Individual neutron monitoring in workplaces with mixed neutron/proton radiation

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 110, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 753-758

  Bolognese Milsztajn, Teresa ^a   Bartlett, D ^b   Boschung, M ^c   Coeck, M ^d   Curzio, G ^e   d'Errico, F ^e   Fiechtner, A ^c   Giusti, V ^e   Gressier, V ^a   Kyllonen J ^f   Lacoste, V ^a   Lindborg, L ^f   Luszik Bhadra, M ^g   Molinos, C ^b   Pelcot, G ^a   Reginatto, M ^g   Schuhmacher, H ^g   Tanner, R ^b   Vanhavere, F ^d   Derdau, D ^h  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^f Statens Stralskyddsinstitut   (Sweden)

^g PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^h Kernkraftwerk Krümmel GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR FUEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; EUROPE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR REACTOR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL RADIATION MONITORING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SPECTROMETRY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ARTIFACTS; BODY BURDEN; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHOTONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 4644268594     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch220     Document Type: Review

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