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    I.S. EN ISO 29661:2017

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    REFERENCE RADIATION FIELDS FOR RADIATION PROTECTION - DEFINITIONS AND FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS (ISO 29661:2012, INCLUDING AMD 1:2015)

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    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-2017

    Publisher:  National Standards Authority of Ireland

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    National Foreword
    European foreword
    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

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    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.

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    Document Type Standard
    Publisher National Standards Authority of Ireland
    Status Current

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    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)
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