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    BS ISO 29661 - REFERENCE RADIATION FIELDS FOR RADIATION PROTECTION - DEFINITIONS AND FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS

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    Foreword
    Introduction
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms and definitions
      3.1 General
      3.2 Quantities and conversion coefficients
    4 Symbols and abbreviated terms
    5 Application of the measurement quantities and units
      5.1 Measurement quantities for area monitoring
      5.2 Measurement quantities for individual monitoring
      5.3 Units
      5.4 Establishing of the measurement quantities for area
          and individual monitoring
    6 Calibration and determination of the response in
      reference radiation fields
      6.1 General principles
          6.1.1 Detector assembly
          6.1.2 Point of test and reference point
          6.1.3 Conditions of the detector assembly
                under test
          6.1.4 Reference conditions and standard
                test conditions
          6.1.5 Axes of rotation
      6.2 Calibration in reference radiation fields
          6.2.1 General
          6.2.2 Description of the calibration coefficient
                function
      6.3 Determination of the response in reference
          radiation fields
      6.4 Methods for performing the calibration and
          determining the response
          6.4.1 Procedures
          6.4.2 Sequential irradiation of secondary standard
                and detector assembly
          6.4.3 Simultaneous irradiation of secondary
                standard and detector assembly
          6.4.4 Calibration and determination of the response
                using a reference radionuclide source
          6.4.5 Calibration and determination of the response
                using a calibrated monitor device
      6.5 Special considerations for area dosemeters
          (area survey instruments)
          6.5.1 Reference point and reference direction
          6.5.2 Irradiation conditions
      6.6 Special considerations for personal dosemeters
          6.6.1 General
          6.6.2 Phantoms
          6.6.3 Reference direction and reference point
          6.6.4 Irradiation conditions
          6.6.5 Simultaneous irradiation of several dosemeters
    7 Uncertainty
    8 Certificates
    Annex A (normative) - Additional information
      A.1 List of reference conditions and standard test conditions
    Bibliography

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    Publisher British Standards Institution
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    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    ISO/IEC 17025:2005 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories
    IEC 60846-1:2009 Radiation protection instrumentation - Ambient and/or directional dose equivalent (rate) meters and/or monitors for beta, X and gamma radiation - Part 1: Portable workplace and environmental meters and monitors
    ISO/IEC Guide 99:2007 International vocabulary of metrology Basic and general concepts and associated terms (VIM)
    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
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