In Situ Gamma Spectrometry for Dose Rate Assessment in Natural and Technologically Induced Radiation Fields: Three Decades of Experience at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Kurzfassung

Over the past three decades, the Nuclear Technology Laboratory at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) has made extensive use of in situ gamma-ray spectrometry to assess gamma dose rates in environmental, industrial, and medical environments. Utilizing primarily portable high-purity germanium detectors, the laboratory's research has focused on the direct determination of photon fluence rate energy distributions, allowing for accurate dose-rate assessment under real field conditions. Scintillator and passive detectors were also employed in selected studies. The present article provides a comprehensive summary of this long-term research effort.