title: FIRST EURADOS INTERCOMPARISON EXERCISE OF EYE LENS DOSEMETERS FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS.
abstract: In the context of the decrease in the eye lens dose limit for occupational exposure to 20 mSv per year stated by the recent revision of the European Basic Safety Standards Directive 2013/59/EURATOM, the European Radiation Dosimetry Group (EURADOS) has organised in 2014, for the first time, an intercomparison exercise for eye lens dosemeters. The main objective was to assess the capabilities of the passive eye lens dosemeters currently in use in Europe for occupational monitoring in medical fields. A total of 20 European individual monitoring services from 15 different countries have participated. The dosemeters provided by the participants were all composed of thermoluminescent detectors, of various types and designs. The irradiations were carried out with several photon fields chosen to cover the energy and angle ranges encountered in medical workplace. Participants were asked to report the doses in terms of Hp(3) using their routine protocol. The results provided by each participant were compared with the reference delivered doses. All the results were anonymously analysed. Results are globally satisfactory since, among the 20 participants, 17 were able to provide 90 % of their response in accordance with the ISO 14146 standard requirements.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN), B.P. 17, Fontenay-aux-Roses 92262, France isabelle.clairand@irsn.fr.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Clairand
authors.affiliation: Universitat Politcnica de Catalunya (UPC), Diagonal 647, Barcelona E-08028, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ginjaume
authors.affiliation: Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK-CEN), Boeretang 200, Mol BE-2400, Belgium.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vanhavere
authors.affiliation: Greek Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC), PO Box 60092, Agia Paraskevi, Athens 15310, Greece.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Carinou
authors.affiliation: CEA-LIST Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel (CEA-LNHB), CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette 91191, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Daures
authors.affiliation: CEA-LIST Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel (CEA-LNHB), CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette 91191, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Denoziere
authors.affiliation: Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK-CEN), Boeretang 200, Mol BE-2400, Belgium Department of Radiology, UZ Brussel (VUB), Laarbeeklaan 101, Brussels 1090, Belgium.
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Universitat Politcnica de Catalunya (UPC), Diagonal 647, Barcelona E-08028, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roig
authors.affiliation: Universitat Politcnica de Catalunya (UPC), Diagonal 647, Barcelona E-08028, Spain.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Principi
authors.affiliation: Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN), B.P. 17, Fontenay-aux-Roses 92262, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Van Rycheghem
mesh_terms: D002138:Calibration; D005060:Europe; D005062:European Union; D006801:Humans; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000528:radiation effects*; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D017785:Photons; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D000072232:Radiation Dosimeters; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*