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BS IEC 62533 - RADIATION PROTECTION INSTRUMENTATION - HIGHLY SENSITIVE HAND-HELD INSTRUMENTS FOR PHOTON DETECTION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
31-07-2010
23-11-2012
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
BS IEC 62533
| Committee |
NCE/2
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| DocumentType |
Draft
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Superseded
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| SupersededBy |
| 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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