Development of a calculation system for the estimation of decontamination effects

Abstract

A calculation system for the estimation of decontamination effects (CDE) is developed in the present work to aid in the effective planning of decontamination procedures.This system calculates dose rate distribution before and after decontamination according to the distribution of radioactivity and the decontamination factor.A dose rate reduction factor is also used to estimate decontamination effects.Results obtained from CDE were compared with measurements and particle and heavy-ion transport code system (PHITS) simulations.The CDE successfully reproduced the measured and calculated dose rate distributions, requiring less than several seconds of calculation time.