Personal neutron dosimetry in nuclear power plants using etched track and albedo thermoluminescence dosemeters

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 110, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 701-704

  Fernández, Francisco ^a   Bakali, M ^a   Amgarou, K ^a   Nourreddine, A ^b   Mouhssine, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENERGY CONVERSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PERSONNEL RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION MONITOR; RADIATION PROTECTION; REFERENCE VALUE; SPAIN; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; BODY BURDEN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; NEUTRONS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POWER PLANTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 4644257494     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch231     Document Type: Article

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