Description
EURADOS has established that there is a weakness [1] in the nuclear model concerning the interaction of a
nucleon with an energy of between 20 and 200 MeV with light nuclei, primarily carbon, nitrogen and oxygen.
However, this type of interaction is fundamental for describing the transport of nucleons in the human body
as in secondary dose calculation in protontherapy for example. This type of model is also fundamental for
usual detectors simulation (as scintillators, Bonner sphere, etc.) and more generally in a wide range of
simulations in the environment. A specific action has therefore been launched within the framework of
Eurados [2] and the nuclear data community has been solicited for elementary interaction measurements
within the High Priority Request List (HPRL) of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). A request must also be
made to theorists for build a coherent nuclear model.
