1. THE GERMAN DOSE RATE MONITORING NETWORK AND IMPLEMENTED DATA HARMONIZATION TECHNIQUES
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W. Harms, I. Hellmann, F. Weiler, M. Bleher, H. Dombrowski, R. Luff, H. Doll, U. Stöhlker, S Seifert, and B. Prommer
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Paper ,Quality management ,Computer science ,Population ,Radiation Dosage ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,German ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Radiation Protection ,Radiation Monitoring ,Humans ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,education ,education.field_of_study ,Radiation ,Radiological and Ultrasound Technology ,Warning system ,business.industry ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,General Medicine ,language.human_language ,Europe ,Data exchange ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,language ,Systems engineering ,Radiation monitoring ,Radiation protection ,business ,Quality assurance ,Software ,Radioactive Pollutants - Abstract
Environmental radiation monitoring networks have been established in Europe and world-wide for the purpose of protecting population and environment against ionizing radiation. Some of these networks had been established during the cold war period and were improved after the Chernobyl accident in 1986. Today, the German Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) operates an early warning network with roughly 1800 ambient dose equivalent rate (ADER) stations equally distributed over the German territory. The hardware and software of all network components are developed in-house allowing the continuous optimization of all relevant components. A probe characterization and quality assurance and control program are in place. Operational and technical aspects of the network and data harmonization techniques are described. The latter allows for calculating of the terrestrial and net ADER combined with uncertainties mainly from site specific effects. Harmonized data are finally used as input to the German emergency management system and the European radiological data exchange platform.
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- 2018