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Title: Systematic approach to personnel neutron monitoring

Abstract

NTA film and albedo detectors represent the major portion of personnel dosimeters now used for occupational neutron monitoring. However, recent attention to the spectral response of these systems has demonstrated the need for detectors that have a better match to the fields being monitored. Recent developments in direct recoil track etch dosimeters present some intriguing alternatives, and careful use of /sup 237/Np fission fragment detectors offers the advantage of a good dose equivalent spectral match. Work continues on a number of other new detector mechanisms, but problems with sensitivity, energy response, gamma interference, etc., continue to prevent development of most mechanisms into viable personnel dosimeters. Current dosimeter limitations make a systematic approach to personnel neutron monitoring particularly important. Techniques have been developed and tested, using available portable survey instruments, that significantly improve the quality of dosimeter interpretation. Even simple spectrometry can be done with modest effort, significantly improving the health physicists ability to provide accurate neutron monitoring.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
OSTI Identifier:
5753900
Report Number(s):
UCRL-82658; CONF-800304-8
TRN: 80-004217
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-48
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 5. international congress of the International Radiation Protection Association, Jerusalem, Israel, 8 Mar 1980
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; ALBEDO-NEUTRON DOSEMETERS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; DIELECTRIC TRACK DETECTORS; NEUTRON MONITORS; PERSONNEL DOSIMETRY; PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM DOSEMETERS; DOSEMETERS; DOSIMETRY; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATION MONITORS; 655003* - Medical Physics- Dosimetry

Citation Formats

Griffith, R V, and Hankins, D E. Systematic approach to personnel neutron monitoring. United States: N. p., 1980. Web.
Griffith, R V, & Hankins, D E. Systematic approach to personnel neutron monitoring. United States.
Griffith, R V, and Hankins, D E. 1980. "Systematic approach to personnel neutron monitoring". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5753900.
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abstractNote = {NTA film and albedo detectors represent the major portion of personnel dosimeters now used for occupational neutron monitoring. However, recent attention to the spectral response of these systems has demonstrated the need for detectors that have a better match to the fields being monitored. Recent developments in direct recoil track etch dosimeters present some intriguing alternatives, and careful use of /sup 237/Np fission fragment detectors offers the advantage of a good dose equivalent spectral match. Work continues on a number of other new detector mechanisms, but problems with sensitivity, energy response, gamma interference, etc., continue to prevent development of most mechanisms into viable personnel dosimeters. Current dosimeter limitations make a systematic approach to personnel neutron monitoring particularly important. Techniques have been developed and tested, using available portable survey instruments, that significantly improve the quality of dosimeter interpretation. Even simple spectrometry can be done with modest effort, significantly improving the health physicists ability to provide accurate neutron monitoring.},
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year = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980},
month = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980}
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