Electronic Personal Dosemeters

Personal dosimetry services approved by their national authorities for category A workers, invariably use passive dosemeters incorporating photographic film or thermoluminescent detectors. However, the performance characteristics of electronic dosemeters has improved substantially over the past deca...

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Published in:Radiation protection dosimetry 1990-12, Vol.34 (1-4), p.93-97
Main Authors: Marshall, T.O., Bartlett, D.T., Burgess, P.H., Cranston, C.S., Higginbottom, D.J., Sutton (INVITED), K.W.
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Language:English
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Summary:Personal dosimetry services approved by their national authorities for category A workers, invariably use passive dosemeters incorporating photographic film or thermoluminescent detectors. However, the performance characteristics of electronic dosemeters has improved substantially over the past decade to such an extent that in the opening lecture of the Solid State Dosimetry Conference at Oxford in 1986 the development of an electronic 'smart card' based on a silicon detector was briefly discussed. This idea has been taken up and at least one development programme is in progress aimed at the production of an electronic dosemeter suitable for use as a legal device. The more important performance requirements of personal dosemeters for this purpose are discussed and the earlier electronic dosemeter designs and the latest devices under development to meet this specification are compared.
ISSN:0144-8420
1742-3406
DOI:10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a080855