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DEFSTAN 05-55(PT3)/2(2016) : 2016

Superseded

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MEASUREMENT AND CALIBRATION SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR MINISTRY OF DEFENCE TEST AND MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT - PART 3: SUB CONTRACT OF CALIBRATION

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

02-03-2023

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2016

€14.02
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Introduction
Scope
1 Purpose
2 Quality Management System Requirements
3 Requirements for MOD Approved Radiation Calibration Facility
4 Requirements for MOD Approved Radiation Calibration Facility
   Audit Scheme
5 Requirements for Radiological Test Regime and Facilities
6 Requirements for Calibration Facility and Equipment
7 Requirements for Staff Qualifications and Training
8 Requirements for The Qualified Person
9 Requirements for Instrumentation Test Categories
10 Requirements for RDME Test Protocols
11 Requirements for Calibration Certificates
12 Requirements for Calibration Records
13 Requirements for Calibration Labels
14 Requirements for Integrity Seals
15 Requirements for Out of Tolerance Reporting
16 Requirements for Sub-Contracting of MOD Calibration Work
17 Requirements for Traceability Requirement
18 Requirements for Radiological Reference Standards Audits
19 Requirements for Radiological Quantities
20 Requirements for Dose Equivalent Quantities
21 Requirements for Alpha and Beta Emission Rates Standards
22 Requirements for Specification of Small Area Standards
23 Requirements for Photon or Electron Capture Nuclide Emission
   Rate Standards
24 Requirements for Photon Air KERMA/exposure Standard
   Transfer Instruments
25 Neutron Fluence Standards
26 Tritium-in-air Standards
27 The Generation of Traceably Calibrated Radiation Fields for Use
   in the Calibration Facility
28 Overall Test Uncertainty
29 Alpha, Beta and Beta/Gamma Surface Contamination Monitors:
   Emission Rate Fields
30 Derivation of Surface Contamination Response (cps per Bq.cm[-2])
   or Efficiency (2[Pi]) from Use of Emission Rate Standards
31 Surface Emission Rate Derivation (Emissions s[-1] per cm[-2])
32 Contamination Response Derivation (cps per Bq.cm[-2])
33 Efficiency Response Derivation (2[Pi])
34 Worked Example for an Alpha Surface Contamination Monitor
35 Linearity Response Derivation using Small Area Standards
36 X-ray/Photon Wide Area Monitors: Areal Ground Contamination
37 Realisation of Photon Air KERMA/Exposure Fields: Measurement
   of Source Terms and Beam Profiles
38 Additional Requirements for the Realisation of X-ray Air KERMA
   Fields: Measurement of Inherent Filtration, Half-value Layers and
   X-ray Spectra
39 Analysis of Source Term Variation with Distance
40 Derivation of Neutron Monitor Response
41 Tritium-in-air Monitors
Annexes
Annex A - Terms Of Reference For The Mod Radiation Calibration
          Audit Team
Annex B - Example Calibration Certificate Portable Dose Rate Meter
Annex C - Primary Standard Facilities
Annex D - Standard system of colour coded calibration labels used on TME

Specifies requirements that apply to all Ministry of Defence (MOD) contracts, for the Examination and Testing of Ionising RDME items.

DevelopmentNote
Supersedes DEFSTAN 05-55(PT3)/1(2006). (07/2016)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
48
PublisherName
UK Ministry of Defence Standards
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

IEC 62303:2008 Radiation protection instrumentation - Equipment for monitoring airborne tritium
BS 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 Radiation characteristics and production methods
BS 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 Calibration of area and personal dosemeters and the measurement of their response as a function of energy and angle of incidence
BS 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 Dosimetry for radiation protection over the energy ranges 8 keV to 1, 3 MeV and 4 MeV to 9 MeV
BS EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories
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 8529:1989 Neutron reference radiations for calibrating neutron-measuring devices used for radiation protection purposes and for determining their response as a function of neutron energy
BS IEC 60761-5 : 2002 AMD 15423 EQUIPMENT FOR CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF RADIOACTIVITY IN GASEOUS EFFLUENTS - PART 5: SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR TRITIUM MONITORS
ISO 8769:2016 Reference sources Calibration of surface contamination monitors Alpha-, beta- and photon emitters

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