GB/T 12162.1-2025 X and gamma reference radiation for calibrating dosemeters and doserate meters and for determining their response as a function of photon energy—Part 1:Radiation characteristics and production methods
GB/T 12162.1-2025 X and gamma reference radiation for calibrating dosemeters and doserate meters and for determining their response as a function of photon energy—Part 1:Radiation characteristics and production methods
Basic Information
Scope
This document describes the radiation characteristics and generation methods used to calibrate the protection level dosimeters and dose rate meters X and γ reference radiation according to the operational utility dose.
This document is applicable to reference radiation fields with an air kerma rate of not less than 1 μGy·h-1.
This document is not applicable to air kerma rates below this limit, which require special consideration of (natural) background radiation.
The radiation qualities specified in Chapters 4 to 6 have sufficient publicly available information to define the matching or characterization of the reference field, in order to achieve a target of an extended uncertainty of about 6% to 10% (k=2) related to the phantom. The X-ray radiation fields described in Appendices A to C are not designated as reference X-ray radiation fields.