Dosimetric Systems and Characteristics of CR-39 for Use in Individual Neutron Monitoring

Author

Pal, Rupali Rohatgi ; Jayalakshmi, V. ; Sathian, Deepa ; Chaurasiya, G.

Author_Institution

Radiol. Phys. & Advisory Div., Bhabha Atomic Res. Centre, Mumbai, India

Volume

56

Issue

6

fYear

2009

Firstpage

3774

Lastpage

3778

Abstract

There are a number of etched track neutron dosimetric systems in use for personnel monitoring. In this paper the operational and dosimetric characteristics of two etching systems namely eletro-chemical etching system and chemical etching system used for personnel neutron monitoring are described. Details of the dosemeter design, processing and read out methods are given. The dosimetric characteristics of both the systems such as the back ground, dose linearity, energy response, minimum measurable dose, reporting dose and the advantages and disadvantages of the systems in routine application have been discussed.

Keywords

dosimetry; electrochemistry; etching; radiation monitoring; solid-state nuclear track detectors; CR-39; chemical etching system; dosimetric system; eletrochemical etching system; etched track neutron dosimetric systems; personnel neutron monitoring; read out method; Chemicals; Detectors; Etching; Image analysis; Insulation life; Neutrons; Particle tracking; Personnel; Protons; Radiation monitoring; Chemical etching; SSNTD; electro-chemical etching; image analysis;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2009.2034005

Filename

5341431