The problems associated with the monitoring of complex workplace radiation fields at European high-energy accelerators and thermonuclear fusion facilities

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 126, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 491-496

  Bilski, P ^a   Blomgren, J ^b   D'Errico, F ^c   Esposito, A ^d   Fehrenbacher, G ^e   Fernandez F ^f   Fuchs, A ^g   Golnik, N ^h   Lacoste, V ⁱ   Leuschner, A ^j   Sandri, S ^k   Silari, Marco ^l   Spurny, F ^m   Wiegel, B ⁿ   Wright, P ^o  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c DIMNP UNIPI   (Italy)

^d INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^e GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^g PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^h IAE   (Poland)

ⁱ INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^j DESY   (Germany)

^k ENEA   (Italy)

^l CERN   (Switzerland)

^m INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

ⁿ PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^o RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; EUROPE; NEUTRON; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; SIMULATION; SPECTROMETRY; WORKPLACE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR REACTOR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EUROPE; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR FUSION; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 52249117277     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm099     Document Type: Article

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