IEEE/ANSI N323B-2003
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American National Standard for Radiation Protection Instrumentation Test and Calibration, Portable Survey Instrumentation for Near Background Operation
20-06-2014
English
06-02-2004
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1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 General requirements
3.1 The calibration process
3.2 Initial acceptance testing
3.3 Instrument calibration
3.4 Field use
3.5 Recalibration
3.6 Calibration frequency
4 Performance requirements
4.1 General
4.2 Electronic and mechanical effects
4.3 Radiation response
4.4 Interfering response
4.5 Environmental response
5 Calibration facility requirements
5.1 Calibration standards
5.2 Calibration assemblies
5.3 Maintenance of standards
5.4 Check sources
5.5 Calibration source quality
5.6 Calibration facility
6 Calibration protocol requirements
6.1 Dose and dose-rate measuring instruments
6.2 Surface contamination measurement instruments
7 Records
7.1 Instrument information
7.2 Facility documentation
Annex A (informative) Tests performed with variation of
influence quantities
Annex B (informative) Bibliography
Ascertains minimum acceptance performance requirements for portable radiation protection instruments used for detection and measurement of ionizing radiation fields or levels of radioactive surface contamination that are near background.
| DevelopmentNote |
Redesignated as ANSI N323AB. (06/2014)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
29
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| PublisherName |
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
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| Status |
Superseded
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| SupersededBy |
| IEEE/ANSI N42.35-2006 | American National Standard Evaluation and Performance of Radiation Detection Portal Monitors for Use in Homeland Security |
| IEEE/ANSI N42.48-2008 | American National Standard Performance Requirements for Spectroscopic Personal Radiation Detectors (SPRDs) for Homeland Security |
| IEEE/ANSI N42.33-2006 | American National Standard for Portable Radiation Detection Instrumentation for Homeland Security |
| IEEE/ANSI N42.34-2006 | American National Standard Performance Criteria for Hand-held Instruments for the Detection and Identification of Radionuclides |
| ISO 7503-2:2016 | Measurement of radioactivity - Measurement and evaluation of surface contamination Part 2: Test method using wipe-test samples |
| IEEE/ANSI N323A-1997 | American National Standard Radiation Protection Instrumentation Test and Calibration, Portable Survey Instruments |
| ISO 6980:1996 | Reference beta radiations for calibrating dosemeters and dose-rate meters and for determining their response as a function of beta-radiation energy |
| 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 |
| ISO 11929-1:2000 | Determination of the detection limit and decision threshold for ionizing radiation measurements Part 1: Fundamentals and application to counting measurements without the influence of sample treatment |
| IEEE/ANSI N42.17C-1989 | American National Standard Performance Specifications for Health Physics Instrumentation. Portable Instrumentation for Use in Extreme Environmental Conditions |
| 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 |
| CFR 40(PTS190-259) : JUL 2017 | PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY |
| ISO 7503-1:2016 | Measurement of radioactivity Measurement and evaluation of surface contamination Part 1: General principles |
| ASTM E 1893 : 2015 : REDLINE | Standard Guide for Selection and Use of Portable Radiological Survey Instruments for Performing In Situ Radiological Assessments to Support Unrestricted Release from Further Regulatory Controls |
| ANSI N13.6 : 2010 | PRACTICE FOR OCCUPATIONAL RADIATION EXPOSURE RECORDS SYSTEMS |
| ISO 8769:2016 | Reference sources Calibration of surface contamination monitors Alpha-, beta- and photon emitters |
| 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 |
| ANSI N13.12 : 2013 | SURFACE AND VOLUME RADIOACTIVITY STANDARDS FOR CLEARANCE |
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