REFLECT - Research flight of EURADOS and CRREAT: Intercomparison of various radiation dosimeters onboard aircraft

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61389005%3A_____%2F20%3A00533918" target="_blank" >RIV/61389005:_____/20:00533918 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/26722445:_____/20:N0000034 RIV/68407700:21340/20:00345312

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2020.106433" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2020.106433</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2020.106433" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.radmeas.2020.106433</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

REFLECT - Research flight of EURADOS and CRREAT: Intercomparison of various radiation dosimeters onboard aircraft

Original language description

Aircraft crew are one of the groups of radiation workers which receive the highest annual exposure to ionizing radiation. Validation of computer codes used routinely for calculation of the exposure due to cosmic radiation and the observation of nonpredictable changes in the level of the exposure due to solar energetic particles, requires continuous measurements onboard aircraft. Appropriate calibration of suitable instruments is crucial, however, for the very complex atmospheric radiation field there is no single reference field covering all particles and energies involved. Further intercomparisons of measurements of different instruments under real flight conditions are therefore indispensable.nnIn November 2017, the REFLECT (REsearch FLight of EURADOS and CRREAT) was carried out. With a payload comprising more than 20 different instruments, REFLECT represents the largest campaign of this type ever performed. The instruments flown included those already proven for routine dosimetry onboard aircraft such as the Liulin Si-diode spectrometer and tissue equivalent proportional counters, as well as newly developed detectors and instruments with the potential to be used for onboard aircraft measurements in the future. This flight enabled acquisition of dosimetric data under well-defined conditions onboard aircraft and comparison of new instruments with those routinely used.nnAs expected, dosimeters routinely used for onboard aircraft dosimetry and for verification of calculated doses such as a tissue equivalent proportional counter or a silicon detector device like Liulin agreed reasonable with each other as well as with model calculations. Conventional neutron rem counters underestimated neutron ambient dose equivalent, while extended-range neutron rem counters provided results comparable to routinely used instruments. Although the responses of some instruments, not primarily intended for the use in a very complex mixed radiation field such as onboard aircraft, were as somehow expected to be different, the verification of their suitability was one of the objectives of the REFLECT. This campaign comprised a single short flight. For further testing of instruments, additional flights as well as comparison at appropriate reference fields are envisaged. The REFLECT provided valuable experience and feedback for validation of calculated aviation doses.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20305 - Nuclear related engineering; (nuclear physics to be 1.3);

Project

<a href="/en/project/EF15_003%2F0000481" target="_blank" >EF15_003/0000481: Research Center of Cosmic Rays and Radiation Events in the Atmosphere</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Radiation Measurements

ISSN

1350-4487

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

137

Issue of the periodical within the volume

SEP

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

106433

UT code for WoS article

000571732300001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85089229289