RESPONSE OF AN ELECTRONIC PERSONAL NEUTRON DOSIMETER

Authors
ALBERTS WG DIETZ E GULDBAKKE S KLUGE H
Citation
Wg. Alberts et al., RESPONSE OF AN ELECTRONIC PERSONAL NEUTRON DOSIMETER, Radiation protection dosimetry, 51(3), 1994, pp. 207-210
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging","Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology
Journal title
Radiation protection dosimetry → ACNP
ISSN journal
01448420
Volume
51
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
207 - 210
Database
ISI
SICI code
0144-8420(1994)51:3<207:ROAEPN>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
The dose equivalent response of a new type of electronic personal neut ron dosemeter was measured in the reference neutron fields of the PTB at various energies between thermal and 19 MeV and with neutrons from Cf-252 neutron sources. The dosemeter, irradiated on a phantom, exhibi ts an over-response of up to a factor 70 at energies between 200 eV an d 100 keV. This may lead to misinterpretation of the dosemeter reading when even small quantities of low energy neutrons are present.