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BS 6689:1986

Superseded

Superseded

A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.

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Specification for reference beta radiations for calibrating dosemeters and doseratemeters and for determining their response as a function of beta radiation energy

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

28-02-1986

Superseded date

15-09-1997

Superseded by

BS ISO 6980:1996

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National foreword
Committees responsible
Specification
1 Scope and field of application
2 Terminology
3 Requirements for reference beta radiations at the
   calibration distance
4 Radionuclides suitable for reference beta radiations
5 Source characteristics and their measurement
6 Source calibration
Annexes
A Tissue equivalent materials
B Characteristics of the recommended sources
C Determination of the absorbed dose rate to tissue by
   means of an extrapolation chamber
Tables
1 Beta radionuclide data
2 Minimum value of Eres at calibration distance
3 Calibration distances and filters for Series 1
   reference beta radiations
4 Approximate absorbed dose rates at the calibration
   distance per activity for Series 1 reference beta
   radiations
5 Activities and dose rates from Series 2 reference
   beta radiations
6 Tissue equivalent
7 Examples of source construction
Bibliography

Reference beta radiations produced by radionuclide sources to be used for the calibration of protection level dosemeters.

Committee
NCE/2
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
12
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy

Standards Relationship
ISO 6980:1984 Identical

BS 7518:1995 Radiation protection instrumentation. Portable, transportable or installed equipment to measure x or gamma radiation for environmental monitoring. Integrating assemblies
93/711458 DC : DRAFT JUL 1993

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