Neutron measurements in the vicinity of a self-shielded pet cyclotron

Nolan E. Hertel; M. P. Shannon; Z. L. Wang; M. P. Valenzano; W. Mengesha; Ronald J. Crowe

doi:10.1093/rpd/nch026

Neutron measurements in the vicinity of a self-shielded pet cyclotron

Nolan E. Hertel
, M. P. Shannon
, Z. L. Wang
, M. P. Valenzano
, W. Mengesha
, Ronald J. Crowe

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The radionuclides used in positron emission tomography (PET) are short-lived and generally must be produced on site using a cyclotron. A common end product of the nuclear reactions used to produce the PET radionuclides is neutron radiation. These neutrons could potentially contribute to the annual effective dose received by hospital personnel. A Bonner sphere spectrometer was used to measure neutron energy spectra at three locations near a self-shielded PET cyclotron. This cyclotron accelerates protons to 11 MeV. The neutron measurements reported were made during the production of ¹⁸F via the ¹⁸O(p,n ¹⁸F reaction (Q = -2.4 MeV). Neutron spectra were obtained with the BUMS unfolding code and converted to dose equivalent rates.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	255-261
Number of pages	7
Journal	Radiation protection dosimetry
Volume	108
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/nch026
State	Published - 2004

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