IEEE/ANSI N42.17A-2003
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American National Standard Performance Specifications for Health Physics Instrumentation-Portable Instrumentation for Use in Normal Environmental Conditions
Hardcopy , PDF
31-10-2024
English
29-04-2004
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1. Scope
1.1 Introduction
2. References
3. Definitions
4. General test procedures
4.1 Applicability of tests
4.2 Standard test conditions
4.3 Statistical fluctuations
5. General characteristics
5.1 Units of readout
5.2 Scaling factors
5.3 Ease of decontamination
5.4 Moisture protection
5.5 Alarm threshold
5.6 Markings
5.7 Battery status indication
5.8 Protection of switches
5.9 Zero set
5.10 AC power
5.11 Battery power
5.12 Battery power indicator
5.13 AC-powered instruments with battery backup
6. Electronic and mechanical requirements and tests
6.1 Circuit verification
6.2 Alarms
6.3 Response stability
6.4 Geotropism
6.5 Response time
6.6 Coefficient of variation
6.7 Line noise susceptibility
6.8 Electrostatic discharge (ESD)
7. Radiation response
7.1 Accuracy
7.2 Probe surface sensitivity
7.3 Photon energy dependence
7.4 Beta energy dependence
7.5 Neutron energy dependence
7.6 Photon radiation overload
7.7 Angular dependence
8. Interfering response
8.1 Extracameral response
8.2 Radio frequency (RF)
8.3 Conducted immunity
8.4 Magnetic fields
8.5 Interfering ionizing radiation
9. Environmental factors
9.1 Temperature
9.2 Temperature shock
9.3 Humidity
9.4 Mechanical shock
9.5 Vibration
9.6 Ambient pressure
10. Documentation
10.1 Operation and maintenance manual
10.2 Type test report
Annex A (informative) Bibliography
Annex B (informative) Tests performed with variation of
influence quantities
This standard establishes the minimum performance criteria for health physics instrumentation for use in ionizing radiation fields.
| DocumentType |
Standard
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| ISBN |
978-0-7381-3911-1
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| Pages |
36
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| PublisherName |
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
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| Status |
Withdrawn
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| Supersedes |
| IEEE/ANSI N323AB-2013 | American National Standard for Radiation Protection Instrumentation Test and Calibration, Portable Survey Instruments |
| IEEE N42.17B-1989 | American National Standard Performance Specifications for Health Physics Instrumentation. Occupational Airborne Radioactivity Monitoring Instrumentation |
| IEEE/ANSI N42.49A-2011 | American National Standard for Performance Criteria for Alarming Electronic Personal Emergency Radiation Detectors (PERDs) for Exposure Control |
| IEEE/ANSI N42.49B-2013 | American National Standard for Performance Criteria for Non-alarming Personal Emergency Radiation Detectors (PERDs) for Exposure Control |
| IEEE/ANSI N42.32-2006 | American National Standard Performance Criteria for Alarming Personal Radiation Detectors for Homeland Security |
| IEEE/ANSI N42.48-2008 | American National Standard Performance Requirements for Spectroscopic Personal Radiation Detectors (SPRDs) for Homeland Security |
| IEEE/ANSI N42.17C-1989 | American National Standard Performance Specifications for Health Physics Instrumentation. Portable Instrumentation for Use in Extreme Environmental Conditions |
| IEEE/ANSI N42.34-2015 | American National Standard Performance Criteria for Handheld Instruments for the Detection and Identification of Radionuclides |
| IEEE/ANSI N42.34-2021 | American National Standard Performance Criteria for Handheld Instruments for the Detection and Identification of Radionuclides |
| ISO/IEC 17025:2005 | General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories |
| IEEE/ANSI N323A-1997 | American National Standard Radiation Protection Instrumentation Test and Calibration, Portable Survey Instruments |
| IEEE C62.41-1991 | IEEE Recommended Practice for Surge Voltages in Low-Voltage AC Power Circuits |
| ISO 6980-2:2004 | Nuclear energy — Reference beta-particle radiation — Part 2: Calibration fundamentals related to basic quantities characterizing the radiation field |
| 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 |
| 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 10647:1996 | Procedures for calibrating and determining the response of neutron-measuring devices used for radiation protection purposes |
| ISO 8529-2:2000 | Reference neutron radiations Part 2: Calibration fundamentals of radiation protection devices related to the basic quantities characterizing the radiation field |
| ISO 8769-2:1996 | Reference sources for the calibration of surface contamination monitors Part 2: Electrons of energy less than 0,15 MeV and photons of energy less than 1,5 MeV |
| 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 |
| ISO 8529-1:2001 | Reference neutron radiations Part 1: Characteristics and methods of production |
| 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/NCSL Z540 2 : 1997(R2012) | U.S. GUIDE TO EXPRESSION OF UNCERTAINTY IN MEASUREMENT |
| IEC 60846:2002 | Radiation protection instrumentation - Ambient and/or directional dose equivalent (rate) meters and/or monitors for beta, X and gamma radiation |
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