Improved shielding calculations--2nd try!

["Siddoway, Shelly" <ssiddo@sandia.gov>]

I'll try this again and then give up--

DOE Pulse web site has a story on shielding that medical, as well as other,
HPs may be interested in.
http://www.ornl.gov/news/pulse/

Improved shielding calculations for cancer treatment rooms  

Hospital radiation rooms for cancer patients are expensive in part because
imprecise measurements for stray radiation force hospitals to take a
conservative approach for shielding. Hospitals are also faced with more
stringent standards about allowable dose rates for staff and visitors. DOE's
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center is partnering with Varian Associates to
use SLAC's expertise in radiation transport modeling with Varian's expertise
in the construction of radiotherapy accelerators. General results will aid
the medical physics community to design more cost-effective radiotherapy
rooms. Results will also be useful to other DOE facilities by reducing
shielding costs.   
                             [P.A. Moore, 650/926-2605,
xanadu@slac.stanford.edu]


Shelly Siddoway
Radiological Control Technician
Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque, NM
ssiddo@sandia.gov