Review of international standards for dosemeters.
International standards for radiation protection dosemeters are published by the International Electrotechnical Commission and the International Organization for Standardization. Several standards exist side by side, although they treat the same measuring task, and specify different requirements, so that dosemeters of different quality result. In this paper, the quality of dosemeters is compared by calculating the uncertainty of dose measurements for dosemeters, which just basely fulfil the respective standard. The results are related to general yardsticks on uncertainty laid down by international organisations. Furthermore, technical differences are standards and addressed and a method to make them conform is presented.
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Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Bundesallee 100, D-38116 Braunschweig, Germany. rolf.behrens@ptb.de
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D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000592:standards; D011874:Radiometry / Q000592:standards*; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*