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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access published online on September 26, 2009
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, doi:10.1093/rpd/ncp186
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INSTRUMENT RESPONSE IN COMPLEX RADIATION FIELDS

Stefano Agosteo1,2,*, Marco Silari3 and Luisa Ulrici3

1 Dipartimento di Energia, Politecnico di Milano, piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
2 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano, via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy
3 CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland

* Corresponding author: agosteo{at}ipmce7.cesnef.polimi.it

This paper aims at giving an overview of the main issues for estimating the radiation protection quantities in complex radiation fields. The measurability (or non-measurability) of the radiation protection quantities is discussed together with the main approaches for their estimate. The main mechanisms through which the various components of complex radiation fields are generated are also outlined. The main instruments employed for estimating the radiation protection quantities are described and discussed together with their response. Finally, a practical example is given, by discussing the results of an inter-comparison exercise held at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung mbH in Darmstadt (Germany) in the framework of the COordinated Network for RAdiation Dosimetry project, funded by the European Commission.


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