National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency
Site
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency
Accreditation No.
14442
Site No.
14433
Date of Accreditation
03 Apr 2002
Contact
Availability
Services available to external clients
Scope of Accreditation
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Calibration
- The uncertainty of measurement is reported as an expanded uncertainty having a level of confidence of 95% unless stated otherwise
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High frequency electrical metrology - Communications, electromagnetic field strength and EMC test equipment | E&H field probes and meters; Electromagnetic field hazard meters and warning indicators; Power measuring equipment | Power | Comparison with a reference standard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capability Radiofrequency electromagnetic field hazard meters and warning indicators at 1 dB from 100 kHz to 200 MHz |
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Ionising radiation - Ionising radiation standards and equipment | Dosimeters | Gamma activity; Personal dose equivalent and cumulative effective dose; X-ray radiation | Direct measurement against a reference standard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capability Irradiation on a phantom to a known Hp(10) (mSv) calculated from the air kerma rate using the standard method published in ISO 4037 with a Calibration and Measurement Capability of - with a Calibration and Measurement Capability of - |
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Ionising radiation survey instruments | Air kerma rate (mGy/h); Ambient dose equivalent (H*(10) rate (mSv/h)); Gamma activity; X-ray radiation | Direct measurement against a reference standard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Neutron survey instruments | Ambient dose equivalent (H*(10) rate (mSv/h)) | Direct measurement against a reference standard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capability ISO 8529-2 Shadow cone technique using a known Am/Be neutron source(UK primary standard reference beam) with a Calibration and Measurement Capability of - 12.0% of reading in the rate range 20 μSv/h to 200 μSv/h |
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Therapy dosemeters | Air kerma rate (mGy/h); Gamma activity; X-ray radiation | Direct measurement against a reference standard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capability Calibration against reference standard thimble chamber calibrated in Co-60, in water phantom in a linac electron beam, using correction factors from IAEA TRS-398 with a Calibration and Measurement Capability of - Calibration against the primary standards of air kerma and absorbed dose with a Calibration and Measurement Capability of - 1.4% of reading for 662 keV γ-rays in the air kerma rate range of 0.1 mGy/s to 20 mGy/s using a Cs-137 source in the range 10 TBq to 150 TBq 1.3% of reading for kilovoltage X-rays in the air kerma rate range of 0.1 mGy/s to 10 mGy/s, for accelerating potentials of 20 kVp to 300 kVp and half-value layers of 0.1 mm to 20 mm of Al, using a tungsten-target continuous X-ray tube 1.4% of reading for kV X-rays in the range 20 kV to 100 kV at short source-detector distances 0.3% of reading for electrometers of electrical charge greater than 0.1 nC using currents in the range 10 pA to 1000 pA Calibration against the primary standard of air kerma with a Calibration and Measurement Capability of -
with a Calibration and Measurement Capability of - Calibration against decay-corrected absorbed dose to water rate, as calibrated against the primary standard graphite calorimeter, in a water phantom in a Co-60 beam with a Calibration and Measurement Capability of - |
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Accreditation No.
14442
Site No.
14433
Print date
26 Apr 2024