• Title of article

    The influence of the energy distribution of workplace fields on neutron personal dosemeter reading

  • Author/Authors

    Tanner، نويسنده , , R.J. and Thomas، نويسنده , , D.J and Bartlett، نويسنده , , D.T and Hager، نويسنده , , L.G and Horwood، نويسنده , , N.A، نويسنده ,

  • Pages
    6
  • From page
    405
  • To page
    410
  • Abstract
    Variations in the energy dependence of response of neutron personal dosemeters cause systematic errors in the readings obtained in workplace fields. The magnitude of these errors has been determined theoretically by folding measured and calculated workplace energy distributions with dosemeter response functions, to determine the response of a given personal dosemeter in that field. These results have been analysed with consideration of the dosemeter response to various calibration spectra, and with reference to different workplaces. The dosemeters in the study are discussed in terms of the workplaces for which they can be suitably calibrated. Deficiencies in the published neutron energy distributions are identified.
  • Keywords
    Workplace fields , Radiation Protection , Personal dosemeter , Neutron
  • Journal title
    Astroparticle Physics
  • Record number

    2018108