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Phys Lett B ; 761: 281-286, 2016 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28057978

RESUMO

The hypothesis that proximity to the Sun causes variation of decay constants at permille level has been tested and disproved. Repeated activity measurements of mono-radionuclide sources were performed over periods from 200 days up to four decades at 14 laboratories across the globe. Residuals from the exponential nuclear decay curves were inspected for annual oscillations. Systematic deviations from a purely exponential decay curve differ from one data set to another and are attributable to instabilities in the instrumentation and measurement conditions. The most stable activity measurements of alpha, beta-minus, electron capture, and beta-plus decaying sources set an upper limit of 0.0006% to 0.008% to the amplitude of annual oscillations in the decay rate. Oscillations in phase with Earth's orbital distance to the Sun could not be observed within a 10-6 to 10-5 range of precision. There are also no apparent modulations over periods of weeks or months. Consequently, there is no indication of a natural impediment against sub-permille accuracy in half-life determinations, renormalisation of activity to a distant reference date, application of nuclear dating for archaeology, geo- and cosmochronology, nor in establishing the SI unit becquerel and seeking international equivalence of activity standards.

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Radiat Prot Dosimetry ; 124(4): 319-26, 2007.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17494980

RESUMO

Spectrometric and dosimetric measurements were made around a cask containing spent fuel and a cask containing high-level radioactive waste at the Swiss intermediate waste and spent fuel storage facility. A Bonner sphere spectrometer, an LB 6411 neutron monitor and an Automess Szintomat 6134A were used to characterise the n-gamma fields at several locations around the two casks. The results of these measurements show that the neutron fluence spectra around the cask containing radioactive waste are harder and higher in intensity than those measured in the vicinity of the spent fuel cask. The ambient dose equivalents measured with the LB 6411 neutron monitor are in good agreement with those obtained using the Bonner spheres, except for locations with soft neutron spectra where the monitor overestimates the neutron ambient dose equivalent by almost 50%.


Assuntos
Nêutrons , Resíduos Radioativos/análise , Radiometria/métodos , Humanos , Doses de Radiação , Espectrometria gama/métodos , Suíça
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Radiat Prot Dosimetry ; 110(1-4): 705-10, 2004.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15353735

RESUMO

The response of a TLD-600/TLD-700 area dosemeter has been characterized in neutron fields around the 590 MeV cyclotron ring at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI). The dosemeter is based on a cylindrical paraffin moderator with three of each type of TLD chip at the centre, and is intended to use for area monitoring around accelerator facilities. The dosemeter is calibrated in terms of ambient dose equivalent using a non-moderated 252Cf neutron source. The ambient dose equivalent response has been tested in five locations where the neutron fields and dose rates have been well characterized by Bonner sphere spectrometer and active neutron monitor measurements. The different spectrum shapes and dose rates in the five locations permit the comparison of the behavior of the active and passive dosemeters in these neutron fields.


Assuntos
Nêutrons , Exposição Ocupacional/análise , Centrais Elétricas , Proteção Radiológica/instrumentação , Medição de Risco/métodos , Dosimetria Termoluminescente/instrumentação , Carga Corporal (Radioterapia) , Calibragem , Monitoramento Ambiental/instrumentação , Monitoramento Ambiental/métodos , Desenho de Equipamento , Análise de Falha de Equipamento/métodos , Humanos , Garantia da Qualidade dos Cuidados de Saúde/métodos , Doses de Radiação , Proteção Radiológica/métodos , Eficiência Biológica Relativa , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Fatores de Risco , Gestão da Segurança/métodos , Sensibilidade e Especificidade , Dosimetria Termoluminescente/métodos
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Radiat Prot Dosimetry ; 144(1-4): 505-9, 2011 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21149292

RESUMO

In Switzerland, individuals exposed to the risk of activity intake are required to perform regular monitoring. Monitoring consists in a screening measurement and is meant to be performed using commonly available laboratory instruments. More particularly, iodine intake is measured using a surface contamination monitor. The goal of the present paper is to report the calibration method developed for thyroid screening instruments. It consists of measuring the instrument response to a known activity located in the thyroid gland of a standard neck phantom. One issue of this procedure remains that the iodine radioisotopes have a short half-life. Therefore, the adequacy and limitations to simulate the short-lived radionuclides with so-called mock radionuclides of longer half-life were also evaluated. In light of the results, it has been decided to use only the appropriate iodine sources to perform the calibration.


Assuntos
Contaminação de Equipamentos , Radioisótopos do Iodo/análise , Exposição Ocupacional/prevenção & controle , Glândula Tireoide/diagnóstico por imagem , Calibragem , Desenho de Equipamento , Humanos , Modelos Estatísticos , Imagens de Fantasmas , Polietileno/química , Monitoramento de Radiação/instrumentação , Monitoramento de Radiação/métodos , Proteção Radiológica/instrumentação , Proteção Radiológica/métodos , Cintilografia , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Iodeto de Sódio/química , Suíça , Glândula Tireoide/efeitos da radiação
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