Photo by Quang Le

The Luxel Dosimeter

Starting with the fourth quarter of this calendar year, we will be replacing our current DOE-accredited Panasonic personal dosimeters with the latest technological advance in the field: the Luxel.

This new dosimeter is a laser-based technology that offers important new and unique features making it even better than the Panasonic. It produces dose readouts in three dimensions, allowing a far clearer understanding about the radiation that produced the dose.

The Luxel can also be re-read up to 50 times which allows each reading to be thoroughly rechecked if necessary to confirm accuracy and reliability. It is also more accurate and lightweight than the Panasonic. The Luxel is much more rugged and durable as well, being impervious to water and environmental heat.

The Luxel doesn’t need any special care by you other than don’t crush it, pierce it, or otherwise try to open it. Its versatile color coding options permit instant determination of what type of worker is wearing it, and whether the dosimeter worn is current for any wear period.

The Luxel provides a permanent record of one’s radiation dose for that wear period. Equipped with the CR39 neutron detector, it also provides a better and permanent neutron dose record than possible with the Panasonic. And it is cheaper to use.

We are excited to bring the Luxel to you, and are confident that you will like it. But we cannot utilize the great capabilities of the Luxel if it is not returned to us at the end of each wear period. Please remember to turn it in.

For more information about Environmental, Health and Safety at SLAC, see: http://www.slac.stanford.edu/esh