Intercomparison of Measurements of Personal Dose Equivalent Hp(10) in Photon Fields in the West Asia Region

The IAEA has been involved, through Technical Cooperation Projects, in the upgrading of radiation protection infrastructure in the region of West Asia. A main aspect has been to assist Member States in the establishment and improvement of individual monitoring services to assess external doses to radiation workers. The IAEA initiated an intercomparison exercise to verify compliance with performance requirements and to improve the service quality for all States in the region. Twenty-one laboratories from 12 countries participated in this intercomparison, and this publication presents the results and conclusions of the exercise.