Research Article

A Novel and High-Precision Method for Calculating the γ-Ray Build-Up Factor for Multilayer Shields

Table 2

The variation range of the shield layer.

Shield layerTotal MFP of shield layerEnergy of incident photons (MeV)

Al[0, 10]{0.5, 0.6, 0.8, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10}
Pb + Fe[0, 10]{0.5, 0.6, 0.8, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10}
Fe + Al + Pb[0, 10]{0.5, 0.6, 0.8, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10}
Al + Fe + Pb + Fe[0, 10]{0.5, 0.6, 0.8, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10}