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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access originally published online on February 12, 2007
Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2007 124(2):107-114; doi:10.1093/rpd/ncm144
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Intercomparison of passive dosimetry technology at EDF facilities in France

Y. Garcier1, G. Cordier1, C. Pauron1 and J. Fazileabasse2,*

1 EDF Cap Ampère 1, Place Pleyel 93 382 Saint-Denis Cedex France
2 F R&D 6 Quai Watier 78 401 Cedex, France

* Corresponding author: javaraly.fazileabasse{at}edf.fr

Received March 20, 2006, amended December 6, 2006, accepted January 7, 2007

Since the spring of 1999, new French radiation protection legislation has allowed the use of passive dosemeters, other than the silver emulsion film badge, for the measurement of Hp(10). Faced with the eventual obsolescence of its dosimetry system, Electricité de France (EDF, the French electricity provider) initiated a comparative study of passive dosemeters, based on different technologies, that had received accreditation by national laboratories and regulatory bodies, namely: TLD, RPL and OSL. An extended field study in nuclear power stations and medical X-ray departments has shown that all technologies provide compatible dosimetric estimates. It also showed that the selected dosemeters based on RPL and OSL technologies gave better results due to their energy responses and to a lower detection threshold compliant with the new regulation. A final suggestion to implement a new OSL based dosimetric system is made due to its overall performance and to its lower cost of implementation.


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