Re: Sheilding Software Inquiry

[mirolies@nbnet.nb.ca (Miroslav Lieskovsk\})]

As read below:

I use Microshield for simplified geometrical conditions and works great.  It
is our intention to go out and bring in another Monte Carlo based s/w for
some complex tasks.

I wonder what would be the preference of RADSAFERS for electron/photon and
photon/neutron coupled codes?

I was adviced to choose ITS and MORSE due to their geometry inputs
similareities?

Thanks in advance.






>Most notably, in RSIC's Monte Carlo venue, MCNP.  A big burley
>program that can run on PCs if you don't mind taking a few
>weeks!  Also, EGS4 and FLUKA can be used for these purposes
>(particularly for accelerator shielding applications).
>
>>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
>-----------------------
>Michael P. Grissom
>mikeg@slac.stanford.edu
>Phone:  (415) 926-2346
>Fax:    (415) 926-3030
>
>
>


     Miroslav

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