This standard specifies minimum performance requirements and test methods for evaluating the performance of alarming personal radiation detectors (PRDs) for homeland security applications. The performance criteria contained in this standard provide means for verifying the capability of the PRDs to reliably detect changes above background levels of ionizing radiation fields and alert the user to these changes. The standard also specifies requirements and test methods for environmental, electromagnetic, and mechanical conditions that may affect the PRDs' response. This standard does not apply to spectroscopic PRDs that have the ability to identify radionuclides. This standard does not apply to instruments that are primarily intended to provide a measurement of dose-equivalent, personal dose-equivalent, or ambient dose-equivalent rate.
- Standard Committee
- IM/RNIS - TC45 - Radiation and Nuclear Instrumentation and Systems
- Status
- Active PAR
- PAR Approval
- 2025-09-10
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- IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society
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- IM/RNIS - TC45 - Radiation and Nuclear Instrumentation and Systems
- Working Group
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N42.32 - N42.32 PRDs
- IEEE Program Manager
- Vanessa Lalitte
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- Leticia Pibida
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