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BS IEC 60861 : 2006

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EQUIPMENT FOR MONITORING OF RADIONUCLIDES IN LIQUID EFFLUENTS AND SURFACE WATERS
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

31-07-2008

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2006

1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Classification of equipment
5 Equipment design
   5.1 Measurement and indication characteristics
   5.2 Reliability
   5.3 Sampling assembly
   5.4 Detection assembly
   5.5 Control assembly
   5.6 Measurement assembly
   5.7 Alarm assembly
   5.8 Indication facilities
   5.9 Facilities for operational testing
   5.10 Installation and maintenance facilities
   5.11 Ambient ionizing radiation protection devices
   5.12 User safety
   5.13 Electromagnetic compatibility
   5.14 Power supply
6 Test procedures
   6.1 General
   6.2 Tests performed under standard test conditions
   6.3 Tests performed with variation of influence
        quantities
   6.4 Metrological characteristics
   6.5 Test sources
7 Radiation performance tests
   7.1 Reference response
   7.2 Sensitivity and relative response of the equipment
        for a solid source
   7.3 Linearity
   7.4 Repeatability of the equipment
   7.5 Reproducibility of results of measurements
   7.6 Response time
   7.7 Uniformity of the protective screens for the beta
        detector
   7.8 Overload test
   7.9 Response to other artificial radionuclides
   7.10 Response to [222]Rn progeny dissolved in water
   7.11 Response to ambient gamma radiation
   7.12 Influence of materials in suspension in liquid on
        activity measurement
8 Liquid circuit performance tests
   8.1 General
   8.2 Flow-rate stability
   8.3 Cleaning efficiency
9 Electrical performance tests
   9.1 Warm-up time - Detection and measurement assemblies
   9.2 Power-supply variations
   9.3 Power-supply transient effects
   9.4 Alarm-trip stability
   9.5 Alarm-trip range
   9.6 Fault alarm
10 Environmental performance test
   10.1 Ambient temperature
   10.2 Relative humidity
   10.3 External electromagnetic immunity and electrostatic discharge
   10.4 Electromagnetic emission
11 Type test report
12 Certificate
13 Operation and maintenance manual
Annex A (informative) Guidance for use with radioactive
        water monitors
Annex B (informative) Realization of an artificial effluent
        for testing

Describes technical requirements for equipment for monitoring of alpha-, beta- or gamma-emitting radionuclides in liquid effluents and surface waters, provides some general guidance as to the possible detection capability of such equipment and indicates when and where its uses may be practicable.

Committee
NCE/2
DevelopmentNote
Renumbered and superseded by BS EN 60861. (07/2008)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
42
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy

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