Re: Individual Dose Monitoring

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@ix.netcom.com>]

> However, other regulations require maxium dosimetry periods of 1 
> month for film and 3 months for TLDs.

Some states currently allow film dosimetry to be worn for a quarter, 
and, there is a move within the power reactor world towards 
semi-annual as well as annual TLD processing. There are a few that 
are currently processing semi-annually. For optimum results with the 
least external factors affecting the dosimeter response, it is my 
recommendation that film be processed monthly and a TLD not exceed a 
quarterly processing. This is not to say that good dosimetry as well 
as good results can't be obtained beyond these time periods. A result 
is only as good as the program implemented, the algorithm and all 
factors contained within it, and, most importantly, the Quality 
Assurance Program implemented.

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