Ambient dose equivalent measurement with a CsI(Tl) based electronic personal dosimeter

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In this manuscript, we present a method for the direct calculation of an ambient dose equivalent (H*(10)) for the external gamma-ray exposure with an energy range of 40 keV to 2 MeV in an electronic personal dosimeter (EPD). The designed EPD consists of a 3 x 3 mm(2) PIN diode coupled to a 3 x 3 x 3 mm(3) CsI (TI) scintillator block. The spectrum-to-dose conversion function (G(E)) for estimating H*(10) was calculated by applying the gradient-descent method based on the Monte-Carlo simulation. The optimal parameters for the G(E) were found and this conversion of the H*(10) from the gamma spectra was Am-241, Cs-137, (22) Na, Mn-54, Co-60 verified by using and Co radioisotopes. Furthermore, gamma spectra and H*(10) were obtained for an arbitrarily mixed multiple isotope case through Monte-Carlo simulation in order to expand the verification to more general cases. The H*(10) based on the G(E) function for the gamma spectra was then compared with H*(10) calculated by simulation. The relative difference of H*(10) from various single-source spectra was in the range of +/- 2.89%, and the relative difference of H*(10) for a multiple isotope case was in the range of +/- 5.56%. (C) 2019 Korean Nuclear Society, Published by Elsevier Korea LLC.
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KOREAN NUCLEAR SOC
Issue Date
2019-12
Language
English
Article Type
Article
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NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, v.51, no.8, pp.1991 - 1997

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1738-5733
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10.1016/j.net.2019.06.017
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http://hdl.handle.net/10203/270922
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