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Advances in Radiotherapy
& Nuclear Medicine Shielding exaggeration in medical linac bunkers
Figure 1. Vault design for a 6 and 10 MV linear accelerator with one primary barrier made from ordinary concrete while the other comprises ordinary
concrete and iron. Image created by the author.
Abbreviation: TPS: Treatment Planning System room.
wide cross-section of the inner maze entrance, raising 21 cm of concrete – will be added, making the barrier’s
the radiation levels (neutrons and gamma) at the bunker’s total effective thickness approximately 116 cm of ordinary
door. To increase this barrier’s thickness, 25 cm of concrete concrete. Concrete blocks were utilized since concrete
blocks with a density of at least 2.0 g/cm – equivalent to cannot be easily poured at a thin thickness (25 cm).
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