title: Overview of physical dosimetry methods for triage application integrated in the new European network RENEB.
abstract: In the EC-funded project RENEB (Realizing the European Network in Biodosimetry), physical methods applied to fortuitous dosimetric materials are used to complement biological dosimetry, to increase dose assessment capacity for large-scale radiation/nuclear accidents. This paper describes the work performed to implement Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) dosimetry techniques.
  
  
  
  OSL is applied to electronic components and EPR to touch-screen glass from mobile phones. To implement these new approaches, several blind tests and inter-laboratory comparisons (ILC) were organized for each assay.
  
  
  
  OSL systems have shown good performances. EPR systems also show good performance in controlled conditions, but ILC have also demonstrated that post-irradiation exposure to sunlight increases the complexity of the EPR signal analysis.
  
  
  
  Physically-based dosimetry techniques present high capacity, new possibilities for accident dosimetry, especially in the case of large-scale events. Some of the techniques applied can be considered as operational (e.g. OSL on Surface Mounting Devices [SMD]) and provide a large increase of measurement capacity for existing networks. Other techniques and devices currently undergoing validation or development in Europe could lead to considerable increases in the capacity of the RENEB accident dosimetry network.
authors: a Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN) , France.
authors: François
authors: F
authors: Trompier
authors: b C2TN, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal, now at SUERC, University of Glasgow , UK.
authors: Christopher
authors: C
authors: Burbidge
authors: a Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN) , France.
authors: Céline
authors: C
authors: Bassinet
authors: a Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN) , France.
authors: Marion
authors: M
authors: Baumann
authors: c Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) , Italy.
authors: Emanuela
authors: E
authors: Bortolin
authors: c Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) , Italy.
authors: Cinzia
authors: C
authors: De Angelis
authors: d Public Health England Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards (PHE) , UK.
authors: Jonathan
authors: J
authors: Eakins
authors: c Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) , Italy.
authors: Sara
authors: S
authors: Della Monaca
authors: c Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) , Italy.
authors: Paola
authors: P
authors: Fattibene
authors: c Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) , Italy.
authors: Maria Cristina
authors: MC
authors: Quattrini
authors: d Public Health England Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards (PHE) , UK.
authors: Rick
authors: R
authors: Tanner
authors: e Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU) , Germany.
authors: Albrecht
authors: A
authors: Wieser
authors: e Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU) , Germany.
authors: Clemens
authors: C
authors: Woda
mesh_terms: D001681:Biological Assay / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000528:radiation effects; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D000069079:Radiation Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D018511:Systems Integration; D013819:Thermoluminescent Dosimetry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards; D014218:Triage / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards
keywords: Dosimetry; Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy; Optically Stimulated Luminescence; retrospective dosimetry