FOREWORD
SECTION 1: GENERAL
Clause
1.1 Scope and object
1.2 Normative references
1.3 Degrees of requirements
1.4 Terminology, quantities, dosimetric terms and units
1.5 Test nomenclature
SECTION 2: DESIGN REQUIREMENTS
2.1 Construction and performance
2.2 Indication facilities
2.3 Alarm facilities
2.4 External facilities
2.5 Effective range of measurement
2.6 Interrelationship between response time and
statistical fluctuations
SECTION 3:TEST PROCEDURES
3.1 Test requirements
3.2 Point of test
3.3 Background radiation
3.4 Statistical fluctuations
3.5 Reference neutron radiation
3.6 Relative intrinsic error in dose equivalent rate
indication for the reference neutron radiation
3.7 Variation of response with neutron radiation energy
3.8 Variation of response with angle of incidence
3.9 Response to other external ionizing radiations
3.10 Overload characteristics
3.11 Statistical fluctuations
3.12 Response time
3.13 Zero drift
3.14 Alarm trip range
3.15 Equipment failure alarms
3.16 Alarm response time and stability
3.17 Warm-up
3.18 Power supply
3.19 Environmental test requirements
3.20 Atmospheric pressure
3.21 External electromagnetic fields
3.22 External magnetic fields
3.23 Sealing
SECTION 4: DOCUMENTATION
4.1 Type test report
4.2 Certificate
4.3 Operation and maintenance manual
Tables
Annexes
A Recommended fluence to ambient dose equivalent
conversion factors
B Provisional fluence to ambient dose equivalent for
the neutron reference radiation sources
C A guide to the number of independent instrument
readings required to establish a true difference in
indication
D Bibliography