Comparison of effective doses for personnel performing flaw detection in stationary conditions and <i>in situ</i>

Official data on radiation doses for flaw detectors do not take into account working conditions. In the reporting forms, there is no division between personnel performing flaw detection in stationary conditions and in situ, which roughly averages the values of effective doses towards underestimating...

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Main Authors: S. Yu. Bazhin, E. N. Shleenkova, V. Yu. Bogatyreva, V. A. Ilyin
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Published: Saint-Petersburg Research Institute of Radiation Hygiene after Professor P.V. Ramzaev 2023-12-01
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author S. Yu. Bazhin
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V. Yu. Bogatyreva
V. A. Ilyin
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description Official data on radiation doses for flaw detectors do not take into account working conditions. In the reporting forms, there is no division between personnel performing flaw detection in stationary conditions and in situ, which roughly averages the values of effective doses towards underestimating the values for personnel working in site radiography. In this work, comparison of our own data on radiation doses of flaw detectors was performed. It has been shown that the difference in the mean and median values of effective doses reaches 10 times. When performing flaw detection in stationary conditions, the personnel are at a sufficient distance from the source of ionizing radiation and are well shielded by engineering protective equipment, so the exposure is fairly uniform. In such cases, one individual thermoluminescent dosimeter located at chest level is sufficient to estimate the effective dose. The average annual effective dose for personnel conducting flaw detection in stationary conditions is 0.87 mSv (median – 0.88 mSv, maximum value – 0.99 mSv). During individual radiation monitoring of personnel performing flaw detection in situ using portable roentgen flaw detectors, cases of neglect in the use of individual dosimeters were identified, which requires more stringent measures to comply with existing requirements for ensuring radiation safety and operating rules for individual dosimeters. The average annual effective dose for flaw detectors working with portable roentgen flaw detectors is 9.03 mSv (median – 8.85 mSv, maximum value – 12.37 mSv).
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spelling doaj-art-0f3d0fa3a3904a5794819b01b5d2181f2025-08-20T03:01:47ZengSaint-Petersburg Research Institute of Radiation Hygiene after Professor P.V. RamzaevРадиационная гигиена1998-426X2023-12-01164646910.21514/1998-426X-2023-16-4-64-69824Comparison of effective doses for personnel performing flaw detection in stationary conditions and <i>in situ</i>S. Yu. Bazhin0E. N. Shleenkova1V. Yu. Bogatyreva2V. A. Ilyin3Saint-Petersburg Research Institute of Radiation Hygiene after Professor P.V. Ramzaev, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-BeingSaint-Petersburg Research Institute of Radiation Hygiene after Professor P.V. Ramzaev, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-BeingSaint-Petersburg Research Institute of Radiation Hygiene after Professor P.V. Ramzaev, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-BeingSaint-Petersburg Research Institute of Radiation Hygiene after Professor P.V. Ramzaev, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-BeingOfficial data on radiation doses for flaw detectors do not take into account working conditions. In the reporting forms, there is no division between personnel performing flaw detection in stationary conditions and in situ, which roughly averages the values of effective doses towards underestimating the values for personnel working in site radiography. In this work, comparison of our own data on radiation doses of flaw detectors was performed. It has been shown that the difference in the mean and median values of effective doses reaches 10 times. When performing flaw detection in stationary conditions, the personnel are at a sufficient distance from the source of ionizing radiation and are well shielded by engineering protective equipment, so the exposure is fairly uniform. In such cases, one individual thermoluminescent dosimeter located at chest level is sufficient to estimate the effective dose. The average annual effective dose for personnel conducting flaw detection in stationary conditions is 0.87 mSv (median – 0.88 mSv, maximum value – 0.99 mSv). During individual radiation monitoring of personnel performing flaw detection in situ using portable roentgen flaw detectors, cases of neglect in the use of individual dosimeters were identified, which requires more stringent measures to comply with existing requirements for ensuring radiation safety and operating rules for individual dosimeters. The average annual effective dose for flaw detectors working with portable roentgen flaw detectors is 9.03 mSv (median – 8.85 mSv, maximum value – 12.37 mSv).https://www.radhyg.ru/jour/article/view/994individual dosimetric monitoringflaw detectionaverage annual effective doseindividual dose equivalent
spellingShingle S. Yu. Bazhin
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V. A. Ilyin
Comparison of effective doses for personnel performing flaw detection in stationary conditions and <i>in situ</i>
Радиационная гигиена
individual dosimetric monitoring
flaw detection
average annual effective dose
individual dose equivalent
title Comparison of effective doses for personnel performing flaw detection in stationary conditions and <i>in situ</i>
title_full Comparison of effective doses for personnel performing flaw detection in stationary conditions and <i>in situ</i>
title_fullStr Comparison of effective doses for personnel performing flaw detection in stationary conditions and <i>in situ</i>
title_full_unstemmed Comparison of effective doses for personnel performing flaw detection in stationary conditions and <i>in situ</i>
title_short Comparison of effective doses for personnel performing flaw detection in stationary conditions and <i>in situ</i>
title_sort comparison of effective doses for personnel performing flaw detection in stationary conditions and i in situ i
topic individual dosimetric monitoring
flaw detection
average annual effective dose
individual dose equivalent
url https://www.radhyg.ru/jour/article/view/994
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