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Jecong J, Hila F, Pares F, Dingle C, Guillermo N, Baule A, Solomon H. Ob-Servo Sanguis irradiator dose mapping at the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute using MCNP5 annular ring voxels. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2021.109835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Aknouch A, El-Ouardi Y, Hamroud L, Sebihi R, Mouhib M, Yjjou M, Didi A, Choukri A. A Monte Carlo study to investigate the feasibility to use the Moroccan panoramic irradiator in sterile insect technique programs. RADIATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOPHYSICS 2021; 60:673-679. [PMID: 34390389 DOI: 10.1007/s00411-021-00934-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2020] [Accepted: 07/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Mediterranean fly pest (Ceratitis) is one of the most destructive pests of fruit species in Morocco. The sterile insect technique (SIT) is an environmentally friendly strategy that uses ionizing radiation to sterilize adult insects. Morocco has a panoramic gamma irradiator used to irradiate agri-food products. This irradiator is not dedicated to SIT programs due to its geometry that does not allow to obtain a dose uniformity ratio (DUR) recommended for such applications. This article presents a Monte Carlo study to investigate the feasibility of using the panoramic gamma irradiator at the National Institute for Agronomic Research (NIAR) of Tangier, Morocco, to setting up SIT methods and contributing to Ceratitis control programs. The Monte Carlo method was used to simulate the concrete bunker in which the panoramic gamma irradiator is installed. To obtain a recommended DUR required for SIT programs, two cells similar of the Gammacell-220 irradiator, which is mainly used in the SIT programs around the world, were simulated inside the concrete bunker. The simulation and calculations were performed using the MCNPX-2.7e Monte Carlo simulation code. It is demonstrated that at both investigated positions, the spatial distribution of dose rates in the two modeled irradiation cells, which were similar to a gammacell-220 irradiator cell, are uniform enough that the cells can be used for SIT programs. It is concluded that the panoramic irradiator at NIAR can be used to contribute to the control of Mediterranean fly pest and other insect pests in Morocco.
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- Adil Aknouch
- Department of Physics, Nuclear Physics and Techniques Team, Faculty of Science, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, Morocco.
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences Dhar El-Mahraz, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, Place du Parc 20, 7000, Mons, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
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- Irradiation Facility of Boukhalef (SIBO), Regional Center of Tangier, National Institute for Agronomical Research (INRA), Tangier, Morocco
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed Ist University, Oujda, Morocco
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed Ist University, Oujda, Morocco
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- Department of Physics, Nuclear Physics and Techniques Team, Faculty of Science, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, Morocco
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Majer M, Roguljić M, Knežević Ž, Starodumov A, Ferenček D, Brigljević V, Mihaljević B. Dose mapping of the panoramic 60Co gamma irradiation facility at the Ruđer Bošković Institute - Geant4 simulation and measurements. Appl Radiat Isot 2019; 154:108824. [PMID: 31479818 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2019.108824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2019] [Revised: 06/24/2019] [Accepted: 07/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The paper presents the dose mapping of the panoramic 60Co gamma irradiation facility at the Ruđer Bošković Institute in Croatia. Both experimental (using ionisation chamber) and simulation (using the Geant4 Monte Carlo code) studies have been performed and compared. Measured and simulation dose rates are found to be in very good agreement and can be used for the absorbed dose determination in the irradiation chamber in everyday work. In order to get a complete description of the dose distribution in the facility, the transit dose, which has to be taken into consideration at low doses, was also experimentally determined.
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- Marija Majer
- Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička Cesta 54, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia.
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- Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička Cesta 54, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička Cesta 54, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička Cesta 54, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia; Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Bolshaya Cheremushkinskaya Ul. 25, 117218, Moscow, Russia
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- Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička Cesta 54, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička Cesta 54, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička Cesta 54, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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