On the use of advanced numerical models for the evaluation of dosimetric parameters and the verification of exposure limits at workplaces.
With the next transposition of the 2004/40/EC Directive, employers will become responsible for the electromagnetic field level at the workplace. To make this task easier, the scientific community is compiling practical guidelines to be followed. This work aims at enriching such guidelines, especially for the dosimetric issues. More specifically, some critical aspects related to the application of numerical dosimetric techniques for the verification of the safety limit compliance have been highlighted. In particular, three different aspects have been considered: the dosimetric parameter dependence on the shape and the inner characterisation of the exposed subject as well as on the numerical algorithm used, and the correlation between reference limits and basic restriction. Results and discussions demonstrate how, even by using sophisticated numerical techniques, in some cases a complex interpretation of the result is mandatory.
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Innovation Engineering Department, University of Salento, via per Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy. luca.catarinucci@unisalento.it
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D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D020714:Maximum Tolerated Dose; D008954:Models, Biological; D009716:Numerical Analysis, Computer-Assisted; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*