Neutron measurements using bubble detectors--terrestrial and space.

Like all other radiation monitors currently used in the space program, the bubble detector (which has flown on several missions) was adapted from a technology that was developed for terrestrial radiation. Bubble detectors are the most recent technology for applications in personal neutron dosimetry. They are now regarded as a mature technology and are used in many countries as a neutron dosimeter of record with approval from the respective regulatory authorities. Extensive type testing and QA of bubble detectors has been done by numerous groups, many of these to show that bubble detectors meet national radiation protection requirements prior to their acceptance as a dosimeter of record. In fact, it has been stated "Only bubble detectors achieve a sufficiently low detection threshold (to meet ICRP-60 recommendations)..." (Portal and Dietze, 1992).