Regulatory approval of a dosimetry service using electronic dosemeters for individual dose measurements in the UK.

Abstract:

:In the United Kingdom it is a legal requirement that the radiation doses received by classified persons are measured using dosemeters that have been provided by an approved dosimetry service. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is the regulatory body responsible for approving these dosimetry services. Until recently, statutory dose measurements in the UK have been made with well established dosimetry techniques involving the use of film or TLDs. In January 2000 HSE granted approval to a dosimetry service, operated by a UK nuclear utility, to provide a service to nuclear sites for making measurements of individual dose using electronic dosemeters. HSE has published the requirements that prospective dosimetry services must satisfy in order to gain regulatory approval. These requirements are applicable to those services wishing to use established techniques with film and TLDs and also to services that wish to use novel systems of dose measurement such as electronic dosemeters. This paper briefly describes the regulatory framework for the approval of dosimetry services in the UK, the criteria used by HSE for the approval of these services with particular reference to electronic dosemeters, and the regulatory issues associated with the use of electronic dosemeters for statutory individual dose measurements in the UK.

journal_name

Radiat Prot Dosimetry

authors

Bevington LM

doi

10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006612

keywords:

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-01-01 00:00:00

pages

81-6

issue

1-3

eissn

0144-8420

issn

1742-3406

journal_volume

96

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