Kontakt 2005, 7(3-4):356-359 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2005.069

Possibilities of electronic personal dosimetry in Nuclear Plant TemelínBiomedicine

Havránková Renata^1,*, Koc Josef², Tomášek Milan², Singer Jan¹, Navrátil Leoš¹, Havránek Jiří^1,3, Kučera Jaroslav¹

¹ Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Zdravotně sociální fakulta, katedra radiologie a toxikologie

² Jaderná elektrárna Temelín

³ Státní úřad pro jadernou bezpečnost, Regionální centrum České Budějovice

One of the possibilities of measuring personal doses of external radiation, used in the Nuclear Plant Temelín, is electronic dosimetry. Electronic personal dosimeters are compact devices for measuring of the doses and dose loads of ionizing radiation. Then, the outputs from these detectors are combined so as to offer information of personal dosis equivalents Hp(10) and Hp(0,07). The benefit of electronic personal dosimeters is the possibility of immediate detection of radiation load, the possibility of adjustment of dosis alarms and dosis loads and particularly the possibility of connection of the values of the received radiation dosis with the specific activity, facility or group of workers carrying out the activity. When the value of the accumulated dosis or the dosis load exceeds the adjusted threshold, visual and sound alarm is activated. A disadvantage is the sensitivity to electromagnetic radiation produced by mobile phones or welding devices.

Keywords: electronic personal dosimetry; nuclear plant; radiation load; external radiation

Published: November 22, 2005  Show citation