1、 American National Standard Performance Criteria for Handheld Instruments for the Detection and Identification of Radionuclides Sponsored by the National Committee on Radiation Instrumentation, N42 IEEE 3 Park Avenue New York, NY 10016-5997 USA Accredited by the American National Standards Institute
2、 ANSI N42.34-2015(Revision of ANSI N42.34-2006) ANSI N42.34-2015 (Revision of ANSI N42.34-2006) American National Standard Performance Criteria for Handheld Instruments for the Detection and Identification of Radionuclides Sponsor National Committee on Radiation Instrumentation, N42 Accredited by th
3、e American National Standards Institute Secretariat Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. Approved 23 November 2015 American National Standards Institute 2 Copyright 2016 IEEE. All rights reserved. Abstract: Performance specifications and testing methods for the evaluation of handh
4、eld instruments (also known as radionuclide identification devices or RIDs) used for the detection and identification of radionuclides, which emit gamma rays and, in some cases, neutrons, are contained in this standard. The specifications for general, radiological, environmental, electromagnetic and
5、 mechanical performances are given and the corresponding testing methods are described. The documentation to be provided by the manufacturer is listed as part of the requirements. Normative and informative annexes that provide guidance for the implementation of this standard are also included. Keywo
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42、 Further information may be obtained from the IEEE Standards Association. 7 Copyright 2016 IEEE. All rights reserved. Participants At the time it approved this revision, the Accredited Standards Committee on Radiation Instrumentation, N42, had the following membership: Michael P. Unterweger, Chair S
43、ue Vogel, Administrative Secretary Organization Represented Name of Representative Canberra Robert Huckins Commerce Dept, U.S. NIST . Leticia Pibida Commerce Dept, U.S. NIST . Michael P. Unterweger Consultant Frank X. Masse Department of Homeland SecurityPeter Shebell Harvard University Joseph Ring
44、Health Physics Society .Wayne M. Glines Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory .Edward J. Lampo Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory David Trombino NASA, GSFC Sachidananda R. Babu National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Mark D. Hoover Oak Ridge National Laboratory . Peter J. Chiaro, J
45、r. Charles Britton (Alt.) ORTEC, Ametek Inc . Frank Sergent Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richard Kouzes U. S. Army . Chad B. McKee Members-At-Large . Morgan Cox Edward Groeber Ronald M. Keyser Greg Komp Mark L. Maiello Joseph C. McDonald Joseph Stencel Edward Walker At the time this standar
46、d was completed, Subcommittee N42.HSI had the following membership: Morgan Cox, Co-Chair Michael P. Unterweger, Co-Chair Peter J. Chiaro, Jr. David Gilliam Mark Hoover Cynthia G. Jones Ronald M. Keyser Joseph C. McDonald Leticia Pibida Peter Shebell David Trombino 8 Copyright 2016 IEEE. All rights r
47、eserved. At the time this standard was approved, the ANSI 42.34 Working Group had the following members: Peter J. Chiaro, Jr., Chair and Project Leader Elizabeth Bartosz Marc Black Joseph S. Broz Sandra Gogol Jens Hovgaard Siraj Khan Achim Kreuels Janae Lockett-Reynolds Tom Malone Daniel Masi Luc Mu
48、rphy Lucy Ooi Thea Philliou Leticia Pibida Don Potter Jeff Preston Radoslav Radev Jo Ressler Francis Schulcz Frank Sergent Martin Smith David Trombino Michael P. Unterweger Christina Ward Hank Zhu 9 Copyright 2016 IEEE. All rights reserved. Introduction This introduction is not part of ANSI N42.34-2
49、015, American National Standard Performance Criteria for Handheld Instruments for the Detection and Identification of Radionuclides. This standard is the responsibility of the Accredited American Standards Committee on Radiation Instrumentation, N42. The standard was approved on N42 letter ballot. 10 Copyright 2016 IEEE. All rights reserved. Contents Overview . 12 1.Normative references . 13 2.Definitions . 13 3.3.1 Definitions .13 3.2 Acronyms and abbreviations .15 General considerations 16 4.4.1 Standard test conditions 16 4.2 Units and uncertainties 16 4.3 Special wo
