Techniques and Management of Personnel Thermoluminescence Dosimetry Services

ISBN-13: 9780792324362 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 438 str.

Martin Oberhofer; M. Oberhofer; A. Scharmann

Opis

The International Commission on Radiological Protection and the Euratom Council directive have specified that workers exposed to ionizing radiation shall be subjected to individual dose monitoring. In the past, individual doses have almost always been monitored by film badge dosimeters, but thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLDs) are now coming into widespread use, principally due to the availability of automated readout systems. Techniques and Management of Personnel Thermoluminescence Dosimetry Services gives details of the operation of and experience gained with a number of large-scale TL personnel dosimetry services, with particular attention being paid to the management aspects of such services. For technical and administrative personnel in TLD services, TLD system designers, staff of licensing authorities concerned with dosimetric licensing, students of radiation protection, especially in the area of protection from ionizing radiation. A basic knowledge of atomic and nuclear physics is assumed, and a training in radiation protection or health physics would be an advantage.

Spis treści

Preface; M. Oberhofer, A. Scharmann. Radiological quantities measured and assessed in personnel dosimetry; G. Drexler. Basic concepts of thermoluminescence; A. Scharmann, M. Böhm. The design of instrumentation for the measurement of thermoluminescence; A.C. Lucas. Thermoluminescence materials and their dosimetric characteristics; D. Regulla, C.M.H. Driscoll. Thermoluminescence and personnel dosimetry: potentials and limits; E. Piesch, B. Burgkhardt. Mixed radiation field dosimetry with thermoluminescence materials applied to personnel dosimetry; C.A. Perks. TLD system for whole body dosimetry: Instrument, dosimeters, algorithms and application software; R.A. Tawil. Techniques and management of TLD Personnel Dosimetry Services based on the TL Personnel dosimetry service of Health and Welfare Canada; D. Grogan. The NRPB Thermoluminescence Dosimetry Service; T.O. Marshall. The Seibersdorf TL Personnel Dosimetry Service; K.E. Duftschmid. The SUVA TL Personnel Dosimetry Service; H. Jossen. The Landauer Inc., TL Dosimetry Service; R.C. Yoder. The Fontenay aux Roses TL Personnel Dosimetry Service; G. Portal. The Karlsruhe TLD Service for Albedo Neutron Dosimetry; E. Friesch, B. Burgkhardt, S. Ugi. Technical problems in connection with the operation of large thermoluminescence dosimetry services; T.O. Marshall. Management problems of Large TLD Services; D. Grogan. Future Directions in TL Instrumentation; A.C. Lucas. Annex 1. Annex 2. Index.