IEC 61453:2007
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Nuclear instrumentation - Scintillation gamma ray detector systems for the assay of radionuclides - Calibration and routine tests
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10-08-2007
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FOREWORD
1 Scope
2 Terms, definitions, symbols and abbreviations
2.1 Terms and definitions
2.2 Symbols and abbreviations
3 Procedure
3.1 Total spectrum counting systems
3.1.1 General
3.1.2 System response calibration
3.1.3 Activity determination
3.1.4 Routine test
3.2 Single-channel analyzer counting systems
3.2.1 General
3.2.2 Energy calibration
3.2.3 Total absorption peak efficiency calibration
3.2.4 Activity determination
3.2.5 Routine test
3.3 Multichannel analyzer counting systems
3.3.1 General
3.3.2 Energy calibration
3.3.3 Total absorption peak efficiency calibration
3.3.4 Activity determination
3.3.5 Routine test
4 Sources of error and uncertainty
5 Precautions
5.1 Assay of a radionuclide for which no reference
source is readily available
5.2 Assay of mixtures of radionuclides
5.3 Thin-window detectors
5.4 Count rates
5.5 Geometric correction factors
5.6 Counting statistics and range of measurement
5.7 Dead time corrections
5.8 Correction for decay during the counting period
5.9 Counting geometry
5.10 Total absorption peak efficiency versus energy
function
5.11 Net count rate
5.12 Temperature effects
Bibliography
Specifies methods of calibration and routine tests of scintillation detector systems for the measurement of gamma-ray energies and emission rates of radionuclides and the assay of radioactivity. Is applicable to scintillation detector systems based on inorganic scintillators for photon measurements. This second edition reflects an expansion of detector types considered.
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TC 45
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| DevelopmentNote |
Stability Date: 2015. (10/2012)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
37
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| PublisherName |
International Electrotechnical Committee
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| Status |
Current
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| Supersedes |
| Standards | Relationship |
| DIN IEC 61453:2008-01 | Identical |
| 06/30130038 DC : DRAFT MAY 2006 | ISO 10703 - WATER QUALITY - DETERMINATION OF THE ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION OF RADIONUCLIDES - METHOD BY HIGH RESOLUTION GAMMA-RAY SPECTROMETRY |
| BS ISO 19581:2017 | Measurement of radioactivity. Gamma emitting radionuclides. Rapid screening method using scintillation detector gamma-ray spectrometry |
| 17/30309590 DC : 0 | BS IEC 61563 ED 2.0 - RADIATION PROTECTION INSTRUMENTATION - EQUIPMENT FOR MEASURING SPECIFIC ACTIVITY OF GAMMA-EMITTING RADIONUCLIDES IN FOODSTUFFS |
| 16/30298316 DC : 0 | BS ISO 19581 - MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY - GAMMA EMITTING RADIONUCLIDES - RAPID TEST METHOD USING NAI(TL) GAMMA-RAY SPECTROMETRY |
| 18/30327040 DC : 0 | BS ISO 20042 - MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY - GAMMA EMITTING RADIONUCLIDES - GENERIC TEST METHOD USING GAMMA SPECTROMETRY |
| IEC TR 61948-1:2016 | Nuclear medicine instrumentation - Routine tests - Part 1: Gamma radiation counting systems |
| IEC 60050-394:2007 | International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) - Part 394: Nuclear instrumentation - Instruments, systems, equipment and detectors |
| IEC TR 60788:2004 | Medical electrical equipment - Glossary of defined terms |
| IEC 62372:2006 | Nuclear instrumentation - Housed scintillators - Measurement methods of light output and intrinsic resolution |
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