ISO 6980-3:2022 PDF

Scope: This document describes procedures for calibrating and determining the response of dosemeters and dose-rate meters in terms of the International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements (ICRU ) operational quantities for radiation protection purposes . However, as noted in ICRU 56 [2], the ambient dose equivalent, H*(10) , used for area monitoring, and the personal dose equivalent, Hp(10) , as used for individual monitoring, of strongly penetrating radiation, are not appropriate quantities for any beta radiation, even that which penetrates 10 mm of tissue (Ema x > 2 MeV). This document is a guide for those who calibrate protection-level dosemeters and dose-rate meters with beta-reference radiation and determine their response as a function of beta-particle energy and angle of incidence. Such measurements can represent part of a type test during the course of which the effect of other influence quantities on the response is examined. This document does not cover the in situ calibration of fi xed, ins talled area dosemeters . The term “dosemeter” is used as a generic term denoting any dose or dose-rate meter for individual or area monitoring. In addition to the description of calibration procedures, this document includes recommendations for appropriate phantoms and the way to determine appropriate conversion coefficients. Guidance is provided on the statement of measurement uncertainties and the preparation of calibration records and certificates .

ISO 6980-3:2022 Referenced Document

ISO/IEC 17025:2017 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories
ISO/IEC Guide 98-3 Uncertainty of measurement - Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement (GUM:1995). Extension to any number of output quantities
ISO/IEC Guide 99

2023 ISO 6980-3:2023 Nuclear energy
2022 ISO 6980-3:2022 Nuclear energy — Reference beta-particle 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 inc
2006 ISO 6980-3:2006 Nuclear energy - Reference beta-particle 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