ASTM C1490-14(2023)
Standard Guide for the Selection, Training and Qualification of Nondestructive Assay (NDA) Personnel

Standard No.

ASTM C1490-14(2023)

Release Date

2023

Published By

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

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ASTM C1490-14(2023)

Scope

1.1 This guide contains good practices for the selection, training, qualification, and professional development of personnel performing analysis, calibration, physical measurements, or data review using nondestructive assay equipment, methods, results, or techniques. The guide also covers NDA personnel involved with NDA equipment setup, selection, diagnosis, troubleshooting, or repair. General guidelines for the selection, training, and qualification of NDA auditors are included as well, but at a lower level of detail due to the variability of the personnel’s responsibilities performing this functions. Selection, training, and qualification programs based on this guide are intended to provide assurance that NDA personnel are suitably qualified and experienced personnel (SQEP) to perform their jobs competently. This guide presents a series of options but does not recommend a specific course of action. This standard guide does not address the qualifications per se of an NDA Manager. However, it is expected that the NDA Manager is familiar with NDA techniques, and can make informed decisions on the acceptability of the assay results. If an NDA Manager does not have adequate technical qualifications in the NDA field, they are recommended to undergo training to gain familiarity in this area. An NDA Manager with no relevant NDA experience should have access to a Senior NDA Professional who will give guidance for all technical decisions such as applicability and limitation of methods, reasonableness of results, needed upgrades and advantageous development investments. 1.2 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.

ASTM C1490-14(2023) Referenced Document

• ASTM C1030 Standard Test Method for Determination of Plutonium Isotopic Composition by Gamma-Ray Spectrometry
• ASTM C1133 Standard Test Method for Nondestructive Assay of Special Nuclear Material in Low Density Scrap and Waste by Segmented Passive Gamma-Ray Scanning
• ASTM C1207 Standard Test Method for Nondestructive Assay of Plutonium in Scrap and Waste by Passive Neutron Coincidence Counting
• ASTM C1221 Standard Test Method for Nondestructive Analysis of Special Nuclear Materials in Homogeneous Solutions by Gamma-Ray Spectrometry
• ASTM C1268 Standard Test Method for Quantitative Determination of Americium 241 in Plutonium by Gamma-Ray Spectrometry
• ASTM C1316 Standard Test Method for Nondestructive Assay of Nuclear Material in Scrap and Waste by Passive-Active Neutron Counting Using a 252 Cf Shuffler
• ASTM C1455 Standard Test Method for Nondestructive Assay of Special Nuclear Material Holdup Using Gamma-Ray Spectroscopic Methods*， 2024-04-21 Update
• ASTM C1458 Standard Test Method for Nondestructive Assay of Plutonium, Tritium and&x2009;²⁴¹Am by Calorimetric Assay*， 2024-04-21 Update
• ASTM C1493 Standard Test Method for Non-Destructive Assay of Nuclear Material in Waste by Passive and Active Neutron Counting Using a Differential Die-Away System
• ASTM C1500 Standard Test Method for Nondestructive Assay of Plutonium by Passive Neutron Multiplicity Counting*， 2024-04-21 Update
• ASTM C1514 Standard Test Method for Measurement of ²³⁵U Fraction Using Enrichment Meter Principle*， 2024-04-21 Update
• ASTM C1592 Standard Guide for Nondestructive Assay Measurements*， 2024-04-21 Update
• ASTM C1673 Standard Terminology of C26.10 Nondestructive Assay Methods*， 2024-04-21 Update
• ASTM C1718 Standard Test Method for Nondestructive Assay of Radioactive Material by Tomographic Gamma Scanning
• ASTM C1726/C1726M Standard Guide for Use of Modeling for Passive Gamma Measurements

ASTM C1490-14(2023) history

• 2023 ASTM C1490-14(2023) Standard Guide for the Selection, Training and Qualification of Nondestructive Assay (NDA) Personnel
• 2014 ASTM C1490-14 Standard Guide for the Selection, Training and Qualification of Nondestructive Assay 40;NDA41; Personnel
• 2004 ASTM C1490-04(2010) Standard Guide for the Selection, Training and Qualification of Nondestructive Assay (NDA) Personnel
• 2004 ASTM C1490-04 Standard Guide for the Selection, Training and Qualification of Nondestructive Assay (NDA) Personnel
• 2001 ASTM C1490-01 Standard Guide for the Selection, Training and Qualification of Nondestructive Assay (NDA) Personnel