Published June 1971 | Version v1
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Surface Dosimetry Using Thermoluminescent Discs

  • 1. UKAEA, Health Physics and Medical Division, Harwell, Didcot, Berks. (United Kingdom)

Description

Lithium fluoride loaded into Teflon discs of thickness 9 mg-cm-2 forms a very convenient dosimeter for measuring surface dose rate from beta and gamma radiation. Stacks of thin dosimeters have been used in many special experiments, for example, (a) measurement of the dose to the fingers from 82Br in silica glass vials; and (b) the maximum gamma-ray dose estimation from nuclear heat sources using 238Pu. In both cases the calculated dose agreed with the extrapolated surface dose from the TLD stacks. This has confirmed that theoretical methods can be used to give an early estimate of overexposure, particularly where the incident cannot be reproduced experimentally. (author)

Part of:
Advances in Physical and Biological Radiation Detectors. Proceedings of a Symposium on New Developments in Physical and Biological Radiation Detectors

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
IAEA
Imprint Place
Vienna (International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA))
Imprint Title
Advances in Physical and Biological Radiation Detectors. Proceedings of a Symposium on New Developments in Physical and Biological Radiation Detectors
Imprint Pagination
760 p.
Series
Proceedings Series
Journal Page Range
p. 45-57
ISSN
0074-1884

Conference

Title
Symposium on New Developments in Physical and Biological Radiation Detectors
Dates
23-27 Nov 1970
Place
Vienna (Austria)

Optional Information

Notes
9 refs., 5 tabs., 5 figs.; This record replaces 44082467
Secondary number(s)
IAEA-SM--143/6