Method of Detecting and Outputting Radiation Dose Rate Information

A method of visually outputting a set of continually updated data pertaining to a number of dose rates within a Radiologically Controlled Area (RCA) during an operation wherein a worker is situated within an interior region of the RCA, the method comprising:

• for each dosimeter of a number of dosimeters situated within the RCA:
• periodically detecting from the dosimeter a measured dose rate that is representative of a rate at which the dosimeter is exposed to ionizing radiation,
• detecting a position within the RCA where the dosimeter is situated when the measured dose rate is detected, and
• storing in a storage as a part of a data record a data entry that comprises at least the measured dose rate and the position;
• employing the data record to determine a number of most current dose rates, each most current dose rate of the number of most current dose rates being associated with a corresponding location from among a number of locations within the RCA, the most current dose rate being representative of a rate at which an object situated at the corresponding location would be exposed to ionizing radiation;
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• outputting on a visual display a visible output that includes a number of visual objects, at least some of visual objects of the number of visual objects each being representative, at least in part, of a most current dose rate of the number of most current dose rates and the corresponding location.