INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ON FOOD AND ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT FOR RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION: STATUS AND PERSPECTIVES

Autor: Rolf Michel, M. Fournier, R. Ameon, S. Brun, A. Bombard, L. Thomas, Margarita Herranz, Takahiro Yamada, Simon Jerome, Maurizio Forte, D. Porterfield, S. Judge, Tetsuya Sanada, F. Byrde, A. Ratsirahonana, Shinji Tokonami, M. Llaurado, Martin Jiránek, S. B. Kim, D. Calmet, A. Husain, T. Haug, Jing Chen, P. Kwakman, J. Loyen, A. Tsapalov, A. Fronka, Ch. Schuler, A. Richards, Kateřina Rovenská, J.-M. Duda
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 173:55-62
ISSN: 1742-3406
0144-8420
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncw342
Popis: Radiological protection is a matter of concern for members of the public and thus national authorities are more likely to trust the quality of radioactivity data provided by accredited laboratories using common standards. Normative approach based on international standards aims to ensure the accuracy or validity of the test result through calibrations and measurements traceable to the International System of Units. This approach guarantees that radioactivity test results on the same types of samples are comparable over time and space as well as between different testing laboratories. Today, testing laboratories involved in radioactivity measurement have a set of more than 150 international standards to help them perform their work. Most of them are published by the International Standardization Organization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). This paper reviews the most essential ISO standards that give guidance to testing laboratories at different stages from sampling planning to the transmission of the test report to their customers, summarizes recent activities and achievements and present the perspectives on new standards under development by the ISO Working Groups dealing with radioactivity measurement in connection with radiological protection.
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