS-G-1.7 (IAEA). The activity concentration of the boron-containing water did not exceed the concentration limit for radioactive isotopes in drainage in Japan and the exemption level for Basic Safety Standards. Consequently, the boron-containing water is treatable as non-radioactive waste. Neutrons were effectively shielded by the self-shield during cyclotron operation.
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