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American National Standard Performance Requirements for Spectroscopic Personal Radiation Detectors (SPRDs) for Homeland Security
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IEEE/ANSI N42.48-2018

American National Standard Performance Requirements for Spectroscopic Personal Radiation Detectors (SPRDs) for Homeland Security

PUBLISH DATE 2019
PAGES 39
IEEE/ANSI N42.48-2018

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Design and performance requirements, along with testing methods, for evaluating radiation detection instruments that are pocket-sized and worn on the body for the purpose of rapid detection and identification of radioactive materials are described in this standard.

(The PDF of this standard is available at no cost to you compliments of the Department of Homeland Security Domestic Nuclear Detection Office. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/browse/standards/get-program/page)

This standard describes design and performance requirements along with testing methods for evaluating radiation detection instruments that are pocket-sized and worn on the body for detection and identification of radioactive materials commonly known as spectroscopic personal radiation detectors (SPRDs).

The performance requirements contained in this standard are meant to provide a means for verifying the capability of these instruments to:

  • Detect changes above background levels of radiation,
  • Notify the user to these changes, and
  • Provide a means to determine if the alarm was caused by a radionuclide of interest that may require further evaluation.

These devices are not intended to provide a measurement of dose-equivalent rate. However, their indication can provide an approximate value of exposure rate.

They may also be used during initial response to a radiological or nuclear incident as part of a consequence management effort to locate radiation sources and possibly to detect high levels of contamination from gamma-emitting materials.

No requirements for consequence management use are defined in this standard.

Successful completion of the tests described in this standard should not be construed as an ability to identify all radionuclides in all environments.

The purpose of this standard is to specify performance criteria and test methods used to evaluate radiation detection and radionuclide identification instruments that are pocket-sized and may be worn on the body.

SDO IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Document Number N42.48
Publication Date Feb. 1, 2019
Language en - English
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