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19 March 2010

Answer to Question #140 Submitted to "Ask the Experts"

Category: Doses and Dose Calculations — External dose calculations

The following question was answered by an expert in the appropriate field:

Can you refer me to some publications dealing with biological neutron dosimetry; i.e., the use of hair, etc., in determining flux and dose.

I suggest, in order, the following:

IAEA, Dosimetry for Criticality Accidents--A Manual. IAEA Tech Report Series No. 211 (1982),
Health Physics, 38:529-541 (1980),
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 10:237-249 (1985),
Commission of European Communities, A Critical Review of Nuclear Accident Dosimeters, EUR 6838 (1980), and
Health Physics, 41:105-121 (1981).

C.S. Sims Director, Office of Radiation Protection ORNL

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