Evaluation of reproductibility and detection limit of CaSOsub(4):Dy radiation detectorsemission spectrometry after wet partial digestion and neutron activation analysis

Abstract

Measurement response of thermoluminescent dosimeter, TLD, used by workers or placed at positions where gamma radiation field could be in action affecting biological tissues, should be completely characterized, in order to achieve the radiation quantity with precision and confidence. Among the evaluations concerned to its characterization, the detector reproductibility is of fundamental importance, because detectors present inside the TLD will be used many times in routine. Reproductibility is studied by repeated exposure to the same radiation field. The minimum detection limit is another important characteristics of a TLD. In this work evaluations of reproductibility and minimum detection are presented, for dosimeters produced at IPEN.