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Potential benefit of retrospective use of neutron monitors in improving ionising radiation exposure assessment on international flights: issues raised by neutron passive dosimeter measurements and EPCARD simulations during sudden changes in solar activity

Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology
Volume 71 (2020): Issue 2 (June 2020)
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|Jun 2020

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

European flights on which dosimeter measurements were taken [map created with the StepMap software (16)]
European flights on which dosimeter measurements were taken [map created with the StepMap software (16)]

Figure 2

Intercontinental flights on which dosimeter measurements were taken [map created with the StepMap software (16)]
Intercontinental flights on which dosimeter measurements were taken [map created with the StepMap software (16)]

Figure 3

Measured neutron ambient dose equivalent (dark grey colour) and its percentage in the total EPCARD-simulated ambient dose equivalent (light grey colour; software). M1 to M11 designations correspond to flights in Table 1
Measured neutron ambient dose equivalent (dark grey colour) and its percentage in the total EPCARD-simulated ambient dose equivalent (light grey colour; software). M1 to M11 designations correspond to flights in Table 1

Overview of the data obtained by measurements and simulations for the eleven flights studied_ All of the measured results are written with associated uncertainties

Measurement code/flight routeDate of flightAverage neutron track density (track/cm2)Measured neutron ambient dose (μSv)Calculated neutron ambient dose rate (μSv/h)ambient Total dose equivalent obtained by using EPCARD (μSv)Total ambient dose rate obtained by using EPCARD (μSv/h)
M1: Belgrade–Dortmund–BelgradeNovember 201411.93.6±1.40.90±0.83205
M2: Belgrade–Dortmund–BelgradeDecember 2014/January201542.013±6.82.9±1.5205
M3: Belgrade–Tallinn–BelgradeMarch 201581.625±154.1±3.7325.3
M4: Belgrade–Dortmund–BelgradeMarch 201511.23.4±1.40.85±0.92205
M5: Zagreb–Budapest–Bangkok–Doha–Doha–Budapest–ZagrebMay 201582.625±6.51.0±0.3622.4
M6: Belgrade–Dortmund–BelgradeJune 201515.64.7±2.41.2±0.9205
M7: Zagreb–Frankfurt–Tallinn–Munich–BelgradeMay 2016117.135±8.14.1±1.4172
M8: Zagreb–Munich–Tokyo–Munich–ZagrebDecember 2016360.0108±194.3±1.21546.2
M9: Belgrade–New York–Norfolk–Chicago–New York–BelgradeJuly 2017188.957±6.42.4±0.41666.9
M10: Budapest–Amsterdam–Lima–Amsterdam–BudapestOctober 201760.518±6.40.65±0.201083.9
M11: Zagreb–Warsaw–Yerevan–Vienna–ZagrebOctober 201723.57.1±5.90.71±0.63373.7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aiht-2020-71-3403 | Journal eISSN: 1848-6312 | Journal ISSN: 0004-1254
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Language: English, Croatian, Slovenian
Page range: 152 - 157
Submitted on: Feb 1, 2020
Accepted on: Jun 1, 2020
Published on: Jun 29, 2020
Published by: Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
aviation route doses,
cosmic radiation,
EPCARD,
nuclear track-etched detector,
solar activity
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Basic medical science,
Basic medical science, other

© 2020 Marina Poje Sovilj, Branko Vuković, Vanja Radolić, Igor Miklavčić, Denis Stanić, published by Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health
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