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Title: Neutron personnel dosimetry intecomparison studies

Abstract

The Dosimetry Applications Research (DOSAR) Group at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has conducted sixteen Neutron Personnel Dosimetry Intercomparison Studies (PDIS) since 1974. During these studies dosimeters are mailed to DOSAR, exposed to low-level (typically in the 0.3 -- 5.0 mSv range) neutron dose equivalents in a variety of mixed neutron-gamma radiation fields, and then returned to the participants for evaluation. The Health Physics Research Reactor (HPRR) was used as the primary radiation source in PDIS 1--12 and radioisotopic neutron sources at DOSAR's Radiation Calibration Laboratory (RADCAL) were mainly used, along with sources and accelerators at cooperating institutions, in PDIS 13--16. Conclusions based on 13,560 measurements made by 146 different participating organizations (102 - US) are presented.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
5524933
Report Number(s):
CONF-9106235-2
ON: DE91015316
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-84OR21400
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 11. Department of Energy workshop on personnel neutron dosimetry, Las Vegas, NV (United States), 4-7 Jun 1991
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; DOSEMETERS; INTERLABORATORY COMPARISONS; PERFORMANCE TESTING; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; ACCURACY; ALBEDO-NEUTRON DOSEMETERS; CALIBRATION; CALIFORNIUM 252; DOSE EQUIVALENTS; GAMMA DOSIMETRY; GAMMA SOURCES; HPRR REACTOR; NEUTRON SOURCES; PERSONNEL DOSIMETRY; PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM DOSEMETERS; PLUTONIUM 238; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSEMETERS; ACTINIDE ISOTOPES; ACTINIDE NUCLEI; AIR COOLED REACTORS; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CALIFORNIUM ISOTOPES; DOSIMETRY; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; FAST REACTORS; GAS COOLED REACTORS; HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; LUMINESCENT DOSEMETERS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NUCLEI; PARTICLE SOURCES; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; PULSED REACTORS; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; RESEARCH REACTORS; SILICON 32 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES; TESTING; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOT; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; 560151* - Radiation Effects on Animals- Man; 440102 - Radiation Instrumentation- Radiation Dosemeters; 220900 - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Reactor Safety

Citation Formats

Sims, C S. Neutron personnel dosimetry intecomparison studies. United States: N. p., 1991. Web.
Sims, C S. Neutron personnel dosimetry intecomparison studies. United States.
Sims, C S. 1991. "Neutron personnel dosimetry intecomparison studies". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5524933.
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abstractNote = {The Dosimetry Applications Research (DOSAR) Group at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has conducted sixteen Neutron Personnel Dosimetry Intercomparison Studies (PDIS) since 1974. During these studies dosimeters are mailed to DOSAR, exposed to low-level (typically in the 0.3 -- 5.0 mSv range) neutron dose equivalents in a variety of mixed neutron-gamma radiation fields, and then returned to the participants for evaluation. The Health Physics Research Reactor (HPRR) was used as the primary radiation source in PDIS 1--12 and radioisotopic neutron sources at DOSAR's Radiation Calibration Laboratory (RADCAL) were mainly used, along with sources and accelerators at cooperating institutions, in PDIS 13--16. Conclusions based on 13,560 measurements made by 146 different participating organizations (102 - US) are presented.},
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