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 Task Force 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). The main objectives of the 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, 13-18 April 2008.
P. Ferguson (ORNL) (Chair)
H. Hirayama (KEK)
B. Kirk (RSICC)
H.S. Lee (PAL)
A. Leuschner, (DESY)
N. Mokhov (FNAL)
T. Nakamura (U. Tohoku)
H. Nakashima (JAEA)
S. Rokni (SLAC)
E. Sartori (OECD/NEA - Secretary)
M. Silari (CERN)
P. Vaz (ITN)
P. Ferguson (ORNL) (Chair)
B. Kirk (RSICC)
H.S. Lee (PAL)
T. Nakamura (U. Tohoku)
S. Rokni (SLAC)
E. Sartori (OECD/NEA - Secretary)
M. Silari (CERN)
P. Vaz (ITN- NSC Member)
The workshop was held at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Spallation Neutron Source (SNS), Bethel Valley Road, OAK RIDGE, TN 37830-6474, United States of America
The presentations made at the workshop were made available on CD-ROM to workshop participants. The proceedings of the workshop are in preparation. Authors and participants will receive a complimentary copy of the proceedings.
