Progress and prospects of calculation methods for radiation shielding

Hirayama, Hideo*; Nakashima, Hiroshi; Morishima, Makoto*; Uematsu, Mikio*; Sato, Osamu*

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 52(11), p.1339 - 1361, 2015/11

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https://doi.org/10.1080/00223131.2015.1021283

Progress in calculation methods for radiation shielding are reviewed based on basis of the activities of research committees related to radiation shielding fields established in the Atomic Energy Society of Japan. A technological roadmap for the field of radiation shielding, progress and prospects for specific shielding calculation methods such as the Monte Carlo, discrete ordinate Sn transport, and simplified methods, and shielding experiments used to validate calculation methods are presented in this paper.