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Review for Test #1
To adequately prepare for this test, you should be able to:
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Give the full names of the following organizations: RSICC, NNDC, IAEA,
NCRP, ICRP, and EPA.
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Determine the solid angle associated with objects that have a shadow corresponding
to surfaces on a sphere or a flat disks
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Define and give symbols for fluence, flux, flow, and current.
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Determine the fluence, flux, flow, and current for a defined particle flow
situation (given as a directional distribution).
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Fit an angular function to a Legendre expansion. (I will provide
Legendre function formulas.)
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Translate a given physical source description among the different source
configurations -- point, line, surface, or volumetric.
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Define: solid angle, Becquerel, Curie, linear interaction coefficient,
mass interaction coefficient, incoherent scatter, coherent scatter, Thomson
scattering, what Klein-Nishina formula is used for.
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Provide the reasons that "mass interaction coefficient" is a useful concept.
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Create mass interaction coefficient for a material (at a given energy)
if elemental mass interaction coefficients are provided.
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Describe the physical mechanisms of Compton scattering, photoelectric effect,
and pair production.
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Find the maximum energy loss for given gamma rays due to Compton scattering
or pair production.
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Find threshold energies for neutron inelastic scattering for given level
data.
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Find maximum or average energy loss from elastic or inelastic neutron scattering
for a given isotope (levels provided).
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Explain why Rayleigh scattering is generally ignored.
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Explain why we generally shield first for neutrons and then for gamma rays.
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Explain the four energy ranges for neutron cross sections.
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Work a problem involving charged particle penetration and energy deposition
using Table 3.6 data.
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NE406 Radiation Protection and Shielding