title: EURADOS INTERCOMPARISONS IN EXTERNAL RADIATION DOSIMETRY: SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES AMONG EXERCISES FOR WHOLE-BODY PHOTON, WHOLE-BODY NEUTRON, EXTREMITY, EYE-LENS AND PASSIVE AREA DOSEMETERS.
abstract: The European Radiation Dosimetry Group (EURADOS) has been organising dosimetry intercomparisons for many years in response to an identified requirement from individual monitoring services (IMS) for independent performance tests for dosimetry systems. The participation in intercomparisons gives IMS the opportunity to show compliance with their own quality management system, compare results with other participants and develop plans for improving their dosimetry systems. In response to growing demand, EURADOS has increased the number of intercomparisons for external radiation dosimetry. Most of these fit into the programme of self-financing intercomparisons for dosemeters routinely used by IMS. This programme is being coordinated by EURADOS working group 2 (WG2). Up to now, this programme has included four intercomparisons for whole-body dosemeters in photon fields, one for extremity dosemeters in photon and beta fields, and one for whole-body dosemeters in neutron fields. Other EURADOS working groups have organised additional intercomparisons including events in 2014 for eye-lens dosemeters and passive area dosemeters for environmental monitoring. In this paper, the organisation and achievements of these intercomparisons are compared in detail focusing on the similarities and differences in their execution.
authors.affiliation: CIEMAT, Radiation Dosimetry, Madrid, Spain ana.romero@ciemat.es.
authors.forename: Ana M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Romero
authors.affiliation: NRG, Individual Monitoring, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Grimbergen
authors.affiliation: Cavendish Nuclear Limited, Berkeley Approved Dosimetry Service, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, UK.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McWhan
authors.affiliation: Seibersdorf Labor GmbH, Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Seibersdorf, Austria.
authors.forename: Hannes
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stadtmann
authors.affiliation: ENEA, Radiation Protection Institute, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fantuzzi
authors.affiliation: Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN), Fontenay-aux-Roses, France.
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Clairand
authors.affiliation: Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Neumaier
authors.affiliation: Helmholtz Zentrum München, München, Germany.
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Figel
authors.affiliation: Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dombrowski
mesh_terms: D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000528:radiation effects*; D009502:Neutrons; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000032:analysis; D017785:Photons; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D000072232:Radiation Dosimeters; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000379:methods*; D014915:Whole-Body Counting