Radiation protection at CERN
Accelerator Physics
2013-03-27 v1 Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract
This paper gives a brief overview of the general principles of radiation protection legislation; explains radiological quantities and units, including some basic facts about radioactivity and the biological effects of radiation; and gives an overview of the classification of radiological areas at CERN, radiation fields at high-energy accelerators, and the radiation monitoring system used at CERN. A short section addresses the ALARA approach used at CERN.
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@article{arxiv.1303.6519,
title = {Radiation protection at CERN},
author = {Doris Forkel-Wirth and Stefan Roesler and Marco Silari and Marilena Streit-Bianchi and Christian Theis and Heinz Vincke and Helmut Vincke},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.6519},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
22 pages, contribution to the CAS - CERN Accelerator School: Course on High Power Hadron Machines; 24 May - 2 Jun 2011, Bilbao, Spain