title: Active personal dosemeters for individual monitoring and other new developments.
abstract: In this paper, we will present a first (but not complete) status description of active personal dosemeters (APDs) and their implementation in European countries. In modern radiation protection practices, APDs are becoming absolutely necessary operational tools for satisfying the ALARA principle. Despite their success, they are relatively new for individual monitoring of workers. Regulation, legal requirements and calibration procedures are different in European member states. A catalogue of commercially available and prototype devices is presented. Improvement on devices and in implementation of calibration method are expected in the forthcoming years. End-user feedback experience and requirements are reported.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Fontenay-aux-Roses F-92265, France. teresa.bolognese@irsn.fr
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bolognese-Milsztajn
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ginjaume
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Luszik-Bhadra
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vanhavere
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wahl
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weeks
mesh_terms: D001822:Body Burden; D003625:Data Collection; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005060:Europe; D017408:Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007391:International Cooperation; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D012015:Reference Standards; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical / Q000379:methods