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    BS IEC 62533 - RADIATION PROTECTION INSTRUMENTATION - HIGHLY SENSITIVE HAND-HELD INSTRUMENTS FOR PHOTON DETECTION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL

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    Superseded date:  31-07-2010

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    Published date:  23-11-2012

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    FOREWORD
    1 Scope and object
       1.1 Scope
       1.2 Object
    2 Normative references
    3 Terminology
       3.1 General
       3.2 Definitions
       3.3 Abbreviations
       3.4 Quantities and units
    4 General requirements
       4.1 General characteristics
       4.2 Physical configuration
       4.3 Basic Information
            4.3.1 Documentation Supplied
            4.3.2 Type of radiation detector
            4.3.3 Size
            4.3.4 Weight
      4.4 Communication interface
      4.5 User interface
      4.6 Warm-up time
      4.7 Markings
            4.7.1 General
            4.7.2 Exterior Markings
      4.8 Power supply
            4.8.1 Requirements
            4.8.2 External DC or AC power
      4.9 Protection of Switches
      4.10 Ambient photon dose equivalent rate indication
      4.11 Alarms
            4.11.1 Source indication alarm
            4.11.2 Personal protection alarm
      4.12 Effective range of measurement
      4.13 Angular dependence
      4.14 Explosive atmospheres
      4.15 Indication features
    5 General test procedure
      5.1 Nature of test
      5.2 Reference conditions and standard test conditions
      5.3 Reference background
      5.4 Statistical fluctuations
    6 Radiation tests
      6.1 Rate of false alarms (source indication and personal
            protection)
            6.1.1 Requirements
      6.2 Source alarm and response time
            6.2.1 Requirement
            6.2.2 Test Method
      6.3 Personal protection alarm and response time
            6.3.1 Requirement
            6.3.2 Test Method
      6.4 Relative intrinsic error of gamma dose ambient-equivalent
            rate indication
            6.4.1 Requirement
            6.4.2 Test Method
      6.5 Over range characteristics for ambient dose equivalent
            rate indication
            6.5.1 Requirement
            6.5.2 Test Method
    7 Additional functions
      7.1 Rejecting natural background variation encountered when
            used in movement
            7.1.1 Objective and general requirements
            7.1.2 Testing of the rejection
      7.2 Source categorisation
            7.2.1 Requirement
            7.2.2 Test method
    8 Environmental, mechanical and electrical performance
      requirements
      8.1 Temperature tests
           8.1.1 Requirements
           8.1.2 Test method
      8.2 Humidity tests
           8.2.1 Requirements
           8.2.2 Test method
      8.3 Dust and moisture resistance tests
           8.3.1 Requirements
           8.3.2 Test method - Dust
           8.3.3 Test method - Moisture
      8.4 Mechanical tests
           8.4.1 General
           8.4.2 Drop test
           8.4.3 Vibration test
      8.5 Impact (Microphonics) tests
           8.5.1 Requirement
           8.5.2 Test method
      8.6 Electrical tests
           8.6.1 Battery test
           8.6.2 Electrostatic discharge test
           8.6.3 Radio Frequency
      8.7 Radiated emissions
           8.7.1 Requirement
           8.7.2 Test method
      8.8 Conducted immunity
           8.8.1 Requirement
           8.8.2 Test method
      8.9 Magnetic Fields
           8.9.1 Requirement
           8.9.2 Test method
    9 Documentation
      9.1 General
      9.2 Type test report
      9.3 Certificate
      9.4 Operation and maintenance manual

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    Committee NCE/2
    Document Type Draft
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
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    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    IEC 60050-394:2007 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) - Part 394: Nuclear instrumentation - Instruments, systems, equipment and detectors
    IEC 61187:1993 Electrical and electronic measuring equipment - Documentation
    IEC 62327:2006 Radiation protection instrumentation - Hand-held instruments for the detection and identification of radionuclides and for the indication of ambient dose equivalent rate from photon radiation
    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
    IEC 60529:1989+AMD1:1999+AMD2:2013 CSV Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code)
    IEC 61000-4-2:2008 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 4-2: Testing and measurement techniques - Electrostatic discharge immunity test
    IEC 61000-4-3:2006+AMD1:2007+AMD2:2010 CSV Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 4-3: Testing and measurement techniques - Radiated, radio-frequency, electromagnetic field immunity test
    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 60068-2-75:2014 Environmental testing - Part 2-75: Tests - Test Eh: Hammer tests
    IEC 61526:2010 Radiation protection instrumentation - Measurement of personal dose equivalents Hp(10) and Hp(0,07) for X, gamma, neutron and beta radiations - Direct reading personal dose equivalent meters
    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 60050-393:2003 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) - Part 393: Nuclear instrumentation - Physical phenomena and basic concepts
    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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