Techniques and Management of Personnel Thermoluminescence Dosimetry Services. HEALTH PHYSICS AND RADIATION PROTECTION VOLUME 2

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HEALTH PHYSICS AND RADIATION PROTECTION
VOLUME 2
Techniques and
Management of
Personnel
Thermoluminescence
Dosimetry Services
edited by
M. Oberhofer and A. Scharmann
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M. Oberhofer
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A. Scharmann
/. Physikalisches Institut,
Justus-Liebig Universität dessen,
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Printed in the Netherlands TABLE OF CONTENTS
M. Oberhofer and Α. Scharmann
Preface vii
Acknowledgementsix
ListofContributorsxi
G.Drexler
Radiological Quantities Measured and Assessed in Personnel Dosimetry1
A.Scharmann and M. Böhm
Basic Concepts of Thermoluminescence 21
A.C. Lucas
The Design of InstrumentationfortheMeasurement of Thermoluminescence 41
D. Regulla and C.M.H.Driscoll
Thermoluminescence Materials and Their Dosimetric Characteristics 63
E. Piesch and B. Burgkhardt e and Personnel Dosimetry: Potentials and Limits125
C.A. Perks
Mixed Radiation Field Dosimetry with Thermoluminescence Materials Applied
to Personal Dosimetry 161
R.A. Tawil
TLD SystemforWholeBodyDosimetry: Instrument, Dosimeters Algorithms
and Application Software203
D. Grogan
Techniques and Management of TLD Personnel Dosimetry Services Based on
the TL Personnel Dosimetry Service of Health and Welfare Canada 233
T.O. Marshall
The NRPB Thermoluminescence Dosimetry Service 251 K. E. Duftschmid
The Seibersdorf TL Personnel Dosimetry Service 269
H. Jossen
The SUVA TL Personnel Dosimetry Service 295
R.C. Yoder
The Landauer INC. TL Dosimetry Service 303
G. Portal
The Fontenay aux Roses TL Personnel Dosimetry Service 317
E. Piesch, B. Burgkhardt and S. Ugi
The Karlsruhe TLD Service for Albedo Neutron Dosimetry 331
Τ.Ο. Marshall
Technical Problems in Connection with the Operation of Large
Thermoluminescence Dosimetry Services 36
D. Grogan
Management Problems of Large TLD Services 375
A.C. Lucas
Future Directions in TL Instrumentation 387
Annex I 40
Annex 29
Index 433