🇵🇱 Narodowe Centrum Badań Jądrowych PL

PCA AP 070 • Otwock, Poland • 7 calibration items

Metrology & calibration

Narodowe Centrum Badań Jądrowych is a calibration laboratory accredited by PCA under number AP 070 (Otwock, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 7 calibration items in the following areas: Metrology & calibration. Calibrated items include: Ionising radiation dosimeters, Passive dosimeters, Dosimetric instruments for gamma radiation measurement, Dosimetric instruments for neutron radiation measurement. Most frequently used calibration principles: Internal procedure; At permanent location (S), Internal procedure; Measurement; At permanent location (S), Internal procedure.

At a glance

  • Accreditation number: PCA AP 070
  • Calibration items in scope: 7
  • Types of calibrated items: 5
  • Calibration principles used: 3
  • City: Otwock, Poland
  • Valid until: 04-11-2028
Accreditation number
AP 070
Accreditation body
PCA
Address
ul. Andrzeja Sołtana 7, 05-400 Otwock
City
Otwock, Poland
Division
Laboratorium Pomiarów Dozymetrycznych, Dział Kalibracji Aparatury Dozymetrycznej
Valid until
04-11-2028

What this laboratory calibrates (5)

Calibration principles (3)

Certificate information

Issue date
17.10.2024
Issue no.
19
Certificate date
03.07.2019
Accreditation cycle
17.10.2024 — 04.11.2028
Approved by
Katarzyna Wiśniewska

Accreditation scope — calibration items (7)

The uncertainty covered by the CMC is the expanded uncertainty with a coverage probability of approximately 95 %. The value expressed as a percentage is a relative measurement uncertainty and refers to a percentage contribution in the value of the measurand.

No. Calibrated quantity / subject of calibration Nominal range / parameters / CMC Calibration principle Calibration procedure
Calibration items
1 Dosimetric instruments for gamma radiation measurement
Ionising radiation dosimeters
Calibration — Dosimetric quantities
air kerma rate — 1 μGy·h⁻¹ to 50 mGy·h⁻¹ · CMC 3,5 % ambient dose equivalent rate — 1 μSv·h⁻¹ to 50 mSv·h⁻¹ · CMC 5 % exposure rate — 0,1 mR·h⁻¹ to 5 R·h⁻¹ · CMC 3,5 % air kerma — 1 μGy to 10 Gy · CMC 4 % ambient dose equivalent — 1 μSv to 10 Sv · CMC 5 % personal dose equivalent — 1 μSv to 10 Sv · CMC 5 % exposure — 0,1 mR to 1 kR · CMC 4 %
Dosimetric quantities
Internal procedure; At permanent location (S) G-1
2 Passive dosimeters Calibration — Dosimetric quantities
air kerma — 10 μGy to 10 Gy · CMC 2,5 % ambient dose equivalent — 10 μSv to 10 Sv · CMC 5,5 % personal dose equivalent — 10 μSv to 10 Sv · CMC 5,5 %
Dosimetric quantities
Internal procedure; Measurement; At permanent location (S) G-2
3 Ionising radiation dosimeters Calibration — Dosimetric quantities
air kerma — 10 μGy to 10 Gy · CMC 2,5 % ambient dose equivalent — 10 μSv to 10 Sv · CMC 5,5 % personal dose equivalent — 10 μSv to 10 Sv · CMC 5,5 %
Dosimetric quantities
Internal procedure; At permanent location (S) G-2
4 Dosimetric instruments for neutron radiation measurement Calibration — Dosimetric quantities
fast neutron fluence rate — 3 cm⁻²·s⁻¹ to 900 cm⁻²·s⁻¹ · CMC 3 % neutron ambient dose equivalent rate — 10 μSv·h⁻¹ to 1500 μSv·h⁻¹ · CMC 10 % neutron dose equivalent rate — 1 mrem·h⁻¹ to 150 mrem·h⁻¹ · CMC 10 %
Dosimetric quantities
Internal procedure; At permanent location (S) N-1
5 Passive dosimeters Calibration — Dosimetric quantities
ambient dose equivalent — 25 μSv to 10 mSv · CMC 10,5 % personal dose equivalent — 25 μSv to 10 mSv · CMC 10,5 %
Dosimetric quantities
Internal procedure; Measurement; At permanent location (S) N-2
6 Ionising radiation dosimeters Calibration — Dosimetric quantities
ambient dose equivalent — 25 μSv to 10 mSv · CMC 10,5 % personal dose equivalent — 25 μSv to 10 mSv · CMC 10,5 %
Dosimetric quantities
Internal procedure N-2
7 Meters and monitors for alpha and/or beta radioactive contamination measurement Calibration — Surface emission of radiation
surface emission of radiation, alpha radiation: ²⁴¹Am — 11,6 s⁻¹·cm⁻² · CMC 4,5 % beta radiation: ³⁶Cl — 11,9 s⁻¹·cm⁻² · CMC 4,5 % beta radiation: ⁹⁰Sr — 21,3 s⁻¹·cm⁻² · CMC 4,5 % beta radiation: ¹⁴C — 25,1 s⁻¹·cm⁻² · CMC 4,5 %
Surface emission of radiation
Internal procedure; At permanent location (S) P-1

Reference standards (5)

G-1
G-2
N-1
N-2
P-1

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