LONG-TERM STABILITY OF FILM, TLD, AND OTHER INTEGRATING DOSIMETERS IN WARM AND HUMID CLIMATES

摘要

With the increasing use of radiation sources in hot and/or humid climates, the long-term stability of dosimeters selected for personnel, environmental, and postal intercomparison dosimetry is becoming a matter of world-wide concord. Laboratory tests with various film, TLD, RPL (glass), silicon diode TSLL and track etching dosimeters at ORNL and other laboratories are reviewed and compared with the results of field tests, in particular a recent study involving the storage of different gamma monitoring films with or without additional protective scaling, LiF:Mg, Ti (TLD-100), and CaSO4 at seven locations in four Latin American countries.