Standard Number:ANSI/HPS N13.56-2012
Standard Name:Sampling and Monitoring Releases of Airborne Radioactivity in the Workplace
Size:11M
Format:PDF
Introduction:American National Standard
1Scope
ANSI/HPS N13.56-2012 addresses the technical issues involved in sampling and monitoring air for radioactive materials in the workplace. Specifically, this document addresses the techniques, appropriateness, quality, and accuracy of air sampling/monitoring methods and techniques for such a program. This standard does not address environmental air sampling, effluent monitoring, or radon measurements.
3.0 Definitions and nomenclature
3.1 Definitions
Absorbed dose: The average energy imparted by ionizing radiation to the matter in a volume element per unit mass of irradiated material. The absorbed dose is expressed in units of gray (or rad) (1 gray=100 rad)。
Accuracy: A measure of the agreement of measurements to the standard value.