Abstract
The Laser Laboratory for Acceleration and Applications (L2A2) is a new facility, recently built at the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain, to investigate laser–plasma acceleration technologies. This facility is equipped with a 50 TW laser system and a radio-protected area where different laser–plasma induced radiation sources are being implemented. In this paper we use Monte Carlo radiation transport simulations based on the code Fluka to validate the radiation shielding installed at L2A2 for proton, neutron and electron sources generated with the present laser system, but also for future possible upgrades increasing the laser power to 100 and 200 TW. Particular attention is paid to the determination of the radiation source term describing the acceleration of electrons, protons and neutrons using over-dense and under-dense plasmas.
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