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Comparison of Particle-Tracking Features in GEANT4 and MCNPX Codes for Applications in Mapping of Proton Range Uncertainty

Bryan Bednarz, Gty Chen, Harald Paganetti, Bin Han, Aiping Ding, X. George Xu

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 2-5

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Transport and Protection / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12260

Preliminary Study of Proton Radiography Imaging Qualities Using GEANT4 Monte Carlo Simulations

Nicolas Depauw, Sylvain Danto, Bryan Bednarz, Harald Paganetti, Yoel Fink, Joao Seco

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 6-10

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Biology; Radiation Used in Medicine / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12261

Two-Dimensional Prompt Gamma Measurement Simulation for In Vivo Dose Verification in Proton Therapy: A Monte Carlo Study

Chul Hee Min, Han Rim Lee, Chan Hyeong Kim

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 11-15

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Transport and Protection / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12262

Grid-Enabled Treatment Planning for Proton Therapy Using Monte Carlo Simulations

Ravi Vadapalli, Pablo Yepes, Wayne Newhauser, Roger Lichti

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 16-21

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Transport and Protection / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12263

Monte Carlo Investigation of Rebinning Material Density Distributions of Lung Parenchyma Phantoms in Proton Therapy

Luis A. Perles, Dragan Mirkovic, Gabriel O. Sawakuchi, Uwe Titt

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 22-26

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Biology; Radiation Used in Medicine / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12264

Qualitative Evaluation of Proton Radiography for Viewing Density Differences in Lung Tumors: A Monte Carlo Study

Joao Seco, Nick Depauw, Sylvain Danto, Harald Paganeti, Yoel Fink

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 27-31

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Biology; Radiation Used in Medicine / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12265

Improved Eye Plaque Brachytherapy Dosimetry Using Monte Carlo Methods

Christopher S. Melhus

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 32-39

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Biology; Radiation Used in Medicine / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12266

Accuracy of the Most Likely Path Formalism in Inhomogeneous Phantoms

K. Wong, B. Erdelyi

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 40-47

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Transport and Protection / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12267

Quality Assurance Applied to Digital Radiographic Equipment by Developed Software for Phantom Images

P. Mayo, F. Rodenas, J. M. Campayo, B. Marín, G. Verdú

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 48-52

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radioisotopes / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12268

MCNP5 Electron and Photon Monte Carlo Calculations Coupled with Radiation Treatment Planning System PLUNC

V. Abella, R. Miró, B. Juste, G. Verdú

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 53-57

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Transport and Protection / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12269

Monte Carlo Simulation of Performance of a Time-Resolved Range Telescope Using Selected Image Quality Assurance Phantoms

Bin Han, X. George Xu, Matt Davidson, Bryan Bednarz, Gregory C. Sharp, George T. Y. Chen

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 58-62

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Transport and Protection / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12270

Application of the MTSVD and Tikhonov Unfolding Methods for Reconstruction of Primary X-Ray Spectra of Mammography Equipment with Silicon Detector

A. Querol, S. Gallardo, J. Ródenas, G. Verdú

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 63-72

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Transport and Protection / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12271

Gamma Dose Rate Near a New ²⁵²Cf Brachytherapy Source

Eugene C. Fortune IV, Ian C. Gauld, C.-K. Chris Wang

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 73-76

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Transport and Protection / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12272

Investigation of the Neutron Stray Radiation Field Produced by Irradiating a Water Phantom with 200-MeV Protons

E. Hohmann, S. Safai, Ch. Bula, R. Lüscher, C. Harm, S. Mayer, O. Morath, E. Pedroni, S. Zenklusen

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 77-80

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Protection / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12273

An Extended-Range Multisphere Neutron Spectrometer with High Sensitivity and Improved Resolution

Paul Goldhagen

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 81-88

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Measurements and General Instrumentation / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12274

Representation of a Low-Yield Nuclear Weapon Neutron Spectrum Using an (, n) Neutron Source

Edward J. Waller

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 89-92

Technical Note / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Measurements and General Instrumentation / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12275

Mixed-Field Neutron-Gamma Dosimetry with an Electronic Personal Gamma Dosimeter

Edward J. Waller, Jason T. Brown

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 93-104

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Transport and Protection / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12276

Design of a Treatment Room for an 18-MV Linac

Luis Hernandez-Adame, Hector Contreras-Sandoval, Hector Rene Vega-Carrillo, Leonel Humberto Perez Landeros

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 105-112

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Accelerators / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12277

Experimental Test of Double-Layer Method for Industrial SPECT

Jang Guen Park, Chan Hyeong Kim, Chul Hee Min, Jong Hwi Jeong, Jong Bum Kim, Jinho Moon, Sung-Hee Jung

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 113-117

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Measurements and General Instrumentation / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT175-113

A New Nondestructive Technique Employing Multiple Scattering of Photons for Measurement of Effective Atomic Numbers of Composite Materials

B. S. Sandhu

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 118-123

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Measurements and General Instrumentation / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12279

Mercuric Iodide Crystal Growth and Frisch Collar Detector Fabrication

E. Ariesanti, A. Kargar, D. S. McGregor

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 124-130

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Materials for Nuclear Systems / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12280

A Comparison Between Spectroscopic Performance of HgI₂ and CdZnTe Frisch Collar Detectors

A. Kargar, E. Ariesanti, D. S. McGregor

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 131-137

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Materials for Nuclear Systems / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12281

Optimizing Monte Carlo to Multiple Responses: The Direct Statistical Approach, 10 Years On

Kenneth W. Burn

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 138-145

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Transport and Protection / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12282

Anisotropy of the Albedo Radiation Environment on the Lunar Surface from GEANT4 Simulations

R. A. Aikens, Y. Jia, Z. W. Lin

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 146-149

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Transport and Protection / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12283

MCNP/X Form Factor Upgrade for Improved Photon Transport

John S. Hendricks, Brian J. Quiter

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 150-161

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Transport and Protection / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT10-17

A Mathematical Approach to Determine Escape Peak Efficiencies of High-Purity Germanium Cylindrical Detectors for Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis

Sherif S. Nafee

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 162-167

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Measurements and General Instrumentation / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12285

Measurements of Singly Differential Collision Cross Sections of Double-Photon Compton Scattering of 662-keV Gamma Photons

M. B. Saddi, Bhajan Singh, B. S. Sandhu

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 168-174

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Measurements and General Instrumentation / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12286

Bremsstrahlung Spectrum Reconstruction from Gradient Depth Dose Curves Obtained in a Water Phantom

B. Juste, R. Miró, G. Verdú, S. Díez, J. M. Campayo

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 175-181

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Transport and Protection / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12287

Multinuclide Decay Calculation Using Decay Interaction Visualization and Analysis (DIVA) Software

D. Yuan, P. Guss, R. Keegan, E. Yfantis, C. Watkins

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 182-186

Technical Note / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Fuel Cycle and Management / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12288

Using SCALE6/MAVRIC to Determine the Dose Rate Distribution in the IRIS Power Plant Control Room and Preliminary Estimate Throughout the Reactor Building

David P. Hartmangruber, Bojan Petrovic

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 187-197

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Transport and Protection / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT10-165

Top-Off Injection and Higher Currents at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource

Johannes M. Bauer, James C. Liu, Alyssa A. Prinz, Sayed H. Rokni

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 198-201

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Accelerators / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12290

Estimates of Radiation Exposures for Human Crews in Deep Space from the January 15, 2005, Solar Energetic Particle Event Using the Earth-Moon-Mars Radiation Environment Module

Mahmoud PourArsalan, Lawrence W. Townsend, Nathan A. Schwadron, Kamen Kozarev, Maher A. Dayeh, Mihir I. Desai

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 202-209

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Transport and Protection / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12291

Shielding Calculations for the Hard X-Rays Generated by LCLS MEC Laser System

R. Qiu, J. C. Liu, S. H. Rokni, A. A. Prinz

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 210-215

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Transport and Protection / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12292

Electromagnetic Dissociation Cross Sections Using Weisskopf-Ewing Theory

Anne M. Adamczyk, John W. Norbury

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 216-227

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Transport and Protection / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12293

Comparison of Three-Dimensional Flux Synthesis and Full Three-Dimensional Discrete Ordinates Methods for the Calculation of Reactor Cavity Bioshield Heat Generation Rates

Joel A. Kulesza

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 228-237

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Transport and Protection / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12294

Evolution of Shielding Computations for the ITER Upper ECH Launcher

A. Serikov, U. Fischer, D. Grosse, P. Spaeh, D. Strauss

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 238-250

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Photon and Neutron Transport and Shielding (DETERMINISTIC or Mc) / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12295

ITER Neutronics Modeling Using Hybrid Monte Carlo/Deterministic and CAD-Based Monte Carlo Methods

Ahmad M. Ibrahim, Scott W. Mosher, Thomas M. Evans, Douglas E. Peplow, Mohamed E. Sawan, Paul P. H. Wilson, John C. Wagner, Thad Heltemes

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 251-258

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Transport and Protection / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT175-251

OiNC: A Comprehensive CAD Import and Tracking System for Monte Carlo Radiation Transport Calculations

Keith Searson, Fabrice Fleurot, Andrew Cooper, Pat Cowan

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 259-263

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Transport and Protection / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12297

Benchmarking a CAD-Based Monte Carlo Code Using Fusion-Specific Experiments

Tim D. Bohm, S. T. Jackson, M. E. Sawan, P. P. H. Wilson

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 264-270

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Transport and Protection / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12298

ITER Approach to Interfacing CAD Systems with the Nuclear Analysis Program MCNP

M. J. Loughlin, E. I. Polunovskiy, S. Zheng

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 271-275

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Transport and Protection / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12299

Advantages and Challenges of Radioscopic Detection of Nuclear Materials in Cargo Containers with Two Megavoltage Energy Barriers

Emma E. Regentova, Lei Zhang, Ajay K. Mandava, Vijay K. Mandava, Kranthi K. Potetti, Gongyin Chen, Zane Wilson

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 276-285

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Measurements and General Instrumentation / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12300

Sensitivities and Uncertainties Related to Numerics and Building Features in Urban Modeling

R. A. Joseph III, C. O. Slater, T. M. Evans, S. W. Mosher, J. O. Johnson

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 286-300

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Transport and Protection / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12301

Treatment of Shielding in Real-Time Source Tracking Software

Raymond T. Klann, Sergio C. de la Barrera, Richard B. Vilim

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 301-313

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Measurements and General Instrumentation / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12302

Integrated Treatment of Detector Arrays for Source Tracking

R. Vilim, R. Klann, J. Thomas

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 314-325

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Measurements and General Instrumentation / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12303

Bayesian Radiation Source Localization

Kenneth D. Jarman, Erin A. Miller, Richard S. Wittman, Christopher J. Gesh

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 326-334

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Measurements and General Instrumentation / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT10-72

Dose Evaluation for an Independent Spent-Fuel Storage Installation Using MAVRIC

R. J. Sheu, Y. F. Chen, S. H. Jiang, J. N. Wang, U. T. Lin

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 335-342

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation and Protection / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12305

Surface Dose Rate Calculations of a Spent-Fuel Storage Cask by Using MAVRIC and Its Comparison with SAS4 and MCNP

Y. F. Chen, R. J. Sheu, S. H. Jiang, J. N. Wang, U. T. Lin

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 343-350

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Radiation Transport and Protection / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12306

Rock Varnish: A Passive Forensic Tool for Monitoring Recent Air Pollution and Source Identification

Kenneth Hoar, Piotr Nowinski, Vernon Hodge, James Cizdziel

Nuclear Technology / Volume 175 / Number 1 / July 2011 / Pages 351-359

Technical Paper / Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division / Environmental Effects of Nuclear Technology / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT11-A12307