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    American National Standard Data Format for Radiation Detectors Used for Homeland Security

    Available format(s):  PDF

    Superseded date:  20-04-2021

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  15-04-2013

    Publisher:  Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers

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    1. Overview
    2. Normative references
    3. Definitions, acronyms, and abbreviations
    4. General characteristics
    5. Requirements
    Annex A (normative) - N42 XML schema
    Annex B (informative) - Example: a simple spectrometer
    Annex C (informative) - Example: a radionuclide identifier
    Annex D (informative) - Example: a gross counting portol
            monitor
    Annex E (informative) - Example: a stereoscopic radiation
            portal monitor
    Annex F (informative) - Example: a personal radiation
            detector
    Annex G (informative) - Example: a mobile spectroscopic
            instrument
    Annex H (informative) - Example: a neutron handheld
    Annex I (informative) - Example: a spectroscopic personal
            radiation detector
    Annex J (informative) - Conversion factors for exposure
            and dose equivalent
    Annex K (normative) - Description of location and orientation
    Annex L (informative) - Creating extensions to the standard
    Annex M (informative) - Supplemental data validation rules
    Annex N (informative) - N42 ISO Schematron schema

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    Describes the data format that shall be used for both required and optional data available at the output of radiation instruments for U.S. Homeland Security applications.

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    Document Type Standard
    Publisher Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
    Status Superseded
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    08/30152793 DC : DRAFT DEC 2008 BS IEC 62484 - RADIATION PROTECTION INSTRUMENTATION - SPECTROSCOPY-BASED PORTAL MONITORS USED FOR THE DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF ILLICIT TRAFFICKING OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
    IEEE/ANSI N42.38-2015 American National Standard for Performance Criteria for Spectroscopy-Based Portal Monitors Used in Homeland Security
    IEEE/ANSI N42.35-2006 American National Standard Evaluation and Performance of Radiation Detection Portal Monitors for Use in Homeland Security
    IEEE/ANSI N42.49A-2011 American National Standard for Performance Criteria for Alarming Electronic Personal Emergency Radiation Detectors (PERDs) for Exposure Control
    EN 62618:2016 Radiation protection instrumentation - Spectroscopy-based alarming Personal Radiation Detectors (SPRD) for the detection of illicit trafficking of radioactive material
    IEEE/ANSI N42.32-2016 REDLINE American National Standard Performance Criteria for Alarming Personal Radiation Detectors for Homeland Security
    IEEE/ANSI N42.34-2015 American National Standard Performance Criteria for Handheld Instruments for the Detection and Identification of Radionuclides
    IEEE/ANSI N42.48-2018 American National Standard Performance Requirements for Spectroscopic Personal Radiation Detectors (SPRDs) for Homeland Security
    I.S. EN 62534:2015 RADIATION PROTECTION INSTRUMENTATION - HIGHLY SENSITIVE HAND-HELD INSTRUMENTS FOR NEUTRON DETECTION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
    ASTM E 2852 : 2013 Standard Guide for Acquisition, Maintenance, Storage, and Use of Hazardous Material Detection Instrumentation
    IEEE/ANSI N42.32-2006 American National Standard Performance Criteria for Alarming Personal Radiation Detectors for Homeland Security
    BS EN 62694:2016 Radiation protection instrumentation. Backpack-type radiation detector (BRD) for the detection of illicit trafficking of radioactive material
    BS IEC 62534 : 2010 RADIATION PROTECTION INSTRUMENTATION - HIGHLY SENSITIVE HAND-HELD INSTRUMENTS FOR NEUTRON DETECTION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
    BS EN 62534:2015 Radiation protection instrumentation. Highly sensitive hand-held instruments for neutron detection of radioactive material
    11/30199255 DC : 0 BS EN 62618 - RADIATION PROTECTION INSTRUMENTATION - SPECTROSCOPY-BASED ALARMING PERSONAL RADIATION DEVICES (SPRD) FOR DETECTION OF ILLICIT TRAFFICKING OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
    IEEE/ANSI N42.48-2008 American National Standard Performance Requirements for Spectroscopic Personal Radiation Detectors (SPRDs) for Homeland Security
    11/30253811 DC : 0 BS IEC 62755 - RADIATION PROTECTION INSTRUMENTATION - DATA FORMAT FOR RADIATION INSTRUMENTS USED IN THE DETECTION OF ILLICIT TRAFFICKING OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
    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
    IEEE/ANSI N42.43-2006 American National Standard Performance Criteria for Mobile and Transportable Radiation Monitors Used for Homeland Security
    IEC 62694:2014 Radiation protection instrumentation - Backpack-type radiation detector (BRD) for the detection of illicit trafficking of radioactive material
    IEC 62534:2010 Radiation protection instrumentation - Highly sensitive hand-held instruments for neutron detection of radioactive material
    BS IEC 62755 CD : 2012 RADIATION PROTECTION INSTRUMENTATION - DATA FORMAT FOR RADIATION INSTRUMENTS USED IN THE DETECTION OF ILLICIT TRAFFICKING OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
    BS EN 62618:2016 Radiation protection instrumentation. Spectroscopy-based alarming Personal Radiation Detectors (SPRD) for the detection of illicit trafficking of radioactive material
    IEEE/ANSI N42.53-2013 American National Standard Performance Criteria for Backpack-Based Radiation-Detection Systems Used for Homeland Security
    13/30245874 DC : 0 BS IEC 62694 ED 1.0 - RADIATION PROTECTION INSTRUMENTATION - BACKPACK-TYPE RADIATION DETECTOR (BRD) FOR DETECTION OF ILLICIT TRAFFICKING OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
    IEC 62618:2013 Radiation protection instrumentation - Spectroscopy-based alarming Personal Radiation Detectors (SPRD) for the detection of illicit trafficking of radioactive material
    EN 62534:2015 Radiation protection instrumentation - Highly sensitive hand-held instruments for neutron detection of radioactive material
    EN 62694:2016 Radiation protection instrumentation - Backpack-type radiation detector (BRD) for the detection of illicit trafficking of radioactive material
    IEEE/ANSI N42.35-2016 American National Standard for Evaluation and Performance of Radiation Detection Portal Monitors for Use in Homeland Security

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    IEC 62533:2010 Radiation protection instrumentation - Highly sensitive hand-held instruments for photon detection of radioactive material
    IEC 62534:2010 Radiation protection instrumentation - Highly sensitive hand-held instruments for neutron detection of radioactive material
    IEC 60050-394:2007 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) - Part 394: Nuclear instrumentation - Instruments, systems, equipment and detectors
    IEEE/ANSI N42.49A-2011 American National Standard for Performance Criteria for Alarming Electronic Personal Emergency Radiation Detectors (PERDs) for Exposure Control
    IEEE/ANSI N42.38-2015 American National Standard for Performance Criteria for Spectroscopy-Based Portal Monitors Used in Homeland Security
    ANSI N13.11 : 2009(R2015) PERSONNEL DOSIMETRY PERFORMANCE - CRITERIA FOR TESTING
    IEC 62244:2006 Radiation protection instrumentation - Installed radiation monitors for the detection of radioactive and special nuclear materials at national borders
    ISO/IEC 11179-4:2004 Information technology Metadata registries (MDR) Part 4: Formulation of data definitions
    IEC 62401:2007 Radiation protection instrumentation - Alarming personal radiation devices (PRD) for detection of illicit trafficking of radioactive material
    IEEE/ANSI N42.34-2006 American National Standard Performance Criteria for Hand-held Instruments for the Detection and Identification of Radionuclides
    ISO/IEC 19757-3:2016 Information technology Document Schema Definition Languages (DSDL) Part 3: Rule-based validation Schematron
    IEEE/ANSI N42.43-2006 American National Standard Performance Criteria for Mobile and Transportable Radiation Monitors Used for Homeland Security
    IEC 62327:2006 Radiation protection instrumentation - Hand-held instruments for the detection and identification of radionuclides and for the indication of ambient dose equivalent rate from photon radiation
    IEC 62694:2014 Radiation protection instrumentation - Backpack-type radiation detector (BRD) for the detection of illicit trafficking of radioactive material
    IEEE/ANSI N42.38-2006 American National Standard Performance Criteria for Spectroscopy-Based Portal Monitors Used for Homeland Security
    IEEE/ANSI N42.32-2006 American National Standard Performance Criteria for Alarming Personal Radiation Detectors for Homeland Security
    ISO/IEC 11179-5:2015 Information technology Metadata registries (MDR) Part 5: Naming principles
    ISO 8601:2004 Data elements and interchange formats Information interchange Representation of dates and times
    ISO/IEC 11578:1996 Information technology — Open Systems Interconnection — Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
    IEC 62484:2010 Radiation protection instrumentation - Spectroscopy-based portal monitors used for the detection and identification of illicit trafficking of radioactive material
    IEEE/ANSI N42.35-2006 American National Standard Evaluation and Performance of Radiation Detection Portal Monitors for Use in Homeland Security
    ISO/IEC 10646-1:2000 Information technology Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS) Part 1: Architecture and Basic Multilingual Plane
    IEEE/ANSI N42.53-2013 American National Standard Performance Criteria for Backpack-Based Radiation-Detection Systems Used for Homeland Security
    IEEE/ANSI N42.48-2008 American National Standard Performance Requirements for Spectroscopic Personal Radiation Detectors (SPRDs) for Homeland Security
    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
    IEEE/ANSI N42.33-2006 American National Standard for Portable Radiation Detection Instrumentation for Homeland Security
    IEC 60050-393:2003 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) - Part 393: Nuclear instrumentation - Physical phenomena and basic concepts
    IEC 62618:2013 Radiation protection instrumentation - Spectroscopy-based alarming Personal Radiation Detectors (SPRD) for the detection of illicit trafficking of radioactive material
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