1 Scope
This document applies to instruments used to measure the activity and/or activity concentration of gamma-emitting radionuclides in food and/or foodstuffs. This document applies
to instruments used both as gross count type instruments and pulse height analysing
type instruments used in field conditions and in measurement facilities. This document
does not apply to high-resolution spectrometers that use germanium detectors.
The instruments to which this document applies can be used to measure the activity
and activity concentration of gamma-emitting radionuclides for a wide variety of samples, such as soil, sewage,
plant, and animal life.
The object of this document is to establish performance requirements, to provide test
methods and to specify general characteristics, general test conditions, and radiological,
environmental, mechanical and electromagnetic characteristics to be used to determine
whether an instrument meets the requirements of this document. The test results provide
information to end-users and manufacturers regarding the capability of instrument
for reliable measurement of the activity and/or activity concentration of gamma-emitting radionuclides.
This document does not apply to sample preparation.
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