scope:

This standard establishes the minimum performance criteria for portable radiation protection instrumentation for use in ionizing radiation fields under both normal and extreme environmental conditions, i.e., all environmental conditions. For the portable radiation detection instrumentation addressed in this standard, the radiological ranges for the performance tests are as follows: the dose rate range of operation taken as background to 10 Gy/h (1000 rad/h); the activity-per-unit-area range for surface contamination monitors taken as 0.01 Bq/cm²-α (60 dpm/100 cm²) or 0.05 Bq/cm²-β (300 dpm/100 cm²) to 200 Bq/cm² (1.2 × 106 dpm/100 cm²). The testing methods verify that the performance criteria are met over the range of operating conditions for each type of instrumentation.This standard does not specify which instruments or systems are required, nor does it consider the number of specific applications of such instruments.