Characteristics of beta detection and dose measurement at Department of Energy facilities [electronic resource]

This report considers the current state of the art of beta dosimetry practices and beta detection methods used by health physicists at US Department of Energy facilities. This information is based on a survey of DOE facilities. Beta measurements are technically difficult and innovative efforts must...

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Corporate Authors: Pacific Northwest Laboratory (Researcher), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S.) (Researcher)
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Richland, Wash. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S.) ; distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 1987.
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520 3 |a This report considers the current state of the art of beta dosimetry practices and beta detection methods used by health physicists at US Department of Energy facilities. This information is based on a survey of DOE facilities. Beta measurements are technically difficult and innovative efforts must be expended to improve their accuracy. Perhaps the most pronounced problem is that beta dosimetry and instrumentation in use are highly energy and angular dependent. Many believe that beta exposures are adequately controlled because beta to photon ratios are assumed to be low. This assumption is not always valid as demonstrated by the accident at Three Mile Island (TMI). Significant beta doses exist where personnel are exposed to mixed fission products; for example, chemical reprocessing plants, reactor accidents, or where uranium metals are processed. This report is part of an effort to increase the DOE response to this technically difficult area of health protection. Problem areas are addressed and methods recommended to improve beta dosimetry through a cooperative effort among the various DOE contractors. 34 refs., 2 figs., 16 tabs. 
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650 7 |a Days Living Radioisotopes.  |2 local. 
650 7 |a Dosimetry.  |2 local. 
650 7 |a Heavy Nuclei.  |2 local. 
650 7 |a Us Doe.  |2 local. 
650 7 |a Alkaline Earth Isotopes.  |2 local. 
650 7 |a Beta-minus Decay Radioisotopes.  |2 local. 
650 7 |a Personnel Dosimetry.  |2 local. 
650 7 |a Even-even Nuclei.  |2 local. 
650 7 |a Cesium 137.  |2 local. 
650 7 |a National Organizations.  |2 local. 
650 7 |a Actinide Isotopes.  |2 local. 
650 7 |a Isotopes.  |2 local. 
650 7 |a Tritium.  |2 local. 
650 7 |a Beta Dosimetry.  |2 local. 
650 7 |a Carbon Isotopes.  |2 local. 
650 7 |a Radiation Protection.  |2 local. 
650 7 |a Intermediate Mass Nuclei.  |2 local. 
650 7 |a Isomeric Transition Isotopes.  |2 local. 
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650 7 |a Odd-even Nuclei.  |2 local. 
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650 7 |a Hydrogen Isotopes.  |2 local. 
650 7 |a Thorium 234.  |2 local. 
650 7 |a Strontium 90.  |2 local. 
650 7 |a Light Nuclei.  |2 local. 
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650 7 |a Technetium 99.  |2 local. 
650 7 |a Years Living Radioisotopes.  |2 local. 
650 7 |a Radioisotopes.  |2 local. 
650 7 |a Hours Living Radioisotopes.  |2 local. 
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