[ RadSafe ] equivalent dose

[John R Johnson]

Suzuki

My understanding, from Figure 1 and Table 1 in ICRP Publication 60 is that 
the energy is at the target.

John R Johnson, PhD
CEO, IDIAS, Inc.
4535 West 9th Ave
Vancouver, B. C.
V6R 2E2, Canada
idias at interchange.ubc.ca

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "alisha suzuki" <alishasz at yahoo.com>
To: <radsafe at radlab.nl>
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 7:48 AM
Subject: [ RadSafe ] equivalent dose


> Dear all,
>
>  I have a problem in neutron equivalent dose definition. Would you please 
> guide me?
>
>  1) I don't know whether the value of wR just depends on the source 
> energy?
>
>  2) Or for calculating the equivalent dose, should I evaluate the target 
> absorbed dose from incident particle (at target) in a multi-group 
> structure and then multiply each fraction by the suitable wR?
>
>  Thanks in advance for any help.
>
>  Best regards,
>  Suzuki
>
>
>
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