BS ISO 29661 : 2012

Superseded

REFERENCE RADIATION FIELDS FOR RADIATION PROTECTION - DEFINITIONS AND FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

03-31-2018

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2015

Publisher

British Standards Institution

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Symbols
5 Application of the measurement quantities and units
6 Calibration and determination of the response in
  reference radiation fields
7 Uncertainty
8 Certificates
Annex A (normative) - List of reference conditions and
        standard test conditions
Annex B (normative) - Description of the calibration
        coefficient
Bibliography

Describes terms and fundamental concepts for the calibration of dosemeters and equipment used for the radiation protection dosimetry of external radiation - in particular, for beta, neutron and photon radiation.

Committee	NCE/2
DevelopmentNote	Supersedes 15/30319096 DC. (04/2016) Renumbered and superseded by BS EN ISO 29661. (04/2018)
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	46
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Superseded
Supersedes	15/30319096 DC : DRAFT FEB 2015

ISO/IEC 17025:2005	General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories
IEC 60050-394:2007	International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) - Part 394: Nuclear instrumentation - Instruments, systems, equipment and detectors
ISO 4037-4:2004	X and gamma reference radiation for calibrating dosemeters and doserate meters and for determining their response as a function of photon energy Part 4: Calibration of area and personal dosemeters in low energy X reference radiation fields
ISO 6980-3:2006	Nuclear energy — Reference beta-particle radiation — Part 3: Calibration of area and personal dosemeters and the determination of their response as a function of beta radiation energy and angle of incidence
ISO 6980-2:2004	Nuclear energy — Reference beta-particle radiation — Part 2: Calibration fundamentals related to basic quantities characterizing the radiation field
ISO 8529-3:1998	Reference neutron radiations — Part 3: Calibration of area and personal dosimeters and determination of response as a function of energy and angle of incidence
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/IEC Guide 99:2007	International vocabulary of metrology Basic and general concepts and associated terms (VIM)
ISO 8529-2:2000	Reference neutron radiations Part 2: Calibration fundamentals of radiation protection devices related to the basic quantities characterizing the radiation field
ISO 12789-2:2008	Reference radiation fields — Simulated workplace neutron fields — Part 2: Calibration fundamentals related to the basic quantities
ISO 6980-1:2006	Nuclear energy — Reference beta-particle radiation — Part 1: Methods of production
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
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
IEC 60050-881:1983	International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) - Part 881: Radiology and radiological physics
ISO 12789-1:2008	Reference radiation fields — Simulated workplace neutron fields — Part 1: Characteristics and methods of production
ISO/IEC Guide 98-3:2008	Uncertainty of measurement — Part 3: Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement (GUM:1995)