CRITICALLY ACCIDENT APPLICATION OF THE ORNL BADGE DOSIMETER

Technical Report · Wed Oct 14 04:00:00 EDT 1959

OSTI ID:4245935

Gupton, E D; Davis, D M; Hart, J C

Nuclear accidents have emphasized the need for a personnel meter with which the radiation dose may be determined accurately in a few hours. The badge- type dosimeter developed at ORNL fulfills this need. It contains an indium foil which permits the immediate segregation of anyone who may have had a medically significant dose of neutron radiation. A gold foil is used for thermal neutron measurement and sulfar is used for fast (2.5 Mev) neutron measurement. To be meaningful the gold and sulfar measurements must be correlated with the Threshold Detector Units of the type reported by Hurst. The films used in this badge is DuPont type 553 for beta-gamma measuement and Eastman type A for neutron measurement. Provision is made in the badge for the incorporation of a chemical dosimeter and a silver phosphnte glass dosimeter for the measurement of gamma radiation. (auth)

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., Tenn.
• NSA Number: NSA-14-001712
• OSTI ID: 4245935
• Report Number(s): CF-59-10-41
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

ACCIDENTS
CHEMICAL RADIATION DETECTORS
DOSEMETERS
EASTMAN EMULSIONS
ENERGY LEVELS
FAST NEUTRONS
FILM BADGES
FOILS
GOLD
HEALTH AND SAFETY INCLUDING DOSIMETRY
INDIUM
MEDICINE
MONITORING
NEUTRON DETECTION
NEUTRONS
NUCLEAR EMULSIONS
PERFORMANCE
PERSONNEL
PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIATION DOSES
SILVER PHOSPHATES
STANDARDS
SULFUR
THERMAL NEUTRONS
THRESHOLD DETECTORS