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Proposal of a Brazilian accreditation program for personal dosimetry using OSL
Fecha
2010Registro en:
RADIATION MEASUREMENTS, v.45, n.1, p.51-59, 2010
1350-4487
10.1016/j.radmeas.2009.11.032
Autor
NASCIMENTO, L. F.
HORNOS, Y. M. M.
Institución
Resumen
After the development of the highly sensitive material Al(2)O(3):C, personal dosimetry using optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) has been continuously adopted in place of thermoluminescence dosimeters (TLD) by different countries (e.g. USA and Japan). In order to use a dosimetric system in Brazil it is necessary to develop a protocol and to fulfill performance and type tests in accordance with the accreditation program approved by the responsible governmental committee. This paper presents a proposal for an accreditation program for OSL personal dosimetry using a commercial dosimetric system, including tests that follow the same rules as applied to TLD and film dosimetry. The experimental results are within the reliability interval and in accordance to the expected behavior. A new test concerning re-analysis of exposed badges is also proposed. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.