3. DESCRIPTION
Dr. Norman M. Schaeffer has released his legacy book on reactor shielding for free distribution:
N. M. Schaeffer, Editor: Reactor Shielding for Nuclear Engineers, TID-25951, 1973(1981), 797 pages
Chapters:
- Historical Background
- Sources of Radiation
- Interactions of Radiation with Matter
- Radiation Transport
- Monte Carlo Methods for Radiation Transport
- Shield Attenuation Calculations
- Albedos, Ducts, and Voids
- Shield Heating, Air Transport, Shield Materials, and Shield Optimization
- Experimental Shielding
- Shield Design
Appendices:
- Gamma Rays From Inelastic Neutron Scattering and Fission
- Neutron Fluence-to-Kerma Conversion Factors for Standard-Man Model
- Cylindrical Tissue Phantom
- Coordinate Systems, Vector Operations, and Legendre Polynomials
- Exposure Buildup Factors
- Coefficients for Gamma-Ray Buildup Factors
- Graphs and Formulas of Exponential Integral Functions
- Tables of Attenuation Functions for Finite Slab Geometry
- Random-Number Generators
- Demonstration Monte Carlo Program
- Moments-Method Results for Fission-Neutron Penetration in Be, C, CH, CH2 , H, and H2O
- Gamma-Ray Differential Energy Spectra for Water and Lead
- Graphs for Neutron Attenuation Calculations
- Graphs of the Psi- Function
- Constants for Empirical Expressions Of Albedo Data
- Radiation Penetration of Cylindrical Ducts Solutions to Exercises