RADIATION PROTECTION ›› 2023, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (5): 467-472.

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Development of directional dose equivalent rate meter for emergency radiation protection

WEI Yingjing1,2,3, WU Zhifang1,3, LIU Liye2, LI Yin2, WEI Shiliang2, YAN Jun2   

  1. 1. Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084;
    2. Shanxi Key Laboratory for Radiation Safety and Protection , China Institute for radiation protection, Taiyuan 030006;
    3. Beijing Key Laboratory on Nuclear Detection & Measurement Technology, Beijing 100084
  • Received:2022-09-13 Online:2023-09-20 Published:2023-11-06

Abstract: In order to accurately measure the H'·(0.07) under emergency conditions, a directional dose equivalent rate meter for emergency radiation protection is developed. The detector conta: 2 layers 3 μm alumini polyester film, a diameter of 35 mm Plastic scintillators with thickness of 50 μm, plexiglass with a thickness of 5 mm, and SiPM. They were used as the front window, scintillator, photoconductive and photoelectric converter of the detector in turn. According to GB/T 4835.2—2013, the radiation characteristics of the developed directional dose equivalent rate meter for emergency radiation protection are as follows: the relative intrinsic error is -14% to +20% in the dose rate range of 70 μSv/h-1.7 Sv/h; With the incident angle from 0 to ±60°, and the β ray average energy of 60 keV-800 keV, the variation of radiation energy and incident angle is in the range of -16% to +48%; in the radiation field of 0.23 mSv/h, the statistical fluctuation of the measurement results is 8.4%. The test results show that the radiation characteristics of the directional dose equivalent rate meter for emergency radiation protection meet the requirements of GB/T 4835.2—2013, and can be used for directional dose equivalent rate monitoring in places with high weak penetrating radiation and emergency conditions.

Key words: emergency radiation protection, weak penetrating radiation, H'·(0.07), plastic scintillator, SiPM

CLC Number: 

  • TL8