@conference{
author = "Stanković, Srboljub and Ilić, Radovan and Marinković, Predrag and Nikolić, Dragana and Kržanović, Nikola and Radenković, Mirjana",
year = "2019",
abstract = "During the construction of nuclear facilities, radiotherapy centers, hospitals with radiological diagnostic facilities, and radioactive waste storage facilities, complex requirements for protection against ionizing radiation have been set up. In its basic principles, modern approaches in the design of radiation protection procedures were derived from empirical conclusions that were obtained by solving practical problems encountered by nuclear engineers and physicists. In the radiation protection projections, as well as in the formation of different technical and technological procedures in the radiation environment, one of the most important characteristics is the build-up factor of the material used. Based on experimental and theoretical research, empirical formulas for calculating the build-up factors are used to solve practical problems in radiation protection. With the development of information and computer technologies for calculating the build-up factor, other numerical methods are also used, of which a very attractive and efficient Monte Carlo calculation method is used. In this paper, the calculations with the empirical approximate formulas by Taylor and Berger, as well as the results obtained by using the software based on the Monte Carlo method, were used to determine the build-up of the factors in the protection of gamma and X radiation for several selected materials (lead, water, iron, etc.). By comparing the results obtained with the empirical approximations and Monte Carlo calculations, certain conclusions have been drawn that direct us to new critical considerations about the usefulness of using the chosen method of calculation for the build-up factor of materials found in modern technological processes using sources of gamma and X radiation.",
publisher = "Niš : Sievert Association",
journal = "RAP 2019 : International conference on radiation applications : Book of abstracts",
title = "Application of the Monte Carlo method and the empirical approximate formulas by Taylor and Berger for the calculation of the build-up factor in the fields of gamma and X radiation",
pages = "93-93",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_vinar_12139"
}