title: EURADOS INTERCOMPARISONS ON WHOLE-BODY DOSEMETERS FOR PHOTONS FROM 2008 TO 2014.
abstract: Starting in 2008 the European Dosimetry Group (EURADOS) has been performing international intercomparisons on photon whole-body dosemeters for individual monitoring services. These intercomparisons were organised (on a biannual basis) in 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014, each time with a similar set-up but with small alterations in the subsequent irradiation plans. With an increasing number of participants and participating systems, this intercomparison action has become an important tool for individual monitoring services to test their whole-body dosimetry systems, compare their results with other services or systems and to improve the quality of their dosimetry. The paper presents and compares the results of these four intercomparisons and compares the dosimetric results for the participating system types. Major dosimetric problems of the individual monitoring services are identified, and trends in the dosimetric performance of the different systems are shown. This gives the opportunity to identify some dosimetry issues that should be improved by application of the monitoring services' quality assurance systems and QA procedures.
authors.affiliation: Helmholtz Zentrum München, Auswertungsstelle, Otto-Hahn-Ring 6, München D-81739, Germany figel@helmholtz-muenchen.de.
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Figel
authors.affiliation: Seibersdorf Labor GmbH, Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Seibersdorf A-2444, Austria.
authors.forename: Hannes
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stadtmann
authors.affiliation: NRG, Individual Monitoring, PO Box 9034, ES Arnhem 6800, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Tom W M
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Grimbergen
authors.affiliation: Cavendish Nuclear Limited, Berkeley Approved Dosimetry Service, A11 Berkeley Centre, Berkeley, Gloucestershire GL139FB, UK.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McWhan
authors.affiliation: Radiation Dosimetry, CIEMAT, Avda Complutense 40, Madrid 28040, Spain.
authors.forename: Ana M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Romero
mesh_terms: D002138:Calibration; D005060:Europe; D005373:Film Dosimetry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D017785:Photons; D011786:Quality Control; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014915:Whole-Body Counting / Q000379:methods*; D014965:X-Rays