Re: Xenon-133 monitoring

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

> Is film used in occupational dosimetry practices very effective for
> monitoring exposure to Xenon-133 gas?

Dave,

The answer is no...  Even TLD is not used routinely to report 
occupational dose from Xe-133. Power reactors generally do dose 
calcs based on sampling, and assign a dose from that. The photon 
of 81 keV only has a 37% response. The beta max of .347 Mev will 
most likely not be detected by the film dosimeter.

I say rely on dose calcs for these exposures.

Sandy Perle
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