Optimization of the Radiation Parameters on Technological Installations

Abstract

To ensure that technological installations using radionuclide sources of radiation operate at top efficiency, the effect of the irradiation system parameters on the radiation utilization factor was studied. It was found that the radiation utilization factor depends not on individual parameters of the irradiation system but rather on a certain combination of these parameters. A dimensionless criterion was determined on the basis of these investigations – a complex based on a set of parameters of installations with maximum radiation utilization factor. The radiation utilization factor was determined as a function of the irradiator–irradiated object distance. The numerical range of the criterion corresponding to the maximum radiation utilization factor is shown. Data by means of Monte Carlo calculations were selected by performing experimental studies using independent dosimetric systems.