Exposure of aircraft crew to cosmic radiation: On-board intercomparison of various dosemeters
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SYSNO ASEP
0100847
Document Type
J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type
Journal Article
Subsidiary J
Ostatní články
Title
Exposure of aircraft crew to cosmic radiation: On-board intercomparison of various dosemeters
Title
Expozice posádek letadel kosmickému záření: srovnání různých dozimetrů na palubě letadel
Author(s)
Bottollier-Depois, J. F. (FR) Trompier, F. (FR) Clairand, I. (FR) Spurný, František (UJF-V) Bartlett, D. (GB) Beck, P. (AT) Lewis, B. (CA) Lindborg, L. (SE) O'Sullivan, D. (IE) Roos, H. (DE) Tommasino, L. (IT)
Source Title
Radiation Protection Dosimetry. - : Oxford University Press
- ISSN 0144-8420
Roč. 110, 1-4 (2004), s. 411-415
Number of pages
5 s.
Language
eng - English
Country
GB - United Kingdom
Keywords
aircraft crew ; detectors ; measurements
Subject RIV
BG - Nuclear, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Colliders
R&D Projects
GA202/04/0795 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
CEZ
AV0Z1048901 - UJF-V
Annotation
Owing to their professional activity, flight crews may receive a dose of some millisieverts within a year; airline passengers may also be concerned. The effective dose is to be estimated using various experimental and calculation tools. The European project DOSMAX (Dosimetry of Aircrew Exposure during Solar Maximum) was initiated in 2000 extending to 2004 to complete studies over the current solar cycle during the solar maximum phase. To compare various dosemeters in real conditions simultaneously in the same radiation field, an intercomparison was organised aboard a ParisůTokyo round-trip flight. Both passive and active detectors were used. Good agreement was observed for instruments determining the different components of the radiation field; the mean ambient dose equivalent for the round trip was 129 ± 10 µSv. The agreement of values obtained for the total dose obtained by measurements and by calculations is very satisfying
