Computer Programs

IAEA1417 W-SHIELDER.

IAEA1417 W-SHIELDER.

W-SHIELDER, calculates shielding thickness of water for photon emitting radionuclide between 0.5 to 10 MeV

NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM, COMPUTER, DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM OR FUNCTION, METHODS, RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM, TYPICAL RUNNING TIME, FEATURES, AUXILIARIES, STATUS, REFERENCES, HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS, LANGUAGE, SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS, OTHER RESTRICTIONS, NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS, MATERIAL, CATEGORIES

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1. NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM: W-SHIELDER.

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2. COMPUTERS

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Program name	Package id	Status	Status date
W-SHIELDER	IAEA1417/02	Tested	03-JUN-2005

Machines used:

Package ID	Orig. computer	Test computer
IAEA1417/02	IBM PC	PC Windows

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3. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM OR FUNCTION

W-Shielder calculates shielding thickness of water for any photon emitting radionuclide between 0.5 to 10 MeV.

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4. METHODS

W-Shielder assumes the radionuclide(s) as a point source and uses Taylor's notation for build up factor to calculate shielding thickness.

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5. RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM

- W-Shielder works in the photon energy range of 0.5 to 10 MeV.
- Suitable for radionuclides/sources of small dimensions.

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6. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME

The running time of the W-Shielder program is 15 to 30 seconds, depending on the speed of computer and attenuation required.

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7. UNUSUAL FEATURES

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8. RELATED OR AUXILIARY PROGRAMS

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9. STATUS

Package ID	Status date	Status
IAEA1417/02	03-JUN-2005	Screened

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10. REFERENCES

IAEA1417/02, included references:

- Jahan ZEB:
Radiation Dose Reduction by Water Shield (W-Shielder Manual), September 2020

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11. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

The package was tested at the NEA Data Bank on a Dell Precision Workstation 650, Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.66GHz, 1024Kb.

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12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED

Package ID	Computer language
IAEA1417/02	TURBO-C++

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13. SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

W-SHIELDER was tested by the authors on the following operating systems:
- PC-DOS or MS-DOS.
- Window 3.1.
- Window 95, 97, 98, 2000, Millennium and XP.

The package was tested at the NEA Data Bank under Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1.2600).

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14. OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS

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15. NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS

Jahan Zeb, Waheed Arshed and S. D. Orfi
Health Physics Division,
Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science & Technology (PINSTECH),
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC),
P. O. Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan

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16. MATERIAL AVAILABLE

IAEA1417/02

S-W-SH.cpp                     Source code
T-W-SH.cpp                      Source code
W-SHIELDER.exe                  Executable
W-shielder-manual.pdf           Manual in PDF format

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17. CATEGORIES

J. Gamma Heating and Shield Design

Keywords: gamma ray, photons, radionuclide, shielding, water.