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Khoury H, Menchaca I, Andres P, de Barros V, Silva E, Alonso T, Molina D, Noguera G, Videla R, Rubio J, Bastidas B, Quintero C, Castillo R, Castillo A, Kawas N, Grant C, Garcia AL, Martinez E, Mora J, Suarez RC. Results and analysis of an intercomparisons study for individual monitoring services of Latin American and Caribbean regions. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2023; 199:1739-1742. [PMID: 37819284 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncad042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Revised: 01/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023]
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to present the results obtained by the Latin-American and Caribbean personal dosimetry services that participated, with the support of IAEA, in the 2020-Eurados whole-body dosemeter intercomparison for photon radiation. All participant services in this study use thermoluminescent dosimetry (TLD) systems except one that uses optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dosemeters. Data analysis shows that 93.4% of the results are within the acceptance range, according to International ISO Standard ISO 14146: 2018. The evaluation of the trumpet curves shows that only three laboratories presented a few dosemeters results outside the limits of acceptability. Participation in this Eurados intercomparison exercise gave the Latin American and Caribbean laboratories the opportunity to show compliance with their own quality management system, to compare results with other participants and to develop plans for improving their dosimetry systems. It also gave the assurance that occupational doses are being measured properly and following the international standards in the regions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Helen Khoury
- Departamento de Energia Nuclear (UFPE), Av. Prof Luiz Freire 1000 Recife, Brazil
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- Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (CNEA), Argentina
| | - Vinicius de Barros
- Departamento de Energia Nuclear (UFPE), Av. Prof Luiz Freire 1000 Recife, Brazil
| | - Everton Silva
- Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria (IRD/CNEN), Brazil
| | - Thessa Alonso
- Centro de Desenvolvimento de Tecnologia Nuclear (CDTN/CNEN), Brazil
| | - Daniel Molina
- Centro de Protección e Higiene de las Radiaciones (CPHR), Cuba
| | - Gerardo Noguera
- Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Atómicas, Nucleares y Moleculares (CICANUM), Costa Rica
| | | | - José Rubio
- Comisión Nacional de Energía de República Dominicana (CNE), República Dominicana
| | - Byron Bastidas
- Subsecretaria de Control y Aplicaciones Nucleares (SCAN), Ecuador
| | - Claudia Quintero
- Laboratorio de Dosimetría Externa, Ministerio de Energía y Minas, Guatemala
| | - R Castillo
- Instituto Peruano de Energía Nuclear (IPEN), Peru
| | - Andrea Castillo
- Laboratorio de Física de Radiaciones y Metrología (LAF-RAM/UNAN-Managua), Nicaragua
| | - Nabil Kawas
- Facultad de Ciencias - Instituto Hondureno de Ciências de la Terra- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH), Honduras
| | - Charles Grant
- International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear Sciences, University of the West Indies, Jamaica
| | | | - Edwars Martinez
- Dirección de Salud Radiológica del Ministerio de Salud de Venezuela, Venezuela
| | - Juan Mora
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Austria
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