Measurements of the high energy neutron component of cosmic radiation fields in aircraft using etched track dosemeters

D. T. Bartlett; Luke Hager; Richard Tanner; J. D. Steele

doi:10.1016/S1350-4487(00)00098-6

Measurements of the high energy neutron component of cosmic radiation fields in aircraft using etched track dosemeters

D. T. Bartlett^*
, Luke Hager
, Richard Tanner
, J. D. Steele

^*Corresponding author for this work

Radiation Metrology

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Abstract

Measurements of the complex cosmic radiation field in aircraft at altitude are madewith a passive survey meter comprising routine-use thermoluminescent detectors and etched track detectors. The energy dependence of response of the etched track detectors used to determine the neutron component has been characterized, partly, up to a neutron energy of 180 MeV. The neutron detectors are routinely calibrated in the CERN/EC Reference Field. The 15% determination level fortotal dose equivalent is 100 μSv. The evidence is that the passive survey meter provides a reliable determination of route dose.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	243-253
Number of pages	11
Journal	Radiation Measurements
Volume	33
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1350-4487(00)00098-6
Publication status	Published - Jun 2001

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This work was partly funded by the European Commission, Directorate General XII, under contract F14P-CT95-0011. The authors should like to thank their colleagues on this project, also Drs Stevenson, Silari and Höfert at CERN and Professor O’Brien, for discussions, and exchange of ideas and results, and staff at British Airways for their assistance and co-operation.

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