Monte Carlo prompt dose calculations for the National Ignition Facility

摘要

During peak operation, the National Ignition Facility (NIF) will conduct as many as 600 experiments per year and attain deuterium-tritium fusion yields as high as 1200 MJ/yr. The radiation effective dose equivalent (EDE) to workers is limited to an average of 0.3 mSv/yr (30 mrem/yr) in occupied areas of the facility. Laboratory personnel located outside-the facility will receive EDEs /spl les/0.5 mSv/yr (/spl les/50 mrem/yr). The total annual occupational EDE for the facility will be maintained at /spl les/0.1 person-Sv/yr (/spl les/10 person-rem/yr). To ensure that prompt EDEs meet these limits, three-dimensional Monte Carlo calculations have been completed.