IEC 62363 : 1.0

Table of Contents

FOREWORD<br>1 Scope and object<br>2 Normative references<br>3 Terms and definitions<br>4 Units<br>5 General characteristics<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1 Classification<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.2 Detection assemblies<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.3 Ease of decontamination<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.4 Sealing<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.5 Alarm threshold<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.6 Pulse height thresholds<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.7 Measurement assembly indications <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.7.1 Meter display<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.7.2 Audible indication <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.7.3 Additional indication <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.7.4 Monitors <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.8 Effective range of measurement <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.9 Mechanical shocks <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.10 Setting up and maintenance facilities <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;for electronic equipment <br>6 General test procedures <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.1 Nature of tests<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.2 Test conditions <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.2.1 Reference and standard test conditions <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.2.2 Tests performed under standard test <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;conditions <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.2.3 Tests performed with variation of influence <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;quantities <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.3 Reference radionuclides <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.4 Background <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.5 Statistical fluctuations <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.6 Test source <br>7 Electrical characteristics<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.1 Statistical fluctuations <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.1.1 Requirements <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.1.2 Method of test <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.2 Response time <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.2.1 Requirements<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.2.2 Method of test <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.3 Interrelationship between response time <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and statistical fluctuations <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.4 Warm-up time test <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.4.1 Requirements <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.4.2 Method of test <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.5 Overload protection <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.5.1 Requirements <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.5.2 Method of test <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.6 Power supplies - battery operation <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.6.1 General <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.6.2 Requirements - primary batteries <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(non-rechargeable) <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.6.3 Requirements - secondary batteries <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(rechargeable) <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.6.4 Method of test <br>8 Radiation characteristics <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.1 General <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.2 Detector profile <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.2.1 Requirements <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.2.2 Method of test <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.3 Surface emission rate response <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.3.1 General <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.3.2 Type test <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.3.3 Method of test <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.3.4 Routine test <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.4 Relative intrinsic error <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.4.1 Requirements <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.4.2 Method of test <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.5 Variation of surface emission rate response <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;with photon radiation energy <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.5.1 Requirements <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.5.2 Method of test <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.6 Variation of response with absorption <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.6.1 Requirement <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.6.2 Method of test <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.7 Response to beta radiation <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.7.1 Requirement <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.7.2 Method of test <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.8 Response to background photon radiation<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.8.1 Requirement <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.8.2 Method of test <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.9 Neutrons <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.10 Detection limit (minimum detectable surface <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;emission rate per unit area) <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.10.1 Requirement <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.10.2 Method of test <br>9 Environmental characteristics <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.1 Ambient temperature <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.1.1 Requirements <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.1.2 Methods of test <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.2 Relative humidity<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.2.1 Requirements <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.2.2 Method of test <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.3 Electromagnetic compatibility <br>10 Storage <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.1 General <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.2 Mechanical shock <br>11 Documentation <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;11.1 Identification certificate <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;11.2 Operation and maintenance manual<br>Annex A (informative) Limit distances for typical <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;detector volumes

Abstract

Applicable to portable and transportable contamination meters and monitors designed for the direct measurement or the direct detection of surface contamination by photon radiation emitting radionuclides.

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Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	International Electrotechnical Committee
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ISBN
Committee	TC 45