Achievements in workplace neutron dosimetry in the last decade: Lessons learned from the EVIDOS project

Rick J. Tanner; T. Bolognese-Milsztajn; M. Boschung; M. Coeck; G. Curzio; F. D'Errico; A. Fiechtner; J. E. Lillhök; V. Lacoste; L. Lindborg; M. Luszik-Bhadra; M. Reginatto; H. Schuhmacher; F. Vanhavere

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Achievements in workplace neutron dosimetry in the last decade: Lessons learned from the EVIDOS project

Rick J. Tanner^*, T. Bolognese-Milsztajn, M. Boschung, M. Coeck, G. Curzio, F. D'Errico, A. Fiechtner, J. E. Lillhök, V. Lacoste, L. Lindborg, M. Luszik-Bhadra, M. Reginatto, H. Schuhmacher, F. Vanhavere

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The availability of active neutron personal dosemeters has made real time monitoring of neutron doses possible. This has obvious benefits, but is only of any real assistance if the dose assessments made are of sufficient accuracy and reliability. Preliminary assessments of the performance of active neutron dosemeters can be made in calibration facilities, but these can never replicate the conditions under which the dosemeter is used in the workplace. Consequently, it is necessary to assess their performance in the workplace, which requires the field in the workplace to be fully characterised in terms of the energy and direction dependence of the fluence. This paper presents an overview of developments in workplace neutron dosimetry but concentrates on the outcomes of the EVIDOS project, which has made significant advances in the characterisation of workplace fields and the analysis of dosemeter responses in those fields.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	471-476
Number of pages	6
Journal	Radiation Protection Dosimetry
Volume	126
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncm095
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2007

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The Nuclear Fission Safety programme of the European Commission funded this work. Additional support staff at the participating laboratories provided valuable input to the project as did health physics staff at the laboratories where the measurements were made.

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Tanner, R. J., Bolognese-Milsztajn, T., Boschung, M., Coeck, M., Curzio, G., D'Errico, F., Fiechtner, A., Lillhök, J. E., Lacoste, V., Lindborg, L., Luszik-Bhadra, M., Reginatto, M., Schuhmacher, H., & Vanhavere, F. (2007). Achievements in workplace neutron dosimetry in the last decade: Lessons learned from the EVIDOS project. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 126(1-4), 471-476. https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncm095

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