Backgrounds and Objectives: Due to importance of ionizing radiation on human health, many studies have been performed to measure the background gamma radiation all around the world as well as some cities in lran. According to this fact that everybody spends almost 80% of his time in indoor areas, this study was carried out to measure the amount of background gamma radiation in indoor areas in Z...

Neutron Generators (NG) are used as a neutron source for different applications. During recent years, major efforts are underway to develop a high yield compact NG. In this way, radiation protection aspects need to be considered during the operation of these high yield NGs. In this paper the neutron effective dose of a NG operator has been calculated using MCNPX Monte Carlo code. The results sh...

Recently, polymeric nanocomposites have been used as real-time detectors and dosimeters of gamma radiation. In this experimental work, multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) were dispersed in polystyrene (PS) martix with a weight percentage of 0.05 wt%. SEM images confirmed the appropriate and uniform distribution of carbon nanotubes in the polymer matrix. The dark current and photocurrent of the ...

Double-exposure digital holographic interferometry is a powerful and widespread technique for fine measurement of the induced changes in special physical properties, like density, refractive index and etc. In this paper, application of this technique for measuring the absorbed dose from an electron radiation source in poly (methyl methacrylate) material is studied through modeling. The method o...

While a crystalline material is heated from room temperature to around 500°C, a weak but measurable light will be emitted. This light is known as thermoluminescence (TL) and is based on storage of energy from ionizing radiation in many naturally occurring TL minerals, including quartz and feldspar. The source of radiation is the radioactive materials such as uranium, thorium, potassium and cosm...