Proactive strategies in personal dose monitoring, prevention and mitigation

<p>"At certain threshold, nuclear radiation (like x-rays and gamma-rays) may adversely impact the health of living tissues. The exposure to these radiations in nuclear facilities is measured by devices called dosimeters. The devices are generally worn on the torso and are monitored by health physics division to report the radiation dose received by the personnel. However, this approach is not proactive--since the dosimeters reflect the dose that has already been absorbed in the body of the wearer.</p><p>This work presents a scheme to proactively avoid large dose acquisition at radiation-prone facilities. The work was divided into three major segments: (i) identify and characterize radioactive source(s), (ii) determine the impact of localized source(s), and (iii) estimate the integrated doses in traversing/evacuating the facility. The scope of this work does not extend to the development of "proactive" dosimeter. However, the approaches developed in these segments will be integrated into a dose monitoring system that would prevent or mitigate large dose acquisition. This work also has applications in nuclear facilities, hospitals, homeland security, and border protection"--Abstract, page iv.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph. D. in Nuclear Engineering

Grantor

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Author dc:creator

• Sharma, Manish Kumar

• Border Protection
• Dosimeter
• Localization
• Neutron Generator
• Nuclear Nonproliferation
• Radiation Detection
• Nuclear Engineering

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/doctoral_dissertations/2518

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarsmine.mst.edu:doctoral_dissertations-3520