radsafer2.3.0 package

Radiation Safety

air_dens_cf

Correct for air density - useful for vented ion chambers

disk_to_disk_solid_angle

Calculate fractional solid angle for disk to disk

dk_correct

Correct activity-dependent value based on radioactive decay.

dk_pct_to_num_half_life

Number of half-lives past

dk_time

Time to decay to target radioactivity.

half_life_2pt

Calculate half-life based on two data points

hvl

half-value layer and tenth-value layer computations

mcnp_cone_angle

MCNP Cone Opening Parameter

mcnp_est_nps

Copy and paste MCNP tally fluctuation charts

mcnp_matrix_rotations

Rotation matrices for transformations in MCNP

mcnp_mesh_bins

Make mesh tally size settings for MCNP

mcnp_plot_out_spec

Convert histogram data to average points and plot as spectrum.

mcnp_scan_save

Copy and paste MCNP output spectral data for use with `mcnp_plot_out_s...

mcnp_scan2plot

Copy and paste MCNP output spectral data to directly plot

mcnp_sdef_erg_hist

energy distribution histogram from pasted data

mcnp_sdef_erg_line

Produce MCNP source terms from ICRP 107 data

mcnp_si_sp_hist

energy distribution histogram entries

mcnp_si_sp_hist_scan

energy distribution histogram from pasted data

mcnp_si_sp_RD

Produce MCNP source terms from ICRP 107 data except beta

neutron_geom_cf

Solid Angle Correction for Neutron Detectors with Point Source

pipe

Pipe operator

radsafer-package

radsafer: Radiation Safety

rate_meter_sim

Ratemeter Simulation

RN_bin_screen_phot

Search for radioisotopes that dominate a specified energy bin

RN_find_parent

Find a potential precursor of a radionuclide @description Find a poten...

RN_index_screen

Screen radionuclide data to find matches to decay mode, half-life, and...

RN_info

Quick table of Radionuclide Data from the RadData package

RN_plot_search_results

Plot results of RN_search functions

RN_plot_spectrum

Plot radionuclide emission spectra.

RN_save_spectrum

Save radionuclide emission spectra.

RN_search_alpha_by_E

Search for alpha

RN_search_beta_by_E

Search for beta

RN_search_phot_by_E

Search for photon

RN_Spec_Act

Specific Activity

scaler_sim

Count Room Scaler Simulation

stay_time

Stay time for radiation work.

tau_estimate

Estimate tau parameter for ratemeter_sim

Provides functions for radiation safety, also known as "radiation protection" and "radiological control". The science of radiation protection is called "health physics" and its engineering functions are called "radiological engineering". Functions in this package cover many of the computations needed by radiation safety professionals. Examples include: obtaining updated calibration and source check values for radiation monitors to account for radioactive decay in a reference source, simulating instrument readings to better understand measurement uncertainty, correcting instrument readings for geometry and ambient atmospheric conditions. Many of these functions are described in Johnson and Kirby (2011, ISBN-13: 978-1609134198). Utilities are also included for developing inputs and processing outputs with radiation transport codes, such as MCNP, a general-purpose Monte Carlo N-Particle code that can be used for neutron, photon, electron, or coupled neutron/photon/electron transport (Werner et. al. (2018) <doi:10.2172/1419730>).

  • Maintainer: Mark Hogue
  • License: GPL-3
  • Last published: 2023-07-12