Individual neutron monitoring in workplaces with mixed neutron/proton radiation

Teresa Bolognese-Milsztajn, D. Bartlett, M. Boschung, M. Coeck, G. Curzio, F. d'Errico, A. Fiechtner, V. Giusti, V. Gressier, J.E. Kyllönen, V. Lacoste, L. Lindborg, Marlies Luszik-Bhadra, C. Molinos, G. Pelcot, Marcel Reginatto, H. Schuhmacher, R. Tanner, F. Vanhavere, D. Derdau

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    Abstract

    EVIDOS ('evaluation of individual dosimetry in mixed neutron and photon radiation fields') is an European Commission (EC)-sponsored project that aims at a significant improvement of radiation protection dosimetry in mixed neutron/photon fields via spectrometric and dosimetric investigations in representative workplaces of the nuclear industry. In particular, new spectrometry methods are developed that provide the energy and direction distribution of the neutron fluence from which the reference dosimetric quantities are derived and compared to the readings of dosemeters. The final results of the project will be a comprehensive set of spectrometric and dosimetric data for the workplaces and an analysis of the performance of dosemeters, including novel electronic dosemeters. This paper gives an overview of the project and focuses on the results from measurements performed in calibration fields with broad energy distributions (simulated workplace fields) and on the first results from workplaces in the nuclear industry, inside a boiling water reactor and around a spent fuel transport cask.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)753-758
    Number of pages6
    JournalRadiation protection dosimetry
    Volume110
    Issue number1-4
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Aug 2004

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
    • Radiation
    • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
    • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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