title: Radiation exposure in mossbauer spectroscopy.
abstract: This paper deals with the risks involved in routine operations as well as in potentially hazardous management of radioactive sources in a typical Mössbauer spectroscopy research laboratory. It comes from a direct experience at the University of Parma, Italy, and from information obtained from more than 50 different Mössbauer laboratories all over the world. A review of the normal procedures performed by researchers and technicians in the Mössbauer laboratory is presented along with the relative dose evaluations. Radiation doses have been calculated and measured from various situations, ranging from daily operations and maintenance work to radiation risks in case of incorrect procedures and/or device failures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Physics Division--Mössbauer Laboratory, University of Parma, Italy. giuseppe.pedrazzi@unipr.it
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pedrazzi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vaccari
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Papotti
mesh_terms: D001822:Body Burden; D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D005720:Gamma Rays; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D007753:Laboratories / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods*; D012062:Relative Biological Effectiveness; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D015204:Spectroscopy, Mossbauer / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
chemical_list: D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes