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Re: RT Shielding question
>References: <897569080.PTD4N.Virgil.Willcut@sih.net>
>Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 15:36:41 -0600
>Reply-To: gaw@usa.net
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>From: Jerry White <gaw@USA.NET>
>Organization: Colorado Associates in Medical Physics
>Subject: Re: RT Shielding question
>To: MEDPHYS@LISTS.WAYNE.EDU
>
>Never worried much about studs, but we did ask our construction people not to
>have any steel re-bar going straight thru the concrete. We were worried (with
>no emprical evidnece, just worried) about neutrons rolling thru the steel to
>the outside. Any comments on that one?
>
>Jerry White
>gaw@usa.net
>
>Virgil M. Willcut wrote:
>
>> Would anyone like to comment on the use of metal studs on the interior
>> of a high energy (18MV) accelerator vault-- problem? no problem? I've
>> seen some people recommend not using any paint with metals in it (I
>> assume it's a neutron production issue) so following this line of
>> reasoning I would think metal studs (steel) would be out (or is this
>> just paranoia)? All comments welcome.
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> Virgil Willcut
>>
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