“…The thermoluminescencent detectors are widely used to monitor the environmental radiation and to assess public doses around nuclear or radiological facilities (Szabo et al, 1990;Salazar et al, 1993;Yus et al, 1996;Hill et al, 2002). These passive dosimeters are designed in order to obtain high sensitivity, low fading, and appropriate angle and energy responses with respect to the operational quantities, ambient H * (10) and directional H (0.07, ) dose equivalents (ICRU, 1985).…”