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IEC 61322:1994

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Radiation protection instrumentation - Installed dose equivalent rate meters, warning assemblies and monitors for neutron radiation of energy from thermal to 15 MeV
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF 1 User , PDF 3 Users , PDF 5 Users , PDF 9 Users

Superseded date

31-12-2021

Language(s)

English - French

Published date

07-12-1994

FOREWORD
SECTION 1: GENERAL
Clause
1.1 Scope and object
1.2 Normative references
1.3 Degrees of requirements
1.4 Terminology, quantities, dosimetric terms and units
1.5 Test nomenclature
SECTION 2: DESIGN REQUIREMENTS
2.1 Construction and performance
2.2 Indication facilities
2.3 Alarm facilities
2.4 External facilities
2.5 Effective range of measurement
2.6 Interrelationship between response time and
     statistical fluctuations
SECTION 3:TEST PROCEDURES
3.1 Test requirements
3.2 Point of test
3.3 Background radiation
3.4 Statistical fluctuations
3.5 Reference neutron radiation
3.6 Relative intrinsic error in dose equivalent rate
     indication for the reference neutron radiation
3.7 Variation of response with neutron radiation energy
3.8 Variation of response with angle of incidence
3.9 Response to other external ionizing radiations
3.10 Overload characteristics
3.11 Statistical fluctuations
3.12 Response time
3.13 Zero drift
3.14 Alarm trip range
3.15 Equipment failure alarms
3.16 Alarm response time and stability
3.17 Warm-up
3.18 Power supply
3.19 Environmental test requirements
3.20 Atmospheric pressure
3.21 External electromagnetic fields
3.22 External magnetic fields
3.23 Sealing
SECTION 4: DOCUMENTATION
4.1 Type test report
4.2 Certificate
4.3 Operation and maintenance manual
Tables
Annexes
A Recommended fluence to ambient dose equivalent
   conversion factors
B Provisional fluence to ambient dose equivalent for
   the neutron reference radiation sources
C A guide to the number of independent instrument
   readings required to establish a true difference in
   indication
D Bibliography

Applies to installed dose equivalent rate meters, warning assemblies and monitors, and covers equipment intended to measure neutron radiation in dose equivalent quantities of energy between thermal and 15 MeV for the purposes of radiation protection.

DevelopmentNote
Stability Date: 2017. (09/2017)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
79
PublisherName
International Electrotechnical Committee
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy

IEC 61559:1996 Radiation in nuclear facilities - Centralized system for continuousmonitoring of radiation and/or levels of radiactivity
BS IEC 61559-1:2009 Radiation protection instrumentation in nuclear facilities. Centralized systems for continuous monitoring of radiation and/or levels of radioactivity General requirements
IEC 61559-1:2009 Radiation protection instrumentation in nuclear facilities - Centralized systems for continuous monitoring of radiation and/or levels of radioactivity - Part 1: General requirements
07/30126760 DC : 0 IEC 61559-1 - RADIATION PROTECTION INSTRUMENTATION - INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL OF NUCLEAR FACILITIES - PART 1: CENTRALIZED SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF RADIATION AND/OR LEVELS OF RADIOACTIVITY

IEC 60293:1968 Supply voltages for transistorized nuclear instruments
IEC 60050-392:1976 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) - Part 392: Nuclear Instrumentation
ISO 8529:1989 Neutron reference radiations for calibrating neutron-measuring devices used for radiation protection purposes and for determining their response as a function of neutron energy
IEC 60050-391:1975 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) - Part 391: Detection and measurement of ionizing radiation by electric means
ISO 4037-1:1996 X and gamma reference radiation for calibrating dosemeters and doserate meters and for determining their response as a function of photon energy Part 1: Radiation characteristics and production methods
IEC 60278:1968 Documentation to be supplied with electronic measuring apparatus

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