Comparative Analysis of International and Russian Standards Covering Radiation Protection Instrumentation

Abstract

The article provides brief information on organizations whose field of activity is the development of international standards. Using specific examples, the authors show the advantages of the approach to the standardization of radiation protection devices that exists in the international IEC and ISO standards in comparison with this approach in the Russian national standards and standards of the organization. The comparison is carried out in the following three aspects: terminology; requirements for technical characteristics; the relationship between these requirements, the associated test methods and the criteria for passing the test.