title: Photon contribution to ambient dose equivalent H(10) in the wide-spectrum neutron reference fields of the IRSN.
abstract: The photon contribution to ambient dose equivalent in several wide-spectrum reference neutrons fields of the Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety were measured using a Geiger-Müller counter. For the investigated fields, the ratio of photon to neutron ambient dose equivalent ranged between 0.03 and 0.20. The results show that the Geiger-Müller tube is a versatile instrument for dosimetry in mixed photon-neutron fields if sufficient information for the calculation of corrections is available.
authors.affiliation: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Langner
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Löb
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nolte
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gressier
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Asselineau
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lacoste
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lebreton
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D016477:Artifacts; D005060:Europe; D009502:Neutrons; D017785:Photons; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013057:Spectrum Analysis / Q000592:standards*