Published 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

The measurement of practical radiation fields and calculation of ambient and effective dose equivalent

  • 1. National Radiological Protection Board, Chilton (UK)

Description

A method was developed for the characterisation of photon radiation fields using collimated filtered Geiger-Mueller detectors. With information produced by this equipment, calculations were made of the various monitoring quantities, HE, H*(10) and Hp(10), for a range of typical radiation environments. The main conclusion is that worker orientation has the major effect on the ratio of HE to H*(10) rather than energy distribution. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Radiation Protection Dosimetry
Journal Volume
28
Journal Issue
1-2
Series
Radiat. Prot. Dosim.
Journal Page Range
83-87
ISSN
0144-8420
CODEN
RPDOD

Conference

Title
Seminar on the implementation of dose-equivalent operational quantities into radiation protection practice.
Dates
7-9 Jun 1988.
Place
Braunschweig (Germany, F.R.).

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
21010742
Subject category
S07: ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; DOSE EQUIVALENTS; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; GAMMA DOSIMETRY; GEIGER-MUELLER COUNTERS; KEV RANGE 10-100; KEV RANGE 100-1000; ORIENTATION; PERFORMANCE; PERSONNEL
Descriptors DEC
DISTRIBUTION; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY RANGE; KEV RANGE; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; RADIATION DETECTORS

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF--8806266; EUR--12182.