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1、raising standards worldwideNO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAWBSI Standards PublicationRadiation protection instrumentation Measurement of personal dose equivalents Hp(10) and Hp(0,07) for X, gamma, neutron and beta radiations Direct reading personal doseequivalent

2、 metersBS EN 61526:2013National forewordThis British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 61526:2013. It is derived from IEC 61526:2010. It supersedes BS EN 61526:2007 which is withdrawn.The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical CommitteeNCE/2, Radiation protection and me

3、asurement.A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained onrequest to its secretary.This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of acontract. Users are responsible for its correct application. The British Standards Institution 2013Published by BSI

4、 Standards Limited 2013ISBN 978 0 580 75155 4ICS 13.280 Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity fromlegal obligations.This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 June 2013.Amendments/corrigenda issued since publicatio

5、nDate Text affectedBRITISH STANDARDBS EN 61526:2013The CENELEC common modifications have been implemented at theappropriate places in the text. The start and finish of each common modification is indicated in the text by tags .EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 61526 NORME EUROPENNE EUROPISCHE NORM March 2013 CEN

6、ELEC European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization Comit Europen de Normalisation Electrotechnique Europisches Komitee fr Elektrotechnische Normung Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B - 1000 Brussels 2013 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwi

7、de for CENELEC members. Ref. No. EN 61526:2013 E ICS 13.280 Supersedes EN 61526:2007 English version 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 (IEC 615

8、26:2010, modified) Instrumentation pour la radioprotection - Mesure des quivalents de dose individuels Hp(10) et Hp(0,07) pour les rayonnements X, gamma, neutron et bta - Appareils de mesure lecture directe de lquivalent de dose individuel (CEI 61526:2010, modifie) Strahlenschutz-Messgerte - Messung

9、 der Tiefen- und der Oberflchen-Personendosis Hp(10) und Hp(0,07) fr Rntgen-, Gamma-, Neutronen- und Betaststrahlung - Direkt ablesbare Personendosimeter (IEC 61526:2010, modifiziert) This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2012-12-24. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENEL

10、EC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or

11、 to any CENELEC member. This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as

12、the official versions. CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxe

13、mbourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. EN 61526:2013 2 Foreword This document (EN 61526:2013) consists of the text of IEC 61526:2010 prepared by IEC/SC 45B “Radiation protection instrumentation

14、“ of IEC/TC 45 “Nuclear instrumentation“, together with the common modifications prepared by CLC/TC 45B “Radiation protection instrumentation“. The following dates are fixed: latest date by which this document has to be implemented at national level by publication of an identical national standard o

15、r by endorsement (dop) 2013-12-24 latest date by which the national standards conflicting with this document have to be withdrawn (dow) 2015-12-24 This document supersedes EN 61526:2007. EN 61526:2013 includes the following significant technical changes with regard to the previous edition: inclusion

16、 of terms and definitions of ISO/IEC Guide 99:2007 (VIM:2008); full consistency with IEC/TR 62461:2006 “Radiation protection instrumentation Determination of uncertainty in measurement”; improved determination of constancy of the dose response and statistical fluctuations; abolition of classes of pe

17、rsonal doses equivalent meters in relation to retention of stored information; inclusion of usage categories of personal dosemeters in Annex C. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CENELEC and/or CEN shall not be held r

18、esponsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. Clauses, subclauses, notes, tables, figures and annexes which are additional to those in IEC 61526:2010 are prefixed “Z”. Annex ZA has been added by CENELEC. BS EN 61526:2013 3 EN 61526:2013 Endorsement notice The text of the International St

19、andard IEC 61526:2010 was approved by CENELEC as a European Standard with agreed common modifications. BS EN 61526:2013EN 61526:2013 4 Annex ZA (normative) Normative references to international publications with their corresponding European publications The following documents, in whole or in part,

20、are normatively referenced in this document and are indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. NOTE When an international publication has been modif

21、ied by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD applies. Publication Year Title EN/HD Year IEC 60050-393 2003 International Electrotechnology Vocabulary - Part 393: Nuclear instrumentation - Physical phenomena and basic concepts - - IEC 60050-394 2007 International Electrotechnic

22、al Vocabulary - Part 394: Nuclear instrumentation - Instruments, systems, equipment and detectors - - IEC 60068-2-31 2008 Environmental testing - Part 2-31: Tests - Test Ec: Rough handling shocks, primarily for equipment-type specimens EN 60068-2-31 2008 IEC 60086-1 2006 Primary batteries - Part 1:

23、General EN 60086-11) 2007 IEC 60086-2 + corr. April 2006 2007 Primary batteries - Part 2: Physical and electrical specifications EN 60086-22) 2007 IEC 60359 2001 Electrical and electronic measurement equipment - Expression of performance EN 60359 2002 IEC 60529 + A1 1989 1999 Degrees of protection p

24、rovided by enclosures (IP Code) EN 60529 + corr. May + A1 1991 1993 2000 IEC 61000-4-2 2008 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 4-2: Testing and measurement techniques - Electrostatic discharge immunity test EN 61000-4-2 2009 IEC 61000-4-3 + A1 2006 2007 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) -

25、Part 4-3: Testing and measurement techniques - Radiated, radio-frequency, electromagnetic field immunity test EN 61000-4-3 + A1 2006 2008 IEC 61000-4-4 + corr. June 2004 2007 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 4-4: Testing and measurement techniques - Electrical fast transient/burst immunity

26、 test EN 61000-4-4 2004 1) EN 60086-1 is superseded by EN 60086-1:2011, which is based on IEC 60086-1:2011. 2) EN 60086-2 is superseded by EN 60086-2:2011, which is based on IEC 60086-2:2011. BS EN 61526:2013 5 EN 61526:2013 IEC 61000-4-5 + corr. October 2005 2009 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)

27、 - Part 4-5: Testing and measurement techniques - Surge immunity test EN 61000-4-5 2006 IEC 61000-4-6 2008 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 4-6: Testing and measurement techniques - Immunity to conducted disturbances, induced by radio-frequency fields EN 61000-4-6 2009 IEC 61000-4-8 2009 E

28、lectromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 4-8: Testing and measurement techniques - Power frequency magnetic field immunity test EN 61000-4-8 2010 IEC 61000-4-11 2004 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 4-11: Testing and measurement techniques - Voltage dips, short interruptions and voltage v

29、ariations immunity tests EN 61000-4-11 2004 IEC 61000-6-2 2005 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 6-2: Generic standards - Immunity for industrial environments EN 61000-6-2 + corr. September 2005 2005 IEC 61187 (mod) 1993 Electrical and electronic measuring equipment - Documentation EN 61187

30、 + corr. March 1994 1995 IEC/TR 62461 2006 Radiation protection instrumentation - Determination of uncertainty in measurement - - ISO/IEC Guide 98-3 ISO/IEC Guide 98-3 Suppl.1 2008 2008 2008 Uncertainty of measurement - Part 3: Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement (GUM:1995) Propaga

31、tion of distributions using a Monte Carlo method and Corr.1 (2009) - - - - 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 - - I

32、SO 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 - - ISO 4037-3 1999 X and gamma

33、 reference radiation for calibrating dosemeters and doserate meters and for determining their response as a function of photon energy - Part 3: Calibration of area and personal dosemeters and the measurement of their response as a function of energy and angle of incidence - - BS EN 61526:2013EN 6152

34、6:2013 6 ISO 4037-4 2004 X and gamma reference radiation for calibrating dosemeters and doserate meters and for determining their response as a function of photon energy - Part 4: Calibration of area and personal dosemeters in low energy X reference radiation fields - - ISO 6980-1 2006 Nuclear energ

35、y - Reference beta-particle radiation - Part 1: Methods of production - - ISO 6980-2 2004 Nuclear energy - Reference beta-particle radiation - Part 2: Calibration fundamentals related to basic quantities characterizing the radiation field - - ISO 6980-3 2006 Nuclear energy - Reference beta-particle

36、radiation - Part 3: Calibration of area and personal dosemeters and the determination of their response as a function of beta radiation energy and angle of incidence - - ISO 8529-1 2001 Reference neutron radiations - Part 1: Characteristics and methods of production - - ISO 8529-2 2000 Reference neu

37、tron radiations - Part 2: Calibration fundamentals of radiation protection devices related to the basic quantities characterizing the radiation field - - ISO 8529-3 1998 Reference neutron radiations - Part 3: Calibration of area and personal dosimeters and determination of response as a function of

38、energy and angle of incidence - - ISO 12789-1 2008 Reference radiation fields - Simulated workplace neutron fields - Part 1: Characteristics and methods of production - - ISO 12789-2 2008 Reference radiation fields - Simulated workplace neutron fields - Part 2: Calibration fundamentals related to th

39、e basic quantities - - ICRU Report 51 1993 Quantities and units in radiation protection dosimetry - - BS EN 61526:2013 2 61526 IEC:2010 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION.8 1 Scope and object9 2 Normative references .10 3 Terms and definitions .11 4 Units and list of symbols.19 4.1 Units .19 4.2 List of symbols

40、19 5 Mechanical characteristics21 5.1 Size.21 5.2 Mass .21 5.3 Case .21 5.4 Switches .21 6 General characteristics.21 6.1 Storage of dose information.21 6.2 Indication 21 6.3 Dosemeter markings .22 6.4 Retention of radioactive contamination 22 6.5 Ranges for dose equivalent and dose equivalent rate2

41、2 6.6 Effective range of measurement 22 6.7 Rated range of an influence quantity .22 6.8 Use of more than one dosemeter.22 6.9 Indication due to instrument artefacts23 6.10 Dose or dose rate alarms 23 6.10.1 General .23 6.10.2 Dose equivalent alarms .23 6.10.3 Dose equivalent rate alarms 23 6.10.4 A

42、larm output23 6.11 Indication of malfunction23 7 General test procedures .23 7.1 Nature of tests.23 7.2 Reference conditions and standard test conditions 24 7.3 Tests for influence quantities of type F 24 7.4 Tests for influence quantities of type S24 7.5 Phantom for testing .24 7.6 Position of dete

43、ctor assembly for the purpose of testing 24 7.7 Position of dosemeter during use 25 7.8 Minimum rated range of influence quantity 25 7.9 Low dose equivalent rates.25 7.10 Statistical fluctuations .25 7.11 Production of reference radiation.25 8 Additivity of indicated value 25 8.1 Requirements25 8.2

44、Method of test .26 8.3 Interpretation of the results .26 9 Radiation performance requirements and tests .26 BS EN 61526:201361526 IEC:2010 3 9.1 General .26 9.2 Consideration of the uncertainty of the conventional quantity value .27 9.3 Constancy of the dose response, dose rate dependence and statis

45、tical fluctuations27 9.3.1 General .27 9.3.2 Requirements 27 9.3.3 Method of test using sources .27 9.3.4 Interpretation of the results of the test using sources.28 9.3.5 Method of test for photon dosemeters using natural radiation 28 9.3.6 Interpretation of the results of the test using natural rad

46、iation28 9.4 Variation of the response due to photon radiation energy and angle of incidence.29 9.4.1 Measurement quantity Hp(0,07) or pH2) Hp(10) and Hp(0,07) from X, gamma and beta radiations; 3) Hp(10) from X and gamma radiations; 4) Hp(10) from neutron radiations; 5) Hp(10) from X, gamma and neu

47、tron radiations; 6) Hp(0,07) from X, gamma and beta radiations. NOTE 1 When reference is made in this standard to ”dose”, this is meant to indicate personal dose equivalent, unless otherwise stated. NOTE 2 When reference is made in this standard to ”dosemeter”, this is meant to include all personal

48、dose equivalent meters, unless otherwise stated. This standard specifies requirements for the dosemeter and, if supplied, for its associated readout system. This standard specifies, for the dosemeters described above, general characteristics, general test procedures, radiation characteristics as wel

49、l as electrical, mechanical, safety and envi-ronmental characteristics. The only requirements specified for associated readout systems are those which affect its accuracy of readout of the personal dose equivalent and alarm settings and those which concern the influence of the reader on the dosemeter. This standard also specifies in Annex C usage categories with respect to different measuring capabilities. This standard does not cover special requirements for accident or emergency dosimetry although the dos