Optically Stimulated Luminescence
Abstract
The need for dosimetry is a very significant consequence of working with or around ionizing radiation. The expensive infrastructure and investments by the Navy in its dosimetry program is evidence of the importance attributed by the Navy to the health and safety of the Navy's military and civilian personnel, and that of the general public. As new and improved technologies appear, it is important to evaluate them for their potential to improve performance while reducing total operating costs. Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) is a relatively new technology where the benefits appear to be significant but have yet to be fully evaluated. This project's objective is to make modest investments with the labor of a Navy Health Physicist to explore, in collaboration with a U.S. Army colleague interested in the same technology for Army use, the potential of the joint military application for OSL dosimetry.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2014
- Source ID
- a5544d1479610b96e5e5029b7b1bf04d
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