NE 406:  Radiation Protection and Shielding
 
Course Outline
 
# Date Lesson Reading Homework due
(Chapter.Problem #)
1
1/13/03
Introduction Chapter 1  
2 1/15/03 Directions and solid angles 2.1  
3 1/17/03 Fundamental radiation field variables 2.2 2.5
4 1/22/03 Directional properties of radiation 2.3 2.1
5 1/24/03 Representations of angular dependence 2.4 2.7
6 1/27/03 General specifications of radiation sources 2.5-2.6 2.8
7 1/29/03 Interaction coefficients 3.1-3.2 2.9
8 1/31/03 Scattering kinematics 3.3 3.1
  2/3/03 "   3.2
9 2/5/03 Photon interactions 3.4  3.18 
10 2/7/03 Neutron interactions 3.5 3.19 a&b
11 2/10/03 Charged particle interactions 3.6 3.24
  2/12/03 Make up day   3.26
  2/14/03 Review for Test #1    
  2/19/03 Test #1    
12 2/21/03 Neutron sources 4.1  
2/24/03 "  
4.3
13
2/26/03
Gamma ray sources
4.2
4.10
 
2/28/03
"  
4.15
14
3/3/03
Dosimetric quantities
5.1
 
15
3/5/03
Dose equivalence
5.2
5.2
16
3/7/03
Response functions
5.3-5.4
5.3
17 3/10/03 Neutron response functions 5.5-5.6  
18 3/12/03 Photon response functions 5.7 5.7
19 3/14/03 Human as target 5.8 5.6
20 3/31/03 Uncollided dose from point sources
6.1
 
21 4/2/03 Uncollided dose from distributed sources
6.2
6.1
  4/4/03 Example problems   6.9
22 4/7/03 Photon buildup factors (Homogeneous) 7.1  
23 4/9/03 Photon buildup factors (Heterogeneous) 

Take Home Test #2 distributed

7.2 7.1
24 4/11/03 SCALE Lite: Introduction SCALE #1 7.6, 7.8
25 4/14/03 SCALE Lite: SAS1 input 

Take Home Test #2 due before class

SCALE #2
 
26 4/16/03 SCALE Lite: SAS1 sample problem
SCALE #3
 
  4/21/03 "    
  4/23/03 Go over Take Home Test #2     
27 4/25/03 Take home exam handed out 

Professional practice #1: 

   
28 4/28/03 SCALE SAS3 sequence    
29 4/30/03 Use of MCNP for shielding 

Final day to hand in late homework

   
  5/6/03 Take Home help session    
  5/7/03.
Take home exam due
   


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