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Estimation of bremsstrahlung photon energy in the environment of high-energy electron accelerator using CaSO4:Dy
A K Bakshi1, M K Nayak, G Haridas
1Radiological Physics & Advisory Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India. akbakshi123@yahoo.com
Abstract:
High-energy bremsstrahlung X rays constitute the major radiation hazard to working personnel around the high-energy electron accelerators. Thermoluminescent (TL) dosemeter system based on CaSO4:Dy Teflon disc used in the routine individual monitoring was used to estimate the bremsstruhlung photon energy at different locations of the experimental hall of 450-MeV synchrotron accelerator. The response of TL discs under different filter regions of the dosemeter system undergo change with photon energy due to the lack of build up and interaction of photon in the metal filters. This change in the response of the discs used to estimate the energy of the bremsstrauhlung photon in conjunction with suitable calibration curve generated using known photon energy from medical linear accelerator. The photon energies estimated were in the range 1-4 MeV, depending on the locations.
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