A Shielding Concept for the MedAustron Facility

MedAustron is a synchrotron based accelerator facility for cancer therapy and research in Wiener Neustadt, 50 km south of Vienna. The facility will provide protons up to kinetic energies of 250 MeV and carbon ions up to 400 MeV/n for ion beam therapy. Additionally, protons up to 800 MeV kinetic ener...

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Published inEPJ Web of Conferences Vol. 153; p. 4006
Main Authors Jägerhofer, L., Feldbaumer, E., Roesler, S., Theis, C., Vincke, H.
Format Journal Article Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Les Ulis EDP Sciences 01.01.2017
Subjects
Computer simulation
EBG MedAustron GmbH
Environmental law
FLUKA
Hadron Therapy
Kinetic energy
Monte Carlo simulation
Radiation shielding
Shielding Calculations
Therapy
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Summary:MedAustron is a synchrotron based accelerator facility for cancer therapy and research in Wiener Neustadt, 50 km south of Vienna. The facility will provide protons up to kinetic energies of 250 MeV and carbon ions up to 400 MeV/n for ion beam therapy. Additionally, protons up to 800 MeV kinetic energy will be used in a dedicated room for non-clinical research. In order to obtain a shielding concept for this facility a detailed geometry of the accelerator facility was implemented into the Monte-Carlo code FLUKA and shielding simulations were performed. In the course of these simulations the contributions of different particle types to the mixed fields around the accelerator and behind shielding were analysed. In an iterative process with the architect the final design of the shielding concept was developed until it was capable of reducing the effect of secondary radiation on humans and the environment below Austrian legal limits.
ISSN:2100-014X
2101-6275
2100-014X
DOI:10.1051/epjconf/201715304006