Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency

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Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency

Accreditation No.

14442

Site No.

14433

Date of Accreditation

03 Apr 2002

Address

619 Lower Plenty Road
Yallambie, VIC 3085
Australia

arpansa.gov.au

Contact

Availability

Services available to external clients

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Scope of Accreditation

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Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Calibration

  • The uncertainty of measurement is reported as an expanded uncertainty having a level of confidence of 95% unless stated otherwise
Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
DC and low frequency electrical metrology - Electrical measurement and test equipment Capacitance meters Capacitance Comparison with a reference standard

Capability

with a Calibration and Measurement Capability of - 

0.3% of reading for electrometers,

of an electrical charge greater than 0.1 nC using currents in the range of 10 pA to 2000 pA 

High frequency electrical metrology - Communications, electromagnetic field strength and EMC test equipment E&H field probes and meters; Electromagnetic field hazard meters and warning indicators; Power measuring equipment Power Comparison with a reference standard

Capability


Calibration of Radiofrequency E-field, H-field probes and meters up to 50 W/m2 for frequencies up to 40 GHz and up to
100 W/m2 at 2.45 GHz
with a Calibration and Measurement Capability of –
1.0 dB from 100 kHz to 200 MHz
0.61 dB at 750 MHz and 900 MHz (probe lateral dimension not exceeding 5.5 cm)
1.2 dB from 900 MHz to 1.8 GHz (larger E field probes)
1.0 dB above 1.8 GHz to 40 GHz
Ionising radiation - Ionising radiation standards and equipment Dosimeters Personal dose equivalent and cumulative effective dose Direct measurement against a reference standard Irradiation on a rod phantom to a known Hp (0.07)(mSv) calculated from the air kerma rate using the standard method published in ISO 4037

Capability

with a Calibration and Measurement Capability of -
8.0% of reading for Cs-137 gamma rays,
source activity from 10 TBq to 40 TBq with attenuator block, personal dose equivalent (Hp(0.07)) rates in the range 15 mSv/h to 120 mSv/h, distance of 4m

6.0% of reading for Co-60 gamma rays,
source activity from 10 TBq to 200 TBq with attenuator block, personal dose equivalent (Hp(0.07)) rates in the range 20 mSv/h to 300 mSv/hr, distance of 3m

6.6% of reading for kilovoltage X-rays,
ISO 4037 Narrow Spectrum X-ray Series, personal dose equivalent (Hp(0.07)) rates in the range of 0.4 mSv/h to 45 mSv/h, distance of 2.5m
Personal dose equivalent and cumulative effective dose Direct measurement against a reference standard Irradiation on a phantom to a known Hp(10) (mSv) calculated from the neutron fluence rate using the standard method published in ISO 8529

Capability

with a Calibration and Measurement Capability of -
22.0% reading form AmBe neutron source of activity 110 GBq or 370 GBq, uncollimated beam in a large room, distance of 75cm personal dose equivalent rates in the range 100μSv/h to 500μSv/h
Personal dose equivalent and cumulative effective dose Direct measurement against a reference standard Irradiation on a slab / cylinder phantom to a known Hp(10) / Hp(3) / Hp(0.07) (mSv) calculated from the air kerma rate using the standard method published in ISO 4037

Capability

with a Calibration and Measurement Capability of -


8.0% of reading for Cs-137 gamma rays, source activity in the range 10 TBq to 40 TBq with attenuator block, personal dose equivalent (Hp(10)) / (Hp(3)) / (Hp(0.07)) rates in the range  15 mSv/s to 120 mSv/s, distance 4 m


6.0% of reading for Co-60 gamma rays, source activity from 10 TBq to 200 TBq with attenuator block personal dose equivalent (Hp(10)) / (Hp(3)) / (Hp/0.07)) rates in the range 20 mSv/h to 300 mSv/h, distance of 3 m

 
6.6%  of reading for kilovoltage X-rays,

ISO 4037 Narrow Spectrum X-ray Series, personal dose equivalent (Hp(10)) rates in the range 0.4 mSv/h to 65 mSv/h, distances in the range 2.5 m
ISO 4037 Narrow Spectrum X-ray Series, personal dose equivalent (Hp(3))  / (Hp(0.07)) rates in the range 0.4 mSv/h to 60 mSv/h, distances in the range 2.5 m



Ionising radiation survey instruments Air kerma rate (mGy/h) Direct measurement against a reference standard On-site measurements with a calibrated ionisation chamber 

Capability

with a Calibration and Measurement Capability of -
4.6% of reading for Cs-137 gamma rays,
source activity from 100 MBq to 40 TBq, air kerma rates in the range 0.01 mGy/h to 10 mGy/h, distances in the range 0.4m to 6m

6.0% of reading for kilovoltage X-rays,
in the range of 10 kV to 100 kV, air kerma rates in the range 0.2 mGy/s to 100 mGy/s, distances in the range of 0.15m to 1m

5.0% of reading for kilovoltage X-rays,
in the range of 10kV to 320 kV, air kerma rates in the range 0.2 mGy/s to 10 mGy/s, distances in the range 1m to 4m

Ambient dose equivalent (H*(10) rate (mSv/h)) Direct measurement against a reference standard Calibration free in air in a reference field with ambient dose equivalent calculated from the air kerma rate using the standard method published in ISO 4037

Capability






with a Calibration and Measurement Capability of -
8.0% of reading for Cs-137  gamma rays,
source activity from 10 TBq to 40 TBq with attenuator block, ambient dose equivalent rates in the range of 15 mSv/h to 120 mSv/h, distance in the range 2 m to 4 m
6.0% of reading for Co-60 gamma rays,
source activity from 10 TBq to 200 TBq with attenuator block, ambient dose equivalent rates in the range of 20 mS/v to 300 mSv/h, distance of 3 m
6.6% of reading for kilovoltage X-rays,
ISO 4037 Narrow Spectrum X-ray series, ambient dose equivalent rates in the range of 0.4 mS/v to 60 mSv/h, at a distance of 2.5 m
Neutron survey instruments Ambient dose equivalent (H*(10) rate (mSv/h)) Direct measurement against a reference standard ISO 8529-2 Shadow cone technique using a known Am/Be neutron source

Capability

with a Calibration and Measurement Capability of -
12.0% of reading for AmBe neutron source, activity 110 GBq to 370 GBq, ambient dose equivalent range 10 μSV/h to 400 μSv/h distances in the range of 0.75m to 3m
Therapy dosemeters Absorbed dose to water rate Direct measurement against a reference standard Calibration against reference standard thimble chamber, calibrated against the primary standard, in water phantom in a linac photon beam

Capability

with a Calibration and Measurement Capability of -
0.8% of reading for MV LInac MV photons at 6 MV,  10 MV and 18 MV, for absorbed dose to water rates in the range  20 mGy/s to 70 mGy/s with a source -surface distance of 100 cm and depth of 10 cm x 10 cm x 10cm field 
Air kerma rate (mGy/h) Direct measurement against a reference standard Calibration against the primary standards of air kerma  in kilovoltage X-rays and Co-60 via a secondary standard ionisation chamber 

Capability

with a Calibration and Measurement Capability of-
5.2% of reading for Cs-137 gamma rays,
source of activity from 10 TBq to 40 TBq, air kerma rates in the range 0.006 mGy/s to 0.4 mGy/s, distances in the range of 2 m to 4 m
Absorbed dose to water rate Direct measurement against a reference standard Calibration against reference standard thimble chamber calibrated in Co-60, in water phantom in a linac electron beam, using correction factors from IAEA TRS-398

Capability

with a Calibration and Measurement Capability of -
2.7% reading for MV linac electrons in the range of 15 MeV, absorbed dose to water rates in the range of 50 mGy/s to 100 mGy/s at a source -surface distance of 100 cm and reference depth calculated following IAEA TRS-398 with a 10 cm x 10 cm applicator 
Air kerma rate (mGy/h) Direct measurement against a reference standard Calibration against the primary standard of air kerma 

Capability

with a Calibration and Measurement Capability of -
0.6% reading for Co-60 gamma rays,
source activity from 10 TBq to 200 TBq, air kerma rates in the range of 0.5 mGy/s to 20 mGy/s, distance of 1m
1.4% reading for kilovoltage X-rays,
in the range of 20 kV to 100 kV, air kerma rates in the range of 8 mGy/s to 10 mGy/s, distance of 0.3m
1.1% of reading for kilovoltage X-rays,
in the range of 40 kV to 320 kV, air kerma rates in the range of 0.1 mGy/s to 2 mGy/s, distance of 1 m
Absorbed dose to water rate Direct measurement against a reference standard Calibration against the primary standard of absorbed dose to water 

Capability

with a Calibration and Measurement Capability of -
0.8% of reading for Co-60 gamma rays,
source activity from 10 TBq to 200 TBq, air kerma rates in the range 0.5 mGy/s to 20 mGy/s at a distance of 1m

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