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IAEA1417 W-SHIELDER. (Abstract last modified 03-JUN-2005)


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

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Abstract Table of Contents:

NAME | COMPUTER | PROBLEM | SOLUTION | RESTRICTIONS | CPU | FEATURES | AUXILIARIES | STATUS | REFERENCES | REQUIREMENTS | LANGUAGE | OPERATING SYSTEM | OTHER RESTRICTIONS | AUTHOR | MATERIAL | CATEGORIES |

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


2. COMPUTER FOR WHICH PROGRAM IS DESIGNED AND OTHER MACHINE VERSION PACKAGES AVAILABLE -

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Explanation of the status codes.

Program-name         Package-ID  Status
W-SHIELDER           IAEA1417/01 Tested

Machines used:
Package-ID     Orig.Computer                       Test Computer
IAEA1417/01    IBM PC                              PC Windows

3. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM OR FUNCTION - W-Shielder calculates shielding thickness of water for any photon emitting radionuclide between 0.5 to 10 MeV.


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.


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.


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.


7. UNUSUAL FEATURES - 


8. RELATED OR AUXILIARY PROGRAMS - 


9. STATUS
IAEA1417/01: 03-JUN-2005 Screened


10. REFERENCES  - 
IAEA1417/01:
- Jahan ZEB:
Radiation Dose Reduction by Water Shield (W-Shielder Manual)


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.


12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE -IAEA1417/01: TURBO-C++ 


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).


14. OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS - 


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


16. MATERIAL AVAILABLE -IAEA1417/01:
S-W-SH.cpp  Source code
T-W-SH.cpp  Source code
W-SHIELDER.exe  Executable
W-shielder-manual.pdf Manual in PDF format


17. CATEGORIES  - 

- J.  Gamma Heating and Shield Design


Keywords: GAMMA RAY, PHOTONS, RADIONUCLIDE, SHIELDING, WATER

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