title: Criticality accident dosimetry with ESR spectroscopy.
abstract: The suitability of the ESR alanine and sugar detectors for criticality accident dosimetry was experimentally investigated during an intercomparison of dosimetry techniques. Tests were performed irradiating detectors both free-in-air and on-phantom during controlled critcality excursions at the SILENE reactor in Valduc, France. Several grays of absorbed dose were imparted in neutron gamma-ray fields of various relative intensities and spectral distributions. Analysed results confirmed the potential of these systems which can immediately provide an acute dose assessment with an average underestimate of 30%in the various fields. This performance allows for the screening of severely exposed individuals and meets the IAEA recommendations on the early estimate of accident absorbed doses.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: d'Errico
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fattibene
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Onori
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pantaloni
mesh_terms: D000409:Alanine / Q000737:chemistry / Q000528:radiation effects; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005609:Free Radicals / Q000032:analysis / Q000528:radiation effects; D006801:Humans; D009502:Neutrons; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D017785:Photons; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods*; D013395:Sucrose / Q000737:chemistry / Q000528:radiation effects
chemical_list: D005609:Free Radicals; D013395:Sucrose; D000409:Alanine