ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 29661 First edition 2012-09-01 Reference radiation fields for radiation protection Definitions and fundamental concepts Champs de rayonnement de reference pour la radioprotection - Défintions et concepts fondamentaux Reference number ISO 29661:2012(E) LSO @ISO2012 IHS under itted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 29661:2012(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT ISO2012 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56 · CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ ISO 2012 -All rights reserved No reproductic etworking permitted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 29661:2012(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction 1 Scope 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions. 3.1 General 3.2 Quantities and conversion coefficients 9 4 Symbols 15 5 Application of the measurement quantities and units ..17 5.1 Measurement quantities for area monitoring 17 5.2 Measurement quantities for individual monitoring ... 18 5.3 Establishing of the measurement quantities for area and individual monitoring 18 6 Calibration and determination of the response in reference radiation fields .18 6.1 General principles. 18 6.2 Calibration in reference radiation fields.. 19 6.3 Determination of the response in reference radiation fields. 21 6.4 Methods for the determination of the calibration coefficient. 22 6.5 Special considerations for area dosemeters (area survey meters) 25 6.6 Specialconsiderationsforpersonaldosemeters 26 7 Uncertainty. 29 8 Certificates Annex A (normative) List of reference conditions and standard test conditions Annex B (normative) Description of the calibration coefficient .31 Bibliography .33 ili e with I ense from IHS Not for Resale