Modern Instrumentation

Volume 7, Issue 3 (July 2018)

ISSN Print: 2165-9257   ISSN Online: 2165-9273

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Channeling in Bent Crystallites: A New Method to Enhance the Radiation Shielding Efficiency*

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DOI: 10.4236/mi.2018.73004    905 Downloads   2,165 Views  Citations
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ABSTRACT

A new method is proposed here aiming at designing a shielding wall with the efficiency significantly higher than that of traditional designs. This new design arises from the idea of using channeling in multilayered shielding wall structure, each layer composed of bent crystallites distributed in a way that each layer covers a small section of 2π angular range of which wall is exposed. Part of the incident charged particles will get channeled in bent crystallites in each layer. Bending of channeled particles in bent crystallites will change their directions in the wall increasing their path lengths in the wall which would enhance its shielding efficiency for charged particle radiations. Proposed design is useful for radiation shielding in fission power plants, future fusion reactors and air travel.

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Rana, M. (2018) Channeling in Bent Crystallites: A New Method to Enhance the Radiation Shielding Efficiency*. Modern Instrumentation, 7, 35-41. doi: 10.4236/mi.2018.73004.

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