Performance of neutron and gamma personnel dosimetry in mixed radiation fields

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6053580

Swaja, R E; Sims, C S

From 1974 to 1980, six personnel dosimetry intercomparison studies (PDIS) were conducted at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to evaluate the performance of personnel dosimeters in a variety of neutron and gamma fields produced by operating the Health Physics Research Reactor (HPRR) in the steady state mode with and without spectral modifying shields. A total of 58 different organizations participated in these studies which produced approximately 2000 measurements of neutron and gamma dose equivalents on anthropomorphic phantoms for five different reactor spectra. Based on these data, the relative performance of three basic types of neutron dosimeters (nuclear emulsion film, thermoluminescent (TLD), and track-etch) and two basic types of gamma dosimeters (film and TLD) in mixed radiation fields was assessed.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 6053580
• Report Number(s): CONF-810850-1; ON: DE81028140
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY
655003* -- Medical Physics-- Dosimetry
AIR COOLED REACTORS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DATA
DOSEMETERS
DOSIMETRY
ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS
EPITHERMAL REACTORS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FAST REACTORS
GAMMA DOSIMETRY
GAS COOLED REACTORS
HPRR REACTOR
INFORMATION
LUMINESCENT DOSEMETERS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MOCKUP
NEUTRON DOSIMETRY
NUMERICAL DATA
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PHANTOMS
PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM DOSEMETERS
PULSED REACTORS
REACTORS
RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS
RESEARCH REACTORS
STRUCTURAL MODELS
TESTING
THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSEMETERS