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BWXT will scout potential TRISO fuel production sites in Wyoming
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R. W. Langley, M. P. Billings
Nuclear Technology | Volume 15 | Number 1 | July 1972 | Pages 68-74
Technical Paper | Radioisotope | doi.org/10.13182/NT72-A31163
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It has been presumed that geometrically faithful man models are required to accurately account for the effect of body self-shielding on space radiation dose to radiation-sensitive organs other than the skin and lens of the eye. It is demonstrated that a simple equivalent sphere model reproduces the results of comprehensive dose analyses that employ a detailed man model, with an accuracy sufficient for dose assessments. A correlation has been established analytically that holds for the full range of observed solar proton spectra and for a range of vehicle shielding worths from 0 to 10 g/cm2 of aluminum. Equivalent sphere model parameters are presented for the blood forming organs, the gastro-intestinal tract, and the testes.