<p class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">This document specifies the calibration methods under laboratory conditions for dosemeters used for environmental and area monitoring of X and gamma-rays with respect to the operational quantities of the International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements (ICRU)<sup>[</sup></span><span class="citebib"><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">1</span></sup></span><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">]</span></sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">This document extends the dose rate range of </span><span class="stdpublisher"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">ISO</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> <span class="stddocNumber"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">4037</span></span>-<span class="stddocPartNumber"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">1</span></span> below 1,0 µSv·h<sup>−1</sup>. The specific uncertainty components are described for these calibration methods.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">This document also specifies the method for routine checking of active area dosemeters. Routine checking is not a calibration, nor does it replace a calibration, but it is a simple and effective method to routinely verify that the performance of the equipment is continuously maintained after calibration and that the calibration is still valid.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">This document does not deal with the special requirements for the calibration of spectrometer-based environmental dosemeters and passive dosemeters.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">This document specifies the calibration methods under laboratory conditions for dosemeters used for environmental and area monitoring of X and gamma-rays with respect to the operational quantities of the International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements (ICRU)<sup>[</sup></span><span class="citebib"><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">1</span></sup></span><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">]</span></sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">This document extends the dose rate range of </span><span class="stdpublisher"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">ISO</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> <span class="stddocNumber"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">4037</span></span>-<span class="stddocPartNumber"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">1</span></span> below 1,0 µSv·h<sup>−1</sup>. The specific uncertainty components are described for these calibration methods.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">This document also specifies the method for routine checking of active area dosemeters. Routine checking is not a calibration, nor does it replace a calibration, but it is a simple and effective method to routinely verify that the performance of the equipment is continuously maintained after calibration and that the calibration is still valid.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">This document does not deal with the special requirements for the calibration of spectrometer-based environmental dosemeters and passive dosemeters.</span></p>
