Calibration of radiation protection monitoring instruments

FOREWORD......Page 7
CONTENTS......Page 8
1.2. SCOPE......Page 11
1.3. PURPOSE OF CALIBRATION......Page 12
2.1. TERMINOLOGY......Page 13
2.2. OPERATIONAL QUANTITIES AND QUANTITIES USED FOR THE
 CALIBRATION OF SURFACE CONTAMINATION MONITORING
 INSTRUMENTS......Page 18
2.3. OPERATIONAL QUANTITIES AND PHANTOMS FOR DOSIMETERS
 AND DOSE RATE METERS......Page 19
2.4. OTHER QUANTITIES......Page 27
3.1. CALIBRATION AND TESTS......Page 31
3.2. REFERENCE CONDITIONS AND STANDARD TEST CONDITIONS......Page 32
3.3. TRACEABILITY......Page 35
3.4. DETERMINATION OF THE CALIBRATION FACTOR
 AND OF THE RESPONSE BY A REFERENCE INSTRUMENT......Page 38
3.5. DETERMINATION OF THE CALIBRATION FACTOR
 AND THE RESPONSE IN A KNOWN RADIATION FIELD
 (CALIBRATION METHOD 4)......Page 49
3.6. ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR CALIBRATIONS......Page 50
3.7. INTERCOMPARISON PROGRAMMES......Page 52
4.1. GENERAL......Page 55
4.2. CONVERSION COEFFICIENTS FOR
 ISO REFERENCE PHOTON RADIATIONS......Page 58
4.3. REFERENCE INSTRUMENTS......Page 70
4.4. MEASUREMENTS OF THE CHARACTERISTICS AND CALIBRATION
 OF RADIATION FIELDS......Page 75
4.5. FACILITIES......Page 86
5.1. CALIBRATION QUANTITIES AND CONVERSION COEFFICIENTS......Page 92
5.2. REFERENCE BETA RADIATIONS......Page 94
5.3. REFERENCE STANDARDS AND
 CALIBRATION OF RADIATION FIELDS......Page 98
5.4. FACILITIES......Page 101
6.1. CALIBRATION QUANTITIES AND CONVERSION COEFFICIENTS......Page 102
6.2. REFERENCE NEUTRON RADIATIONS......Page 103
6.3. FACILITIES......Page 106
6.4. REFERENCE INSTRUMENTS......Page 109
6.5. RADIATION FIELD CALIBRATIONS......Page 111
6.6. ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CALIBRATING
 SURVEY METERS......Page 117
7.1. GENERAL......Page 118
7.2. REFERENCE STANDARD SOURCES......Page 120
7.3. INSTRUMENT CALIBRATION PROCEDURES......Page 123
8.2. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ON ERRORS AND UNCERTAINTIES......Page 125
8.3. TYPE ‘A’ STANDARD UNCERTAINTIES......Page 127
8.4. TYPE ‘B’ STANDARD UNCERTAINTIES......Page 128
8.6. PROPAGATION OF UNCERTAINTIES......Page 130
8.7. DEFINITIONS......Page 132
Appendix I
 AN EXAMPLE OF DETERMINING THE OVERALL
 UNCERTAINTIES FOR THE CALIBRATION OF AN INSTRUMENT......Page 134
Appendix II
 AN EXAMPLE OF DETERMINING THE CALIBRATION FACTOR, N I ,
 OF AN AMBIENT DOSE EQUIVALENT RATE METER —
 CALIBRATION......Page 138
Appendix III
 AN EXAMPLE OF DETERMINING THE
 CALIBRATION FACTOR OF A PHOTON MEASURING
 INSTRUMENT BY MEANS OF A MONITOR
 (CAL......Page 141
REFERENCES......Page 151
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 157
CONTRIBUTORS TO DRAFTING AND REVIEW......Page 162