IEEE N42.17C

Description / Abstract: Foreward

(This Foreword is not a part of ANSI N42.17C-1989, American National Standard Performance Specifications for Health Physics Instrumentation-Portable Instrumentation for Use in Extreme Environmental Conditions.)

This standard is the responsibility of the Accredited Standards Committee N42 on Radiation Instrumentation. Committee N42 delegated the development of the standard to its Subcommittee N42.1 Drafts were reviewed by Committee N42, Subcommittee N42.1, and other interested parties, and the comments received were utilized in producing the standard as finally approved and discussed. Performance criteria contained in this standard were tested for applicability under the standard was approved by Committee N42 letter ballot of February 6, 1989.

At the time it approved this standard, the Accredited Standards Committee on Radiation Instrumentation, N42, had the following members:

Louis Costrell , Chair

Sue Vogel , Administrative Secretary

American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists

Jesse Lieberman

Battelle pacific Northwest Laboratories

Jack M. Selby

Health Physics society

J. B. Horner Kuper

Jack M. Selby ( Alt. )

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Louis Costrell

David C. Cook ( Alt. )

Julian Forster ( Alt. )

Anthony J. Spurgin ( Alt. )

Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

Lee J. Wagner

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Paul L. Phelps

Nuclear Suppliers Association

Kenneth F. Sinclair

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Hugh R. Brashear

UCLA Center for the Health Sciences

James E. McLaughlin

US Department of the Army

Edward Groeber

US Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Louis Costrell

US Department of Energy

Gerald Goldstein

US Federal Emergency Management Agency

Carl R. Siebentritt

US Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

Edward C. Wenzinger, Sr.

Members-at-Large 

Joseph G. Bellian

David C. cook

Ernesto A. Corte

John M. Gallagher

Dick A. Mack

Edward J. Vallario

At the time this standard was approved, Subcommittee N42.1 had the following members:

Jack M. Selby , Chair

J. G. Bellian

Edmond Goodale

J. D. Henderson

R. L. Kathren

William Klein

H. W. Patterson

C. R. Siebentritt

The working group for this standard had the following members:

J. M. Selby , Chair

K. L. Swinth , Vice Chair

B. V. Anderson*

J. G. Bellian

M. V. Federline 

J. A. Flanigan

D. M. Fleming

J. A. Jones*

J. N. Little

R. B. Neel

G. J. Oliver

R. D. Terry

R. P. Ulman

C. K. Brown

A. L. Cucchiara

L. M. Earls

J. G. Flaherty

R. L. Kathren

J. L. Kenoyer

*Deceased  

Replaced by another NRC representative

Consultant

The following persons were on the balloting committee that approved this document for submission to the Accredited Standards Committee N42:

J. G. Bellian

H. R. Brashear

D. C. Cook

L. Costrell

J. Forster

J. M. Gallagher

G. Goldstein

E. Groeber

J. B. Horner Kuper

J. Lieberman

D. A. Mack

J. E. McLaughlin

J. M. Selby

C. R. Siebentritt

K. F. Sinclair

A. J. Spurgin

E. J. Vallario

L. J. Wagner

E. C. Wenzinger, Sr.

Scope

This standard establishes minimum acceptable performance criteria for health physics instrumentation for use in ionizing radiation fields under extreme environmental conditions. Included are testing methods to establish the acceptability of each type of instrumentation. This standard does not specify which instruments or systems are required, nor does it consider the number of specific applications of such instruments. This standard supplements the basic performance requirements for health physics instrumentation as specified in ANSI N42.17A [2]. ¹ Specifications in this standard are expected to be called for by the user as required and should not be considered as general specifications.