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  • IEEE/ANSI N323B-2003

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    American National Standard for Radiation Protection Instrumentation Test and Calibration, Portable Survey Instrumentation for Near Background Operation

    Available format(s):  PDF

    Superseded date:  20-06-2014

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  06-02-2004

    Publisher:  Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers

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    1 Scope
    2 Definitions
    3 General requirements
      3.1 The calibration process
      3.2 Initial acceptance testing
      3.3 Instrument calibration
      3.4 Field use
      3.5 Recalibration
      3.6 Calibration frequency
    4 Performance requirements
      4.1 General
      4.2 Electronic and mechanical effects
      4.3 Radiation response
      4.4 Interfering response
      4.5 Environmental response
    5 Calibration facility requirements
      5.1 Calibration standards
      5.2 Calibration assemblies
      5.3 Maintenance of standards
      5.4 Check sources
      5.5 Calibration source quality
      5.6 Calibration facility
    6 Calibration protocol requirements
      6.1 Dose and dose-rate measuring instruments
      6.2 Surface contamination measurement instruments
    7 Records
      7.1 Instrument information
      7.2 Facility documentation
    Annex A (informative) Tests performed with variation of
            influence quantities
    Annex B (informative) Bibliography

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    Ascertains minimum acceptance performance requirements for portable radiation protection instruments used for detection and measurement of ionizing radiation fields or levels of radioactive surface contamination that are near background.

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    Development Note Redesignated as ANSI N323AB. (06/2014)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By

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    IEEE/ANSI N42.35-2006 American National Standard Evaluation and Performance of Radiation Detection Portal Monitors for Use in Homeland Security
    IEEE/ANSI N42.48-2008 American National Standard Performance Requirements for Spectroscopic Personal Radiation Detectors (SPRDs) for Homeland Security
    IEEE/ANSI N42.33-2006 American National Standard for Portable Radiation Detection Instrumentation for Homeland Security
    IEEE/ANSI N42.34-2006 American National Standard Performance Criteria for Hand-held Instruments for the Detection and Identification of Radionuclides

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    ISO 7503-2:2016 Measurement of radioactivity - Measurement and evaluation of surface contamination Part 2: Test method using wipe-test samples
    IEEE/ANSI N323A-1997 American National Standard Radiation Protection Instrumentation Test and Calibration, Portable Survey Instruments
    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 11929-1:2000 Determination of the detection limit and decision threshold for ionizing radiation measurements Part 1: Fundamentals and application to counting measurements without the influence of sample treatment
    IEEE/ANSI N42.17C-1989 American National Standard Performance Specifications for Health Physics Instrumentation. Portable Instrumentation for Use in Extreme Environmental Conditions
    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
    CFR 40(PTS190-259) : JUL 2017 PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    ISO 7503-1:2016 Measurement of radioactivity Measurement and evaluation of surface contamination Part 1: General principles
    ASTM E 1893 : 2015 : REDLINE Standard Guide for Selection and Use of Portable Radiological Survey Instruments for Performing In Situ Radiological Assessments to Support Unrestricted Release from Further Regulatory Controls
    ANSI N13.6 : 2010 PRACTICE FOR OCCUPATIONAL RADIATION EXPOSURE RECORDS SYSTEMS
    ISO 8769:2016 Reference sources Calibration of surface contamination monitors Alpha-, beta- and photon emitters
    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 N13.12 : 2013 SURFACE AND VOLUME RADIOACTIVITY STANDARDS FOR CLEARANCE
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