dosimeter
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a measuring instrument for measuring doses of ionizing radiation (X-rays or radioactivity)
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Anderson's dosimeter and film badge recorded 7 to 10 roentgens, and one of the tank drivers, who made three trips, recorded 13 to 15 roentgens.sfn Major General Leslie Groves and Robert Oppenheimer at the Trinity shot tower remains a few weeks later.
The luminescence can be measured to determine the degree of exposure to which the dosimeter has been subjected.
Film badge dosimeter main Film badge dosimeters are for one-time use only.
ICRP publication 103, paragraph B64 As protection quantities cannot practically be measured, operational quantities are used to relate them to practical radiation instrument and dosimeter responses.
Quartz fiber dosimeter main Quartz fiber dosimeters are charged to a high voltage.
The dosimeter can be reset, usually after taking a reading for record purposes, and thereby re-used multiple times.