ARPANSA - Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency

User Instructions

The following provides some general advice:

1. In some situations, where exposure to radiation occurs infrequently and regular monitoring is unnecessary, monitors may be issued on request – contact us to discuss this further.
2. In the case of TLD monitors, centres are issued with holders at commencement of the service and are retained there; only the TLD cards are returned at the end of each wearing period.
3. In order to assess the doses received by the monitors, allowance must be made for background radiation and environmental effects. Extra control monitors are always supplied with each issue of monitors to measure these effects.
4. Only one control monitor is normally issued with each batch of monitors of the one type. However, in some large centres, where background radiation levels are higher than normal, and vary from one area to another within the centre, extra controls are supplied. This applies particularly to some of the centres issued with the special TLD monitor. You should discuss the need for extra controls when you register.

Guidance in using the monitoring service - (PDF 32kb) | (RTF 83kb)

Notes on TLD monitors - (PDF 19kb) | (RTF 63kb)

Notes on special TLD monitors - (PDF 23kb) | (RTF 73kb)

Notes on neutron monitors - (PDF 20kb) | (RTF 64kb)

Notes on extemity monitors - (PDF 19kb) | (RTF 63kb)

Technical Report No. 139 - Personal Radiation Monitoring Service and Assessment of Doses Received by Radiation Workers (2004) (modified October 2008 second printing)

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