| Zugriffsnummer | 38499 |
| Dokumenttyp | Zeitschriftenartikel |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Titel | Personal dosimetry and the new quantities in radiation protection |
| Autor(in); Institution |
Wagner, Siegfried R.; 6, Atomphysik, PTB-Braunschweig
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| Quelle/Jahr | PTB-Mitteilungen: 98 (1988), 1, 45 - 51 |
| ISSN | 0030-834X |
| Verlag | Braunschweig ; Wiesbaden: Vieweg |
| Zusammenfassung | In ICRU Report 39, new quantities for environmental and indiviual monitoring are recommended which apply to all kinds of ionizing radiation. Whereas the quantities for environmental monitoring do not appear to pose serious problems, the quantities for individual monitoring raise questions as to the required spectral and angular response of monitors and the calibration procedures. It would be logical to use the directional dose equivalent as the reference quantity for their response. To start from existing practice of individual monitoring and contrary to the ICRU recommendation, it would appear reasonable to take the product of the reading of a suitable designed and calibrated monitor and its calibration factor as the "individual dose equivalent for recording". The relations between the new ICRU quantities and those used hitherto are discussed. Conversion functions between air kerma or neutron fluence and the new quantities are reproduced. |
