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Radiation monitoring badges.

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Hello,

A friend of mine is looking for radiation monitoring badges to get some data of exposure he get flying above 43000 in the citation X .
So far he has had no luck, the company's in the US that sell them don't want to sell him any.

Does anyone know where he could get one from a Canadian supplier?
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Try the universities that still run research reactors or do nuclear research. I am sure they have them and cold offer a lead, however due to US Export regulations you may be SOL.
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Your friend could use the link below to calculate his exposure. We do. We (read me) also have to issue a yearly report on everyone's exposure to comply with IS-BAO.
Cockpit monitoring devices are only required above FL 490 where we are registered (Bermuda).

http://jag.cami.jccbi.gov./cariprofile.asp

A good explanation about the topic can be found below. It is directed more towards airlines, but is a good read.

http://www.faa.gov/data_research/resear ... a/0316.pdf
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Macmaster University has them
as do most universities.
I have a lifetime of 160 msv. or 16000 millirem working in the nuclear field.
A young fella at Queens (or RMC?) has done a ton of work on figuring out dose to pilots flying high and the relationship to sunspots and particle ejections from the sun. I marked his project at a student competition at a Canadian Nuclear Association conference. He has some software that predicts future sun events and correlation to dose. If I can find him ,maybe he would use you folks like "mine canaries" and badge you up?
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Thanks for he info and links.

A couple of guys I work with are trying to do a little research on our company pilots and radiation exposure. Needless to say the company wants nothing to do with it since they are afraid of opening a new can of worms like those darn fatigue studies did.

Thanks again I will pass it all on.
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Queens University did an extensive study in the mid 90's - pilots carried detectors from several companies for several months -- the data from this study should be available some where -- I might still have some contact information -- let you know -----
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We have them at work and they come from Health Canada.
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If you now anyone who works at a hospital they would have them for staff working in the xray department, or those in the operating room if they do any procedures with fluroscopy ie. some surgeries, angiograms, pacemakers etc. Haven't had to wear one for a while so I can't remember if they read them on site or whether they were sent somewhere else to be read, in which case I would guess they'd be assigned to someone else and lending it out would be problematic.
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KnownIce wrote:If you now anyone who works at a hospital they would have them for staff working in the xray department, or those in the operating room if they do any procedures with fluroscopy ie. some surgeries, angiograms, pacemakers etc. Haven't had to wear one for a while so I can't remember if they read them on site or whether they were sent somewhere else to be read, in which case I would guess they'd be assigned to someone else and lending it out would be problematic.
I can confirm this, I work at a cancer treatment facility.

The TLD's are sent off-site to be analyzed to ensure they are within safety tolerances. One violation would jeopardize the renewal of a nuclear energy certificate (i.e. the right to use nuclear technology).

TLD's are not shared.
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