Defining a radioactive isotope as source

From: Mina Nozar <nozarm_at_triumf.ca>
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:11:48 -0700

Hello everyone.

I have a couple of questions in regard to how radioactive isotopes (as sources) are handled in FLUKA.

Looking through the "Sources" slides under
http://www.fluka.org/fluka.php?id=course&sub=program&navig=2&which=portugal2010

To set up Co-60 as the radioactive source, it seems there are two options.
One through the use of the "BEAM -> ISOTOPE" and "HI-PROPE -> Co-60 A,Z settings" and
another through the use of the "BEAM -> average energy for the two main gamma energies emitted by Co-60".

1) Does the first method, i.e. using the HI-PROPE option, do the same, i.e. use isotropic and mono-energetic gammas with
energy as the average energy of (1332.5 keV and 1173.2 keV)?

2) Can the activity of the radioisotope be incorporated in the source definition?

3) Is it possible to define multiple radioisotopes as sources, taking into account activities of each?

Thank you,
Mina
Received on Tue Apr 24 2012 - 10:22:07 CEST

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