Matthiä, Daniel and Meier, Matthias M and Schennetten, Kai (2022) New operational dose quantity ambient dose H* in the context of galactic cosmic radiation in aviation. Journal of Radiological Protection, 42 (2). 021520. ISSN 0952-4746
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Abstract
The International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements recently proposed new operational quantities for external radiation exposure. Among those, the ambient dose is intended to replace the ambient dose equivalent as estimator for the effective dose. Following its definition, the measurement of the ambient dose requires a much more detailed knowledge about the radiation field than the ambient dose equivalent. The implications for radiation protection in aviation concerning galactic cosmic radiation that would follow the adoption of the ambient dose as operational quantity at flight altitudes were investigated in this work using model calculations. It was found that the ambient dose is about 10% higher than the ambient dose equivalent for conditions relevant in commercial aviation and overestimates the effective dose by about 30%.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | Euro Archives > Multidisciplinary |
Depositing User: | Managing Editor |
Date Deposited: | 14 Jul 2023 04:15 |
Last Modified: | 03 Oct 2023 09:12 |
URI: | http://publish7promo.com/id/eprint/2910 |