Underwater remote-reading dosimeter evaluation
- Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co., East Hampton, CT (US)
This paper reports on problems inherent in attempting to measure underwater dose rates and monitor and control diver exposures. At Connecticut Yankee, the authors had a specific procedure in effect to cover diving evolutions; however, the authors were not satisfied with the methods available to us for monitoring a diver's dose during a dive. The authors looked around and discovered that the ideal monitoring method was already at hand. In the past, the authors had successfully used the Xetex 503A Teledose system for high dose rate jobs under are variety of circumstances, but not underwater. The basic Teledose system consists of a base station and five individual electronic dosimeter/transmitters that can be worn by workers. The dosimeters are GM-tube types packaged in high-impact plastic or metal cases, each powered by a single 9-volt battery. The dosimeters do not have their own read-outs - instead, they transmit a coded pulse for each mR detected via a loop antenna to the base station, where the accumulated exposure for each of the five dosimeter units is displayed.
- OSTI ID:
- 5244234
- Journal Information:
- Radiation Protection Management; (United States), Vol. 2:2; ISSN 0740-0640
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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