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Total Monte Carlo evaluation for dose calculations

Authors: H, Sjöstrand; E, Alhassan; S, Conroy; J, Duan; C, Hellesen; S, Pomp; M, Österlund; +2 Authors

Total Monte Carlo evaluation for dose calculations

Abstract

Total Monte Carlo (TMC) is a method to propagate nuclear data (ND) uncertainties in transport codes, by using a large set of ND files, which covers the ND uncertainty. The transport code is run multiple times, each time with a unique ND file, and the result is a distribution of the investigated parameter, e.g. dose, where the width of the distribution is interpreted as the uncertainty due to ND. Until recently, this was computer intensive, but with a new development, fast TMC, more applications are accessible. The aim of this work is to test the fast TMC methodology on a dosimetry application and to propagate the (56)Fe uncertainties on the predictions of the dose outside a proposed 14-MeV neutron facility. The uncertainty was found to be 4.2 %. This can be considered small; however, this cannot be generalised to all dosimetry applications and so ND uncertainties should routinely be included in most dosimetry modelling.

Keywords

Neutrons, Sweden, Phantoms, Imaging, Iron, Uncertainty, Reproducibility of Results, Models, Theoretical, Humans, Computer Simulation, Radiometry, Monte Carlo Method, Algorithms, Software

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