Re: Sheilding Software Inquiry

["David Scherer" <DAVID@speedy.ehs.uiuc.edu>]

MicroShield is a point kernal program.  That is, it calculates dose 
at a point by straight-line distances and attenuation from defined 
sources.  Scatter is accounted for using a generic buildup factor, 
typically for the last shielding material encountered.  The public 
domain version of this routine, called QAD (for quick-and-dirty), is 
available from the Radiation Shielding Information Center (RSIC) at 
Oak Ridge.  QAD does the same calculation as MicroShield, but does 
not have the nice, graphical front end for defining the problem 
geometry.  The RSIC library also has several other, more sophisticated 
programs for more complex geometries, including discrete ordinate and 
Monte Carlo routines.

Contacts:  MicroShield is by Grove Engineering, Atlanta.
           RSIC phone 615/574-6176, http://epicws.epm.ornl.gov/

Dave Scherer
scherer@uiuc.edu