title: EURADOS IC2012N: EURADOS 2012 intercomparison for whole-body neutron dosimetry.
abstract: The European Radiation Dosimetry Group (EURADOS) IC2012n intercomparison for neutron dosemeters intended to measure personal dose equivalent, Hp(10), was performed in 2012. A total of 31 participants (27 individual monitoring services from Europe, 2 from Japan, 1 from Israel and 1 from USA) registered with 34 dosimetry systems. Participation was restricted to passive or active neutron dosemeters routinely used in individual monitoring of radiation workers. The dosimetry systems were based on thermoluminescence, polyallyldiglycol carbonate, optically stimulated luminescence, fission track detection and silicon diodes (electronic devices). The irradiation tests were chosen to provide the participants with useful information on their dosimetry systems, i.e. linearity, reproducibility, responses for different energies and angles and to simulated workplace fields. The paper will report and discuss the first analysis of the results of the EURADOS IC2012n intercomparison.
authors.affiliation: ENEA-Radiation Protection Institute, via dei Colli, 16-40136 Bologna (BO), Italy elena.fantuzzi@enea.it.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fantuzzi
authors.affiliation: Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), BP 17, 31 avenue de la Division Leclerc, 92260 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France.
authors.forename: M-A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Chevallier
authors.affiliation: IAEA, UN-Wien, Austria.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cruz-Suarez
authors.affiliation: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Bundesallee 100, D-38116 Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Luszik-Bhadra
authors.affiliation: Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mayer
authors.affiliation: National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Hampton Road, Teddington TW11 0LW, UK.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.affiliation: Public Health England, CRCE, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0RQ, UK.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tanner
authors.affiliation: SCK-CEN, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, Boeretang 200, 2400 Mol, Belgium.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vanhavere
mesh_terms: D004581:Electronics; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D049449:Luminescence; D009502:Neutrons; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D012825:Silicon; D014916:Whole-Body Irradiation
chemical_list: D011868:Radioisotopes; D012825:Silicon