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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access originally published online on August 14, 2008
Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2008 131(4):509-512; doi:10.1093/rpd/ncn212
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The use of a portable electronic device in accident dosimetry

Koen Beerten* and Filip Vanhavere

SCK·CEN, Radiation Protection Dosimetry and Calibration, Boeretang 200, 2400 Mol, Belgium

* Corresponding author: koen.beerten{at}sckcen.be

Received June 5, 2008, amended June 5, 2008, accepted July 21, 2008

The use of a portable electronic device in accident dosimetry has been investigated. The thermoluminescence properties of a surface-mount alumina-rich ceramic resonator from a USB flash drive were investigated. The following characteristics were verified: the absence of a zero-dose signal, gamma dose response, dose recycling behaviour, fading and optical bleaching. Finally, this component has been successfully used to determine a simulated accident dose (1 d following the irradiation event). It is concluded that it should be possible to perform rapid and reliable accident dose assessments with such components using conventional thermoluminescence dosimetry equipment.


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