Original Contribution THE POSSIBILITY OF USING A CHEMICAL DOSIMETER KIT TO MEASURE THE ABSORBED DOSE IN NON-UNIFORM GAMMA- NEUTRON FIELDS

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to assess the possibility of using different chemical dosimeters to measure the absorbed dose and to select a number of them for a kit, which can then be used to assess the radiation situation. This involved analysing the dosimetric characteristics of existing chemical dosimeters, discovering and inventing new chemical detectors of ionising radiation and optimising their dosimetric characteristics. METHODS: Relative and comparative methods were used to analyse the results of tests and colorimetric method to register the different types of radiation. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: The tests were carried out for four dosimeter systems which were all found suitable for radiometric studies, for determining the absorbed dose in non-uniform radiation fields and assessing the equivalent dose. Key words: dosimetric characteristics, detector