RADIATION PROTECTION INSTRUMENTATION - MEASUREMENT OF DISCRETE RADIONUCLIDES IN THE ENVIRONMENT - IN SITU PHOTON SPECTROMETRY SYSTEM USING A GERMANIUM DETECTOR
International Electrotechnical Committee
FOREWORD<br>1 Scope and object <br>2 Normative references<br>3 Terms and definitions<br>4 General requirements<br>5 Classification of the performance characteristics<br>6 General characteristics<br>7 General test procedures<br>8 Radiation tests <br>9 Assembly characteristics<br>10 Mechanical characteristics <br>11 Environmental requirements and tests <br>12 Calibration recommendations <br>13 Documentation<br>Annex A (informative) - Calibration<br>Annex B (informative) - Estimation of detector response from <br> detector size, shape and relative efficiency <br>Annex C (informative) - Data interpretation and use <br>Annex D (informative) - Expected total-absorption-peak count <br> rates per unit deposition for selected freshly <br> deposited radionuclides <br>Annex E (informative) - Relative intrinsic uncertainty<br>Bibliography
Pertains to a portable or transportable photon spectrometry assembly using a high purity germanium (HPGe) detector to survey, in situ, generally at 1 m above ground level, areas in the environment for discrete radionuclides.
| Document Type | Standard |
| Status | Current |
| Publisher | International Electrotechnical Committee |
| Committee | TC 45 |
