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| TUPAB316 | New Operational Quantities for Radiation Protection by ICRU and ICRP: Impact on Workplaces at Accelerators | 2231 |
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In radiation protection, Effective Dose E quantifies stochastic radiation detriment. E is defined as a weighted sum of absorbed dose to organs and tissues and cannot be measured directly. ICRU has defined operational quantities to measure effective dose approximately, such as Ambient dose equivalent H*(10). At high energies, the estimates provided by H*(10) deviate strongly from effective dose. In 2020, ICRU and ICRP have recommended new operational quantities for external radiation with a definition close to the one of effective dose, and published an extensive collection of conversion coefficients from particle fluence to the new quantities (1). Ambient dose H* serves for operational monitoring purposes. The new definition alleviates the observed discrepancies of H*(10) with effective dose. In this paper, we present a numerical study of effective dose E, ambient dose equivalent H*(10) and ambient dose H* in radiation fields at workplaces at proton- and electron accelerators. These places include locations behind primary shielding, in access mazes and in the vicinity of activated accelerator components.
(1) ICRU Report 95, Operational quantities for external radiation |
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| DOI • | reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-TUPAB316 | |
| About • | paper received ※ 11 May 2021 paper accepted ※ 02 July 2021 issue date ※ 23 August 2021 | |
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