Lower limits of detection for thermal luminescent dosimeters

Journal Article · Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990 · Radiation Protection Management; (United States)

OSTI ID:5198459

Spacher, P J ^[1]; Mis, F J; Klueber, M R ^[2]

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1. Upstate Physics Consortium (US)
2. Rochester Gas and Electric Corp., NY (United States)

This paper reports that Groups of Panasonic UD-802 thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLDs) were irradiated to successively increasing doses of Cesium-137 gamma radiation (0.662 MeV gamma rays) and then processed using a Panasonic UD-710 automatic TLD reader. The results were subjected to statistical tests to determine the critical level, the level of detection, and the less-than level. The critical level is equivalent to 1.7 mrad, the lower limit of detection is equivalent to 5 mrad and the less-than level has a high range value of 7.5 mrad.

• OSTI ID: 5198459
• Journal Information: Radiation Protection Management; (United States), Journal Name: Radiation Protection Management; (United States) Vol. 7:4; ISSN 0740-0640; ISSN RPMAE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CESIUM 137
CESIUM ISOTOPES
DATA
DETECTION
DOSEMETERS
DOSIMETRY
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
GAMMA DETECTION
GAMMA RADIATION
INFORMATION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
IONIZING RADIATIONS
IRRADIATION
ISOTOPES
LUMINESCENT DOSEMETERS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
PERFORMANCE TESTING
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIATIONS
RADIOISOTOPES
TESTING
THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSEMETERS
THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES