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1 Description and operation
1.1 Application
1.1.1 The dosimeter is designed:
- to measure personal dose equivalent rate
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(hereinafter − DER) of continuous and
pulsed X-ray and gamma (hereinafter “photon”) radiation;
- to measure personal dose equivalent
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(hereinafter − DE) of continuous and pulsed
photon radiation;
- to measure DE accumulation time;
- to alert the user with sound, light and vibration alarms when settable DE or DER alarm
levels are exceeded;
- to indicate current time in hours, minutes;
- to transfer information stored in the dosimeter’s permanent memory to a personal
computer (PC).
The dosimeter is intended for use by the customs and border guards, personnel of medical
institutions, nuclear power plants, radiological and isotope laboratories, emergency services, civil
defense, fire departments, police, as well by a variety of users involved in radiation measurements.
1.1.2 Operation conditions:
- ambient air temperature
from -20 to +50 °С;
- relative air humidity
up to 98 % at 35 °С;
- atmospheric pressure
from 84 to 106.7 kPa.
