Comparison of Panasonic`s dosimetric system with Gamma-31 dosimeters

• Autorzy: Urban P. , Skubacz K. , Chmielewska I.

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DOI

10.7424/jsm130405

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Equipment being used in medical or industrial institutions is often a source of ionizing radiation with different energies and types, which complicates the detection and assessment of doses. Up until now, for dosimetric measurements of ionizing radiation, Gamma-31 dosimeters have been used in the Central Mining Institute for many years. Now, this system will be expanded by a Panasonic system, for which measurement procedures were developed and comparisons with other dosimeters were held. The method is based on a four-element dosimeters UD-802 Panasonic equipped with CaSO and LiBO detectors additionally sheltered by filters of different surface mass. The use of UD-802 dosimeters, in contrast to Gamma-31 dosimeters, permits measuring radiation doses in a different range of photon energy. Consequently, it is possible to obtain a more accurate analysis of the hazards caused by gamma radiation in underground mines. The publication includes a description of the dosimetry system and presents the results of measurements conducted by means of both types of dosimeters. In order to verify the correctness of the indications of the new dosimetry system a series of measurements were carried out, which allowed examining the behaviour of the dosimeters under different environmental conditions. As a place of exposure, the selected laboratories in the Silesian Centre for Environmental Radiometry were chosen, where the work is connected with (TE)NORM and equipment producing ionizing radiation or containing sources of this type of radiation. Moreover, to observe the dosimeters behaviour in difficult environmental conditions, they were exposed in water treatment plants and an underground potassium salt mine.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

ionizing radiation; thermoluminescence dosimetry; dose

PL

promieniowanie jonizujące; dozymetria termoluminescencyjna; dawka

• Wydawca: Elsevier ; Główny Instytut Górnictwa
• Czasopismo: Journal of Sustainable Mining
• Rocznik: 2013
• Tom: Vol. 12, iss. 4
• Strony: 24--33
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 9 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Urban P.

• Silesian Centre for Environmental Radioactivity, Central Mining Institute (Katowice, Poland)

autor

Skubacz K.

• Silesian Centre for Environmental Radioactivity, Central Mining Institute (Katowice, Poland)

autor

Chmielewska I.

• Silesian Centre for Environmental Radioactivity, Central Mining Institute (Katowice, Poland)

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