[ RadSafe ] Central Dose registry

[Doug Aitken]

At 08:44 AM 8/25/2005, Sandy wrote:
>Switzerland also has a registry.

I believe Norway also has one. When I worked there (quite a while back - 
early 90's), they still had a state-run film badge dosimetry service. As 
this was not much use for the sources we use in the oil industry (Cs 137, 
AmBe), commonly companies would contract an outside vendor for TLD + 
Neutron badges. Now I believe, the Norwegian authorities accept these 
(secondary) dose measurements from 3rd parties and register them.

A similar situation existed in many other countries (specifically, I 
remember Venezuela was one) where they also had an "approved" local vendor 
(who maintained the "registry" for the government) and we were obliged to 
use them. In most cases, the local vendor was not supplying adequate 
dosimetry (and generally, as their major activity was X-ray technicians, 
they also used film badges). But also, some were not interested in the 
additional complexity of incorporating 3rd party dose readings, so the 
companies would maintain their own record with their Dosimetry vendor of 
choice. A bit of a PITA to have to wear two badges, especially in the lousy 
environment of an oil rig.......


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