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  • IEEE/ANSI N42.49B-2013

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    American National Standard for Performance Criteria for Non-alarming Personal Emergency Radiation Detectors (PERDs) for Exposure Control

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  18-07-2014

    Publisher:  Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers

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    1 Overview
    2 Normative references
    3 Definitions, acronyms, and abbreviations
    4 General considerations
    5 General requirements
    6 Documentation
    Annex A (informative) - A comprehensive test program
    Annex B (informative) - Bibliography

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    The purpose of this standard is to specify technical performance requirements and performance testing requirements for those purchasing and using non-alarming Personal Emergency Radiation Detectors PERDs for Homeland Security and other radiological emergency applications.

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    Document Type Standard
    Publisher Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
    Status Current

    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    IEEE/ANSI N42.37-2006 American National Standard for Training Requirements for Homeland Security Purposes Using Radiation Detection Instrumentation for Interdiction and Prevention
    IEEE/ANSI N42.37-2016 REDLINE American National Standard Training for the Radiological/Nuclear Detection Mission

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    ISO/IEC 10373-1:2006 Identification cards Test methods Part 1: General characteristics
    IEEE/ANSI N42.37-2006 American National Standard for Training Requirements for Homeland Security Purposes Using Radiation Detection Instrumentation for Interdiction and Prevention
    IEEE/ANSI N42.49A-2011 American National Standard for Performance Criteria for Alarming Electronic Personal Emergency Radiation Detectors (PERDs) for Exposure Control
    IEEE/ANSI N323A-1997 American National Standard Radiation Protection Instrumentation Test and Calibration, Portable Survey Instruments
    ANSI N13.11 : 2009(R2015) PERSONNEL DOSIMETRY PERFORMANCE - CRITERIA FOR TESTING
    IEEE N322-1997 American National Standard Inspection,Test, Construction, and Performance Requirements for Direct Reading Electrostatic/Electroscope Type Dosimeters
    IEC 60846-1:2009 Radiation protection instrumentation - Ambient and/or directional dose equivalent (rate) meters and/or monitors for beta, X and gamma radiation - Part 1: Portable workplace and environmental meters and monitors
    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
    IEEE/ANSI N42.32-2006 American National Standard Performance Criteria for Alarming Personal Radiation Detectors for Homeland Security
    IEEE N42.20-2003 American Standard Performance Criteria for Active Personnel Radiation Monitors
    IEEE/ANSI N42.17C-1989 American National Standard Performance Specifications for Health Physics Instrumentation. Portable Instrumentation for Use in Extreme Environmental Conditions
    IEC 60529:1989+AMD1:1999+AMD2:2013 CSV Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code)
    IEEE/ANSI N42.17A-2003 American National Standard Performance Specifications for Health Physics Instrumentation-Portable Instrumentation for Use in Normal Environmental Conditions
    NFPA 472 : 2018 COMPETENCE OF RESPONDERS TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS/WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION INCIDENTS
    NFPA 197 : 2018 Standard on Protective Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting and Proximity Fire Fighting
    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 61526:2010 Radiation protection instrumentation - Measurement of personal dose equivalents Hp(10) and Hp(0,07) for X, gamma, neutron and beta radiations - Direct reading personal dose equivalent meters
    NFPA 1982 : 2013 PERSONAL ALERT SAFETY SYSTEMS (PASS)
    IEEE/ANSI N42.33-2006 American National Standard for Portable Radiation Detection Instrumentation for Homeland Security
    IEC 60846-2:2015 Radiation protection instrumentation - Ambient and/or directional dose equivalent (rate) meters and/or monitors for beta, X and gamma radiation - Part 2: High range beta and photon dose and dose rate portable instruments for emergency radiation protection purposes
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