NEUTRON WORKPLACE SPECTROMETRY (ENERGY AND DIRECTION) USING TL DETECTORS: FIRST APPROACH AND RESPONSE FUNCTIONS.

The response of albedo dosemeters depends on the energy and angle of the incident neutron radiation. For their use as personal dosemeters, a field-calibration factor has to be applied. The presently used single sphere method for field calibration can be extended and optimised by putting five albedo dosemeters on the surface of a polyethylene sphere and two TL cards in the centre.

CHARACTERISATION OF THE PTB THERMAL NEUTRON CALIBRATION FACILITY WITH THE BONNER SPHERE SPECTROMETER NEMUS.

The neutron field of the PTB Thermal Neutron Calibration Facility was characterised with the help of the Bonner sphere spectrometer of PTB, NEutron MUltisphere Spectrometer (NEMUS). For the analysis of the Bonner sphere data an analytical model of the neutron energy distribution was used. The unfolding of neutron spectra was performed via the method of Bayesian parameter estimation.

EURADOS IC2012N: FURTHER INFORMATION DERIVED FROM AN EURADOS INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON OF NEUTRON PERSONAL DOSEMETERS.

In 2012, the European Radiation Dosimetry Group (EURADOS) performed an intercomparison for neutron dosemeters that are intended to measure personal dose equivalent, Hp(10). A total of 31 participants registered with 34 dosimetry systems. The irradiation tests were chosen to provide the participants with useful information on their dosimetry systems, i.

FIELD CORRECTION FACTORS FOR PERSONAL NEUTRON DOSEMETERS.

A field-dependent correction factor can be obtained by comparing the readings of two albedo neutron dosemeters fixed in opposite directions on a polyethylene sphere to the H*(10) reading as determined with a thermal neutron detector in the centre of the same sphere. The work shows that the field calibration technique as used for albedo neutron dosemeters can be generalised for all kind of dosemeters, since H*(10) is a conservative estimate of the sum of the personal dose equivalents Hp(10) in two opposite directions. This result is drawn from reference values as determined by spectrometers within the EVIDOS project at workplace of nuclear installations in Europe.

Albedo neutron dosimetry in Germany: regulations and performance.

Personal neutron dosimetry has been performed in Germany using albedo dosemeters for >20 y. This paper describes the main principles, the national standards, regulations and recommendations, the quality management and the overall performance, giving some examples.