Modelling of composite neutron scintillators.

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate radiation doses to the patients and operators during interventional cardiology procedures, with a particular focus on the transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Patient doses for 5549 diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and 76 TAVI were examined, as well as occupati...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Signorotto P,del Vecchio A,Montorfano M,Maisano F,Giagnorio M,Bellanca R,Colombo A,Calandrino R

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most used passive detectors for Radon measurement are the CR39s, both for the good stability of the material and for the practicality of use. But, commercial reading systems are expensive and not always fast. The aim of the present work was the development of a method for a rapid, efficient and economic evaluation...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Sabbarese C,Ambrosino F,Roca V

更新日期：2020-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Radon exposure in schools is different from that in dwellings because the residence pattern is very different each other. So, when effective dose is calculated in schools, different approach should be considered from in dwellings. The aim of this study was to estimate actual effective dose due to inhaled radon conside...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Lee ER,Chang BU,Kim YJ

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that there are great variations in radon concentrations in the soil gas on building sites. The concentration may sometimes vary by more than two orders of magnitude. The tectonic structure of the bedrock is one of the factors that influence the intensity of the radon outflow. The simple ARES geophysic...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Thinova L,Fronka A,Rovenska K

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite wide use of nuclear energy and radiation sources in industry and medicine, there is no centralised dose accounting system in Ukraine; existing dosimetry services operate obsolete manual thermoluminescence dosemeter (TLD) readers and do not meet modern proficiency standards. Currently, dosimetric monitoring is ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Chumak V,Boguslavskaya A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to describe current risk management practices and policies across the world in relation to personal exposures from devices emitting radiofrequency fields, environmental exposures from fixed installations and exposures in the work environment. Data from 86 countries representing all WHO regions were col...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Dhungel A,Zmirou-Navier D,van Deventer E

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A range of techniques has been developed in conventional radiography for the chest, because of technical difficulties in imaging the wide variation of tissue densities. These techniques can differ significantly in tube potential selection, for scatter reduction and in application of manual or automatic exposure contro...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Doyle P,Martin CJ,Gentle D

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the operation of high-energy accelerators, the interaction of radiation with matter can lead to the activation of the machine components and of the surrounding infrastructures. As a result of maintenance operation and during decommissioning of the installation, considerable amounts of radioactive waste are evac...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Ulrici L,Magistris M

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The indoor radon concentrations and lung cancer incidence in Eleshnitza village and Blagoevgrad district of Bulgaria were examined in the study reported here. The Eleshnitza was the second largest uranium mining and milling region of the country. The geometric mean of indoor radon concentration in Eleshnitza (465 Bq/m...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Chobanova N,Ivanova K,Stojanovska Z,Atanasov T

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The TRADE project (TRiga Accelerator Driven Experiment), to be performed at the existing TRIGA reactor at ENEA Casaccia, has been proposed as a validation of the accelerator-driven system (ADS) concept. TRADE will be the first experiment in which the three main components of an ADS--the accelerator, spallation target ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Burn KW,Carta M,Casalini L,Kadi Y,Monti S,Nava E,Palomba M,Petrovich C,Picardi L,Rubbia C,Troiani F

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After an explosion of a radiological dispersal device, decision-makers need to implement countermeasures as soon as possible to minimise the radiation-induced risks to the population. In this work, the authors present a tool, which can help providing information about the approximate size of source term and radioactiv...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Urso L,Kaiser JC,Woda C,Helebrant J,Hulka J,Kuca P,Prouza Z

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the radiation environment inside the International Space Station, solid state nuclear track detector stacks were used. Within the BRADOS experiments, Phase 1, seven stacks were exposed at different locations of the Russian segment 'Zvezda' for 248 days in 2001. It was supposed that the radiation field inside ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Pálfalvi JK,Akatov Y,Szabó J,Sajó-Bohus L,Eördögh I

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An experimental validation of a low-cost method for extrapolation and estimation of the maximal electromagnetic-field exposure from long-term evolution (LTE) radio base station installations are presented. No knowledge on downlink band occupation or service characteristics is required for the low-cost method. The meth...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Verloock L,Joseph W,Gati A,Varsier N,Flach B,Wiart J,Martens L

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to obtain a deeper insight into the molecular mechanism controlling the cellular response to high-linear energy transfer (LET) radiation, the number and size of pATM (S1981) and gamma-H2AX foci were compared in cultures of diploid human fibroblasts after exposure to charged particles of varying species, energ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Fürweger C,Hajek M,Vana N,Kodym R,Okayasu R

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human behaviour is primarily driven by perceptions and this is particularly important in the aftermath of a nuclear accident. One of the main lessons we can draw from the Chernobyl and Fukushima accidents is that once the acute phase of the accident is over, it is important to engage in dialogue with the affected popu...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Vanmarcke H

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An attempt towards an experimental set up which could provide the experimental data on correlation processes occurred simultaneously in two distanced DNA targets within a charged particle track is presented. A modified Jet Counter nanodosemeter was used in two experiments with carbon ions with mean energies of 52 and ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Pietrzak M,Pszona S,Bantsar A

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2008, the German Childhood Cancer Registry published the results of the Kinderkrebs in der Umgebung von Kernkraftwerken (KiKK) study of childhood cancer and leukaemia around German nuclear power stations. The positive findings appeared to conflict with the results of a recent British analysis carried out by the Com...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Bithell JF,Keegan TJ,Kroll ME,Murphy MF,Vincent TJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative studies on the translocation and retention of intramuscularly (i.m.) injected thorium nitrate (234Th 46 ng + 232Th 5 microg per rat) in solutions of citrate, CaDTPA or citrate + CaDTPA in rats have been conducted. Results showed that only thorium in mixed-ligand solution was entirely translocated from the ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Rencová J,Vlková A,Veselá G

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The standard paradigm for radiation effects in cellular systems has involved direct damage to DNA and in particular, DNA double strand breaks as the triggering lesions leading to mutation, cell death and transformation. Recently, however, a growing body of evidence has reported non-targeted effects, which are not a di...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Prise KM,Belyakov OV,Newman HC,Patel S,Schettino G,Folkard M,Michael BD

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One encouraging way, at present, to put the investigation of ionisation-yield formation in sub-cellular structures or, at least, in nanometric volumes of liquid water on an experimental basis is the use of highly sophisticated counters filled with gases at low operating pressure to simulate target volumes a few nm in ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Grosswendt B

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, radioactivity levels of 35 different samples of 11 commonly used building materials in Samsun were measured by using a gamma spectrometry system. The analysis carried out with the high purity Germanium gamma spectrometry system. Radioactivity concentrations of (226)Ra, (232)Th and (40)K range from 6 to ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Tufan MÇ,Disci T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The new recommendation issued by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) introducing a 20-mSv annual dose limit for the eye lens stimulated an interesting debate among the radiation protection community. In the present work the problem of estimating Hp(3) for neutron realistic workplace spectra ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Ferrari P,Gualdrini G,Tanner R,Fantuzzi E

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main purpose of Liulin-type spectrometry-dosimetry instruments (LSDIs) is cosmic radiation monitoring at the workplaces. An LSDI functionally is a low mass, low power consumption or battery-operated dosemeter. LSDIs were calibrated in a wide range of radiation fields, including radiation sources, proton and heavy-...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Dachev Ts,Dimitrov P,Tomov B,Matviichuk Y,Spurny F,Ploc O,Brabcova K,Jadrnickova I

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Starting in 2009, certain types of incandescent light bulbs will be withdrawn from the market in the European Union and elsewhere. However, compact fluorescent lamps that are among the candidates to replace them produce intermediate frequency electric fields (EFs) much higher than any other device or appliance previou...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Bakos J,Nagy N,Juhász P,Thuróczy G

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A common problem in internal dosimetry occurs in routine monitoring, when it is required to estimate an intake from a measurement made at the end of a monitoring interval, and the time of intake is unknown. ICRP suggests that it should be assumed that the intake occurred in the middle of the monitoring period. However...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Birchall A,Puncher M,Marsh JW

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article report the measurements on-board a small aircraft at the same altitude and around the same geographic coordinates. The measurements of Ambient Dose Equivalent Rate (H*(10)) were performed in several positions inside the aircraft, close and far from the pilot location and the discrimination between neutron...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Prado ACM,Pazianotto MT,Gonçalez OL,Dos Santos LR,Caldeira AD,Pereira HHC,Hubert G,Federico CA

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amongst the dosemeters offered by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) Personal Dosimetry Service are finger rings, which use the Harshaw™ DXTRAD element. This paper describes restricted-type testing carried out by HPA on the previously untried combination of the LiF:Mg,Cu,P material and a thicker filter (42 mg cm(-2))....

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Baker ST,Roberts GH,Gilvin PJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A BEAMnrc Monte Carlo simulation of a diagnostic X-ray unit in a broad beam geometry intended for the derivation of effective linear attenuation coefficients was validated against measurements made on the X-ray unit on which the simulation was based. The validation process assessed the size of the beam, the first and ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Worrall M,Sutton DG

更新日期：2019-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work is to calculate the absorbed dose to matter due to neutrons in the 5-150 MeV energy range. Materials involved in the calculations are Al2O3, CaSO4 and CaS, which may be used as dosemeters and have already been studied for their luminescent properties. The absorbed dose is assumed to be mainly due ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Wrobel F,Benabdesselam M,Iacconi P,Lapraz D

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-energy neutrons (>10 MeV) contribute substantially to the dose fraction but result in only a small or negligible response in most conventional moderated-type neutron detectors. Neutron dosemeters used for radiation protection purpose are commonly calibrated with (252)Cf neutron sources and are used in various wor...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Lee KW,Sheu RJ

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00