I.S. EN 60861:2008
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EQUIPMENT FOR MONITORING OF RADIONUCLIDES IN LIQUID EFFLUENTS AND SURFACE WATERS
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01-01-2008
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FOREWORD
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Classification of equipment
5 Equipment design
5.1 Measurement and indication characteristics
5.2 Reliability
5.3 Sampling assembly
5.4 Detection assembly
5.5 Control assembly
5.6 Measurement assembly
5.7 Alarm assembly
5.8 Indication facilities
5.9 Facilities for operational testing
5.10 Installation and maintenance facilities
5.11 Ambient ionizing radiation protection devices
5.12 User safety
5.13 Electromagnetic compatibility
5.14 Power supply
6 Test procedures
6.1 General
6.2 Tests performed under standard test conditions
6.3 Tests performed with variation of influence quantities
6.4 Metrological characteristics
6.5 Test sources
7 Radiation performance tests
7.1 Reference response
7.2 Sensitivity and relative response of the equipment for
a solid source
7.3 Linearity
7.4 Repeatability of the equipment
7.5 Reproducibility of results of measurements
7.6 Response time
7.7 Uniformity of the protective screens for the beta detector
7.8 Overload test
7.9 Response to other artificial radionuclides
7.10 Response to [222]Rn progeny dissolved in water
7.11 Response to ambient gamma radiation
7.12 Influence of materials in suspension in liquid on activity
measurement
8 Liquid circuit performance tests
8.1 General
8.2 Flow-rate stability
8.3 Cleaning efficiency
9 Electrical performance tests
9.1 Warm-up time - Detection and measurement assemblies
9.2 Power-supply variations
9.3 Power-supply transient effects
9.4 Alarm-trip stability
9.5 Alarm-trip range
9.6 Fault alarm
10 Environmental performance test
10.1 Ambient temperature
10.2 Relative humidity
10.3 External electromagnetic immunity and electrostatic
discharge
10.4 Electromagnetic emission
11 Type test report
12 Certificate
13 Operation and maintenance manual
Annex A (informative) Guidance for use with radioactive water
Monitors
Annex B (informative) Realization of an artificial effluent for
testing
Annex ZA (normative) Normative references to international
publications with their corresponding
European publications
Specifies technical requirements for equipment for monitoring of alpha-, beta- or gamma-emitting radio nuclides in liquid effluents and surface waters, provides some general guidance as to the possible detection capability of such equipment and indicates when and where its uses may be practicable.
DevelopmentNote |
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Standard
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92
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PublisherName |
National Standards Authority of Ireland
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Current
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