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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access published online on January 12, 2006
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, doi:10.1093/rpd/nci380
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© The Author 2006. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org
Received October 11, 2005
Revised November 29, 2005
Accepted December 5, 2005

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PAPER

QUALITY ASSURANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL GAMMA RADIATION MONITORING IN SLOVENIA

M. Stuhec 1 *, B. Zorko 1, D. Mitic 2, S. Miljanic 3, and M. Ranogajec-Komor 3

1 Jozef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
2 Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration, Zelezna cesta 16, 1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia
3 Ruder Boskovic Institute, Bijenicka 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
M. Stuhec, E-mail: matjaz.stuhec{at}ijs.si


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Environmental gamma radiation monitoring established in Slovenia consists of a network of multifunctional gamma monitors (MFMs) based on pairs of Geiger-Müller counters and a network of measuring sites with high-sensitive thermoluminiscence dosemeters. The measuring points are evenly spread across Slovenia, located at the meteorological stations and more densely on additional locations around the Krsko NPP. The MFM network has a 2-fold function with one sensor used for the purpose of early warning system in near surroundings of the NPP and the other, more sensitive, for natural radiation monitoring. The paper summarises activities to establish quality assurance of the environmental gamma radiation measurements in Slovenia, with a critical view of the results in comparison with the international standards and recommendations. While the results of linearity and energy dependence tests were satisfying, on-field intercomparison showed that the inherent signal of one of the monitors (MFM) has to be taken into account in the range of environmental background radiation.


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