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EN 60846-1:2014

EN 60846-1:2014

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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

Published date

05-09-2014

Publisher

European Committee for Standards - Electrical

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FOREWORD
1 Scope and object
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Units and list of symbols
5 General characteristics of ambient and
   directional dose equivalent (rate) meters
6 General test procedures
7 Additivity of indicated value
8 Radiation performance requirements and tests
9 Electrical characteristics of directional and ambient
   dose equivalent (rate) meters
10 Mechanical characteristics of directional and ambient
   dose equivalent(rate)meters
11 Environmental characteristics, performance requirement
   and tests
12 Software
13 Summary of characteristics
14 Documentation
Annex A (normative) - Statistical fluctuations
Annex B (informative) - Usage categoriesof
        ambient/directional dose (rate)meters
Annex C (informative) - Calibration ofambient
        dose equivalent(rate) meters for environmental monitoring
Bibliography
Annex ZA (normative) - Normative references to
         international publications with their
         corresponding European publications

IEC 60846-1:2009 specifies the design requirements and the performance characteristics of dose equivalent (rate) meters intended for the determination of ambient dose equivalent (rate) and directional dose equivalent (rate) as defined in ICRU Report 47. Applies to dose equivalent (rate) meters and/or monitors for the measurement of ambient dose equivalent (rate) and/or directional dose equivalent (rate) from external beta, X and gamma radiation.

Committee
CLC/TC 45B
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes EN 60846. (09/2014)
DocumentType
Standard
PublisherName
European Committee for Standards - Electrical
Status
Current
Supersedes

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EN 60846-2:2018 Radiation protection instrumentation - Ambient and/or directional dose equivalent (rate) meters and/or monitors for beta, X and gamma radiation - Part 2: High range beta and photon dose and dose rate portable instruments for emergency radiation protection purposes
DIN ISO 20785-2:2016-08 Dosimetry for exposures to cosmic radiation in civilian aircraft - Part 2: Characterization of instrument response (ISO 20785-2:2011)

IEC TR 62461:2015 Radiation protection instrumentation - Determination of uncertainty in measurement
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
EN 60359:2002 Electrical and electronic measurement equipment - Expression of performance
IEC 61187:1993 Electrical and electronic measuring equipment - Documentation
IEC 61000-6-2:2016 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 6-2: Generic standards - Immunity standard for industrial environments
IEC 60050-151:2001 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) - Part 151: Electrical and magnetic devices
IEC 61005:2014 Radiation protection instrumentation - Neutron ambient dose equivalent (rate) meters
IEC 61000-4-8:2009 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 4-8: Testing and measurement techniques - Power frequency magnetic field immunity test
EN 61000-4-2:2009 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 4-2: Testing and measurement techniques - Electrostatic discharge immunity test
IEC 60068-2-31:2008 Environmental testing - Part 2-31: Tests - Test Ec: Rough handling shocks, primarily for equipment-type specimens
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 61000-4-6:2013 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 4-6: Testing and measurement techniques - Immunity to conducted disturbances, induced by radio-frequency fields
EN 61000-4-3 : 2006 AMD 2 2010 ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY (EMC) - PART 4-3: TESTING AND MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES - RADIATED, RADIO-FREQUENCY, ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD IMMUNITY TEST
ISO/IEC Guide 99:2007 International vocabulary of metrology Basic and general concepts and associated terms (VIM)
EN 61000-6-2:2005/corrigendum:2005 ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY (EMC) - PART 6-2: GENERIC STANDARDS - IMMUNITY FOR INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS (IEC 61000-6-2:2005)
IEC 60529:1989+AMD1:1999+AMD2:2013 CSV Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code)
EN 61000-4-8:2010 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 4-8: Testing and measurement techniques - Power frequency magnetic field immunity test
EN 60086-1:2015 Primary batteries - Part 1: General
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
IEC 60086-2:2015 Primary batteries - Part 2: Physical and electrical specifications
EN 60086-2:2016 Primary batteries - Part 2: Physical and electrical specifications
ISO 6980-1:2006 Nuclear energy — Reference beta-particle radiation — Part 1: Methods of production
IEC 60086-1:2015 Primary batteries - Part 1: General
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
EN 61187:1994/corrigendum:1995 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC MEASURING EQUIPMENT - DOCUMENTATION
IEC 60359:2001 Electrical and electronic measurement equipment - Expression of performance
IEC 60325:2002 Radiation protection instrumentation - Alpha, beta and alpha/beta (beta energy >60 keV) contamination meters and monitors
EN 61000-4-6:2014/AC:2015 ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY (EMC) - PART 4-6: TESTING AND MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES - IMMUNITY TO CONDUCTED DISTURBANCES, INDUCED BY RADIO-FREQUENCY FIELDS (IEC 61000-4-6:2013)
EN 60529:1991/AC:2016-12 DEGREES OF PROTECTION PROVIDED BY ENCLOSURES (IP CODE) (IEC 60529 EDITION 2.2 CORRIGENDUM 2:2015)
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
ISO/IEC Guide 98-3:2008 Uncertainty of measurement — Part 3: Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement (GUM:1995)
EN 60068-2-31:2008 ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING - PART 2-31: TESTS - TEST EC: ROUGH HANDLING SHOCKS, PRIMARILY FOR EQUIPMENT-TYPE SPECIMENS

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