Particle accelerators have evolved over the last decades from simple devices to powerful machines and are having an increasingly important impact on research, technology and lifestyle. Today they cover a wide range of applications including Material Science and medical applications. In recent years, requirements from new technological and research applications have emerged and the number of accelerator facilities in operation, being commissioned, designed or planned has significantly increased. Their parameters (such as the beam energy, beam currents and intensities, targets composition, etc.) vary widely giving rise to new radiation shielding aspects and problems.
The activities of the Expert Group on Shielding Aspects of Accelerators, Targets and Irradiation Facilities (SATIF) are sponsored by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and its Nuclear Science Committee (NSC) and co-sponsored by the Radiation Safety Information Computational Center (RSICC) and the Division of Radiation Science and Technology of the Atomic Society of Japan. The main objectives of SATIF meetings are to:
This meeting was held in conjunction with the 11th International Conference on
Radiation Shielding (ICRS-11) and the 15th Topical Meeting of the
Radiation Protection and Shielding Division (RPSD-2008) of the
American Nuclear Society, Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, Georgia,
USA, scheduled for 13-18 April 2008.
Co-sponsoring organisations
Radiation Safety Information Computational Center (RSICC)
The Division of Radiation Science and Technology of Atomic Energy Society of Japan
Spallation Neutron Source (SNS)
Dr. Phillip D. FERGUSON
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Target Systems, Bdg 8600
Spallation Neutron Source, SNS
Bethel Valley Road
OAK RIDGE, TN 37830-6474
United States of America
Tel: +1 865 241 5702
Fax: +1 865 574 6080
E-mail: fergusonpd@ornl.gov
or Enrico Sartori
OECD NEA Data Bank
12 Bd des Iles
92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux
France
Tel: +33 1 45 24 10 72 or 78
Fax: +33 1 45 24 11 10 or 28
E-mail: sartori@oecd-nea.org