Investigation of Radiation Effects in Hiroshima and Nagasaki Using a General Monte Carlo-Discrete Ordinates Coupling Scheme

A general Monte Carlo-discrete ordinates radiation transport coupling procedure has been created to study effects of the radiation environment in Hiroshima and Nagasaki due to the bombing of these two cities. The forward two-dimensional, free-field, air-over-ground flux is coupled with an adjoint Monte Carlo calculation. The size, orientation, or translation of the Monte Carlo geometry is unrestricted. The radiation effects calculated are the dose in the interior of a large concrete building in Nagasaki and the activation production of ⁶⁰Co and ³²P in Hiroshima.