1. LEVELS OF EXPOSURE TO IONIZING RADIATION AMONG THE PERSONNEL ENGAGED IN CYCLOTRON OPERATION AND THE PERSONNEL ENGAGED IN THE PRODUCTION OF RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS, BASED ON RADIATION MONITORING SYSTEM
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Michał Biegała and Teresa Jakubowska
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Paper ,Nuclear engineering ,Cyclotron ,Radiation Dosage ,01 natural sciences ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,Ionizing radiation ,law.invention ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Radiation Monitoring ,law ,Occupational Exposure ,Radiation, Ionizing ,0103 physical sciences ,medicine ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Neutron ,AcademicSubjects/SCI00180 ,Radiation ,Radiological and Ultrasound Technology ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Radiation dose ,Photon radiation ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,General Medicine ,Cyclotrons ,Neutron radiation ,Positron emission tomography ,Environmental science ,Radiation monitoring ,Radiopharmaceuticals ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed - Abstract
This paper aims to determine the levels of exposure to neutron and photon radiation among the personnel engaged in cyclotron operation and the personnel engaged in the production of radiopharmaceuticals, with the use of the environmental radiation monitoring system (RMS) installed in the positron emission tomography laboratory. The annual exposures of employees operating the cyclotron measured with the use of the RMS system are: 1.39 ± 0.16 mSv in case of photon radiation and 2.61 ± 0.14 mSv in case of neutron radiation. In the case of employees in the radiopharmaceuticals’ production zone, the annual exposures measured by means of the RMS system are 0.15 ± 0.03 mSv in case of photon radiation and 0.11 ± 0.01 mSv in case of neutron radiation. The exposure levels among the personnel engaged in cyclotron operation and the personnel engaged in the production of radiopharmaceuticals are below the permissible radiation dose limits.
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- 2020