ISO 15559:1998

INTERNATIONAL IS0
STANDARD 15559
First edition
1998-12-15
Practice for use of a radiochromic optical
waveguide dosimetry system
Pratique de I’utilisation d ’un systeme dosimgtrique 2 guide d ’ondes optique
radiochromique
Reference number
IS0 15559: 1998(E)

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IS0 15559: 1998(E)
Foreword
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International Standard IS0 15559 was prepared by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
Subcommittee E1O.O1 (as E 1310-94) and was adopted, under a special “fast-track procedure ”, by Technical
Committee lSO/TC 85, Nuclear energy, in parallel with its approval by the IS0 member bodies.
A new ISO/TC 85 Working Group WG 3, High-level dosimetry for radiation processing, was formed to review the
voting comments from the IS0 “Fast-track procedure” and to maintain these standards. The USA holds the
convenership of this working group.
International Standard IS0 15559 is one of 20 standards developed and published by ASTM. The 20 fast-tracked
standards and their associated ASTM desianations are listed below:
J
IS0 Designation ASTM Designation Title
E 1204-93 Practice for dosimetry in gamma irradiation facilities for food
15554
processing
E 1205-93 Practice for use of a ceric-cerous sulfate dosimetry system
15555
15556 E 1261-94 Guide for selection and calibration of dosimetry systems for
radiation processing
15557 E 1275-93 Practice for use of a radiochromic film dosimetry system
15558 E 1276-96 Practice for use of a polymethylmethacrylate dosimetry system
15559 E 1310-94 Practice for use of a radiochromic optical waveguide dosimetry
system
15560 E 1400-95a Practice for characterization and performance of a high-dose
radiation dosime try calibration labora tory
15561 E 1401-96 Practice for use of a dichromate dosimetry system
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IS0 15559: I 998(E)
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Practice and bremsstrahlung irradiation
15562 E 1431-91 for dosimetry in electron
facilities for food processing
15563 E 1538-93 Practice for use of the ethanol-chlorobenzene dosimetry system
15564 E 1539-93 Guide for use of radiation-sensitive indicators
15565 E 1540-93 Practice for use of a radiochromic liquid dosimetry system
15566 E 1607-94 Practice for use of the alanine-EPR dosimetry system
15567 E 1608-94 Practice for dosimetry in an X-ray (bremsstrahlung) facility for
radiation processing
15568 Practice for use of calorimetric dosimetry systems for electron
E 1631-96
beam dose measurements and dosimeter calibrations
15569 E 1649-94 Practice for dosimetry in an electron-beam facility for radiation
processing at energies between 300 ke V and 25 Me V
E 1650-94 Practice for use of cellulose acetate dosimetry system
15570
15571 E 1702-95 Practice for dosimetry in a gamma irradiation facility for radiation
processing
in for radiation
15572 E 1707-95 Guide for es tima ting uncertain ties dosimetry
processing
Practice for dosimetry in an electron-beam facility for radiation
15573 E 1818-96
processing at energies between 80 keV and 300 keV

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IS0 15559:1998(E)
@ IS0
AMERICAN SOCIEW FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS
Designation: E 1310 - 94
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Reprinted from the Annual Book of ASTM Standards. Copyright ASTM
If not listed in the current combined index, will appear in the next edition.
Standard Practice for Use of a
Radiochromic Optical Waveguide Dosimetry System’
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E 1310; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (c) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
I. Scope 1204 Practice for Dosimetry in Gamma Irradiation
Facilities for Food Processing*
1.1 This practice covers the handling, testing, and proce-
1205 Practice for Use of a Ceric-Cerous Sulfate
dure for using a radiochromic optical waveguide dosimetry
Dosimetry System2
system to measure absorbed dose in materials irradiated by
126 1 Guide for Selection and Calibration of Dosimetry
photons in terms of absorbed dose in water.
Systems for Radiation Processing*
1.2 This practice applies to radiochromic optical
1275 Practice for Use of a Radiochromic Film
waveguide dosimeters that can be used within part or all of
Dosimetry System2
the specified ranges as follows:
1276 Practice for Use of a Polymethylmethacrylate
I .2.1 The absorbed dose range is from 1 to 10 000 Gy for
Dosimetry System*
photons.
2.2 International Commission on Radiation Vnits and
1.2.2 The absorbed dose rate is from 0.001 to 1000 Gy/s.
iMeasurements (ICR V) Reports?
1.2.3 The radiation energy range for photons is from 0.1
ICRU Report 14-Radiation Dosimetry: X-Rays and
to 10 MeV.
Gamma Rays with Maximum Photon Energies Between
1.2.4 The irradiation temperature range is from -78 to
0.6 and 50 MeV
+6O ”C.
ICRU Report 17-Radiation Dosimetry: X-Rays Gener-
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the
ated at Potentials of 5 to 150 kV
safety concerns, &f any, associated with its use. It is the
ICRU Report 33-Radiation Quantities and Units
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish uppro-
ICRU Report 34-The Dosimetry of Pulsed Radiation
priate safety and he&h practices and determine the applica-
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
3. Terminology
2. Referenced Documents
3.1 Definitions:
2.1 &TM Standards:
3.1.1 absorbed dose, D-the quotient of dP by dm, where
170 Terminology Relating to Radiation Measurements
dp is the mean energy imparted by ionizing radiation to the
and Dosimetry*
matter of mass dm (see ICRU Report 33).
177 Practice for Use of the Terms Precision and Bias in
dF
ASTM Test Methods3
=-
D
dm
178 Pra
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