ISOIASTM INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 52116 Second edition 2013-04-15 Practice for dosimetry for a self- contained dry-storage gamma irradiator Pratique de la dosimetrie appliquée a un irradiateur gamma renfermant une source auto-protegee entreposée a sec Reference number ISO/ASTM 52116:2013(E) SO INTERNATIONAL @ISO/ASTM International 2013 ISO/ASTM52116:2013(E) PDF disclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless thetypefaces which are embedded.are licensedto.and installed on.the computer performing the editing. Ir downloading this file,parties accept therein the.responsibility of not infringing Adobe's licensing policy.Neither the iso Central Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file: the PDF-creation and ASTM members. In the unlikely event that a problem relating to it is found, please inform the ISO Central Secretariat or ASTM ensurethatthefileissuitableforusebylSOmemberbodi International at the addresses given below. ISO/ASTM International 2013 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 ISO copyright office ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, Case postale 56 · CH-1211 Geneva 20 West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, USA Tel. +41 22 749 01 11 Tel. +610 832 9634 Fax +41 22 749 09 47 Fax +610 832 9635 E-mail copyright@iso.org E-mail khooper@astm.org Web www.iso.org Web www.astm.org Published in the United States ii @ISO/ASTM International 2013-All rights reserved ISO/ASTM52116:2013(E) Contents Page 1 Scope 1 2 Referenced documents 1 3 Terminology 2 4 Significance and use 2 5 Types of facilities and modes of operation 22 6 Radiation source characteristics 7 Dosimetrysystems 33 8 Installation qualification (IQ) 9 Operational qualification (OQ) 3 10 Performance qualification (PQ) 5 11 Routine sample processing 9 12Measurement uncertainty 6 13 Keywords 6 Annexes 7 ISO/ASTM International 2013 -All rights reserved ili