CPB Ljubljana 2018 course book

Shielding Calculations, Principles: Examples

Air-kerma rate distribution on the plane parallel to the floor and containing the source for five different facility designs for 192 Ir (left) and 60 Co (right) of a given strength. See the original article for more details. (Courtesy: M.C. Pujades)

Remember: for 192 Ir 370 GBq ≈ 40.4 kU

for 60 Co ≈ 1/3 of contained activity of 192 Ir …