EURADOS IC2012N: EURADOS 2012 intercomparison for whole-body neutron dosimetry

E. Fantuzzi, M.A. Chevallier, R. Cruz-Suarez, M. Luszik-Bhadra, S. Mayer, D.J. Thomas, R. Tanner, Filip Vanhavere, Olivier Van Hoey

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    Abstract

    The European Radiation Dosimetry Group (EURADOS) IC2012n intercomparison for neutron dosemeters intended to measure personal dose equivalent, Hp(10), was performed in 2012. A total of 31 participants (27 individual monitoring services from Europe, 2 from Japan, 1 from Israel and 1 from USA) registered with 34 dosimetry systems. Participation was restricted to passive or active neutron dosemeters routinely used in individual monitoring of radiation workers. The dosimetry systems were based on thermoluminescence, polyallyldiglycol carbonate, optically stimulated luminescence, fission track detection and silicon diodes (electronic devices). The irradiation tests were chosen to provide the participants with useful information on their dosimetry systems, i.e. linearity, reproducibility, responses for different energies and angles and to simulated workplace fields. The paper will report and discuss the first analysis of the results of the EURADOS IC2012n intercomparison
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)73-77
    JournalRadiation protection dosimetry
    Volume161
    Issue number1-4
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Oct 2014
    EventNEUDOS 2013 -12th Symposium on Neutron and Ion Dosimetry - IRSN- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Aix-en-provence
    Duration: 3 Jun 20137 Jun 2013

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