DEFSTAN 05-55(PT3)/2(2016) : 2016
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MEASUREMENT AND CALIBRATION SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR MINISTRY OF DEFENCE TEST AND MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT - PART 3: SUB CONTRACT OF CALIBRATION
Hardcopy , PDF
02-03-2023
English
01-01-2016
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
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