• IEC 61584:2001

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    Radiation protection instrumentation - Installed, portable or transportable assemblies - Measurement of air kerma direction and air kerma rate

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    Language(s):  English - French

    Published date:  20-06-2001

    Publisher:  International Electrotechnical Committee

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    FOREWORD
    1 General
      1.1 Scope and object
      1.2 Normative references
      1.3 Terms, definitions and units
    2 Design requirements
      2.1 General characteristics
      2.2 Indication facilities
    3 Test procedures
      3.1 General test conditions
      3.2 Radiation characteristics
      3.3 Relative intrinsic error for air kerma rate
           measurements
      3.4 Intrinsic errors for direction measurements
      3.5 Variation of responses with radiation energy
      3.6 Variation of the air kerma rate response with angle
           of incidence
      3.7 Variation of the azimuth angle response with elevation
           angle incidence
      3.8 Variation of the elevation angle response with azimuth
           angle incidence
      3.9 Response to other ionizing radiation
      3.10 Overload characteristics
      3.11 Electrical characteristics
      3.12 Mechanical characteristics
      3.13 Environmental characteristics
    4 Documentation
      4.1 Type test report
      4.2 Certificate
      4.3 Operation and maintenance manual
    Bibliography

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    Specifies general characteristics, general test procedures, electrical, safety and environmental characteristics and the identification certificate for installed, portable or transportable assemblies intended to measure a) the direction of an X or gamma radiation source in terms of azimuth and elevation angles, b) the X or gamma air kerma rate at the equipment location; c) the attenuation coefficient in a given medium.

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    Committee TC 45/SC 45B
    Development Note Stability Date: 2017. (09/2017)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher International Electrotechnical Committee
    Status Current

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    IEC 60050-394:2007 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) - Part 394: Nuclear instrumentation - Instruments, systems, equipment and detectors
    IEC 60068-2-27:2008 Environmental testing - Part 2-27: Tests - Test Ea and guidance: Shock
    IEC 61187:1993 Electrical and electronic measuring equipment - Documentation
    IEC 60532:2010 Radiation protection instrumentation - Installed dose rate meters, warning assemblies and monitors - X and gamma radiation of energy between 50 keV and 7 MeV
    IEC 60050-151:2001 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) - Part 151: Electrical and magnetic devices
    IEC 61017-1:1991 Portable, transportable or installed X or gamma radiation ratemeters for environmental monitoring - Part 1: Ratemeters
    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 61017-2:1994 Radiation protection instrumentation - Portable, transportable or installed equipment to measure X or gamma radiation for environmental monitoring - Part 2: Integrating assemblies
    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
    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
    IEC 60359:2001 Electrical and electronic measurement equipment - Expression of performance
    IEC 60050-393:2003 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) - Part 393: Nuclear instrumentation - Physical phenomena and basic concepts
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