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APPLICATION OF ALANINE/ESR SPECTRUM SHAPE CHANGE IN GAMMA DOSIMETRY

  • Received : 2009.06.19
  • Accepted : 2010.03.24
  • Published : 2010.06.30
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Abstract

Alnine pellets were installed in a nuclear power plant for one or two operation cycles and measured by electron spin resonance (ESR) spectrometers for dosimetry. Dose and "x/y ratio", i.e., satellite peak over main center peak ratio, were measured for the returned alanine dosimeters from the nuclear power plant and compared to the values of reference alanine dosimeters exposed only to gamma rays. The variation of the x/y ratio change depended on the population of radicals from each radiation component with different LET. The gamma dose in a mixed radiation field was estimated by an additive gamma ray irradiation experiment and the measured dose rate at specified locations in the containment building.

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