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IEEE/ANSI N42.17A-2003

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American National Standard Performance Specifications for Health Physics Instrumentation-Portable Instrumentation for Use in Normal Environmental Conditions
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

04-29-2004

Publisher

Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers

1. Scope
    1.1 Introduction
2. References
3. Definitions
4. General test procedures
    4.1 Applicability of tests
    4.2 Standard test conditions
    4.3 Statistical fluctuations
5. General characteristics
    5.1 Units of readout
    5.2 Scaling factors
    5.3 Ease of decontamination
    5.4 Moisture protection
    5.5 Alarm threshold
    5.6 Markings
    5.7 Battery status indication
    5.8 Protection of switches
    5.9 Zero set
    5.10 AC power
    5.11 Battery power
    5.12 Battery power indicator
    5.13 AC-powered instruments with battery backup
6. Electronic and mechanical requirements and tests
    6.1 Circuit verification
    6.2 Alarms
    6.3 Response stability
    6.4 Geotropism
    6.5 Response time
    6.6 Coefficient of variation
    6.7 Line noise susceptibility
    6.8 Electrostatic discharge (ESD)
7. Radiation response
    7.1 Accuracy
    7.2 Probe surface sensitivity
    7.3 Photon energy dependence
    7.4 Beta energy dependence
    7.5 Neutron energy dependence
    7.6 Photon radiation overload
    7.7 Angular dependence
8. Interfering response
    8.1 Extracameral response
    8.2 Radio frequency (RF)
    8.3 Conducted immunity
    8.4 Magnetic fields
    8.5 Interfering ionizing radiation
9. Environmental factors
    9.1 Temperature
    9.2 Temperature shock
    9.3 Humidity
    9.4 Mechanical shock
    9.5 Vibration
    9.6 Ambient pressure
10. Documentation
    10.1 Operation and maintenance manual
    10.2 Type test report
Annex A (informative) Bibliography
Annex B (informative) Tests performed with variation of
                      influence quantities

This standard establishes the minimum performance criteria for health physics instrumentation for use in ionizing radiation fields.

DocumentType
Standard
ISBN
978-0-7381-3911-1
Pages
36
PublisherName
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
Status
Current
Supersedes

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IEEE/ANSI N42.17C-1989 American National Standard Performance Specifications for Health Physics Instrumentation. Portable Instrumentation for Use in Extreme Environmental Conditions
IEEE/ANSI N42.34-2015 American National Standard Performance Criteria for Handheld Instruments for the Detection and Identification of Radionuclides
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ISO/IEC 17025:2005 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories
IEEE/ANSI N323A-1997 American National Standard Radiation Protection Instrumentation Test and Calibration, Portable Survey Instruments
IEEE C62.41-1991 IEEE Recommended Practice for Surge Voltages in Low-Voltage AC Power Circuits
ISO 6980-2:2004 Nuclear energy — Reference beta-particle radiation — Part 2: Calibration fundamentals related to basic quantities characterizing the radiation field
IEC 61187:1993 Electrical and electronic measuring equipment - Documentation
IEC 60532:2010 Radiation protection instrumentation - Installed dose rate meters, warning assemblies and monitors - X and gamma radiation of energy between 50 keV and 7 MeV
ISO 6980:1996 Reference beta radiations for calibrating dosemeters and dose-rate meters and for determining their response as a function of beta-radiation energy
ISO 4037-2:1997 X and gamma reference radiation for calibrating dosemeters and doserate meters and for determining their response as a function of photon energy Part 2: Dosimetry for radiation protection over the energy ranges from 8 keV to 1,3 MeV and 4 MeV to 9 MeV
ISO 10647:1996 Procedures for calibrating and determining the response of neutron-measuring devices used for radiation protection purposes
ISO 8529-2:2000 Reference neutron radiations Part 2: Calibration fundamentals of radiation protection devices related to the basic quantities characterizing the radiation field
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ISO 8529-1:2001 Reference neutron radiations Part 1: Characteristics and methods of production
ISO 4037-3:1999 X and gamma reference radiation for calibrating dosemeters and doserate meters and for determining their response as a function of photon energy Part 3: Calibration of area and personal dosemeters and the measurement of their response as a function of energy and angle of incidence
ANSI/NCSL Z540 2 : 1997(R2012) U.S. GUIDE TO EXPRESSION OF UNCERTAINTY IN MEASUREMENT
IEC 60846:2002 Radiation protection instrumentation - Ambient and/or directional dose equivalent (rate) meters and/or monitors for beta, X and gamma radiation

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