title: Electronic personal neutron dosemeters for high energies: measurements, new developments and further needs.
abstract: The results of measurements with neutron energies up to 60 MeV are shown for the personal neutron dosemeters Thermo Electron EPD-N2, ALOKA PDM-313 and the PTB prototype dosemeter DOS-2002. All dosemeters show dose equivalent responses that are about a factor of 10, too high at 60 MeV. A new prototype dosemeter-called DOS-2005-consisting of a detector with a thin effective layer of 6 microm has been set up at PTB. The dose equivalent response of this dosemeter and that of the newly developed dosemeter SAPHYDOSE-N was measured up to 19 MeV. Both dosemeters indicate a more flat response at high neutron energies. Further needs-optimisations, measurements and calculations-for use at high-energy accelerators and in space are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Bundesallee 100, D-38116 Braunschweig, Germany. marlies.luszik-bhadra@ptb.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Luszik-Bhadra
mesh_terms: D004581:Electronics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005544:Forecasting; D005858:Germany; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009502:Neutrons; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity