SGS Australia Pty Ltd

Site

trading as SGS Radiation Services

Accreditation No.

2562

Site No.

18509

Date of Accreditation

16 Apr 2010

Address

10 / 585 Blackburn Road
Notting Hill, VIC 3168
Australia

sgs.com/en-au/service-groups/radiation-services

Contact

Mr Jirong Wang P: +61 (03) 95743200

Availability

Services available to external clients

SGS Australia Pty Ltd address map

Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
trading as SGS Radiation Services

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
Ionising radiation - Ionising radiation standards and equipment Contamination monitoring instruments Gamma activity Direct measurement against a reference standard In-house procedure CA 018

Capability

Calibration of contamination monitoring instruments using wide area reference sources with Calibration and Measurement Capability of -

7% at 8.1 Bq/cm2 for 238Pu (large area detectors only),

7% at 660 Bq/cm2 for 238Pu

7% at 570 Bq/cm2 for 241Am

7% at 510 Bq/cm2 for 14C

7% at 220 Bq/cm2 for 99Tc

7% at 250 Bq/cm2 for 36Cl

7% at 180 Bq/cm2 for 90Sr/90Y and

7% at 120 Bq/cm2 for 129I

Contamination monitoring instruments; Ionising radiation survey instruments Air kerma rate (mGy/h); Ambient dose equivalent (H*(10) rate (mSv/h)); Exposure rate (mR/h, C/kg/h) Direct measurement against a reference standard In-house procedure CA 001 and CA019

Calibration of ionising radiation survey instruments for exposure rate

(mR/h), air kerma rate (mGy/h) and ambient dose equivalent

(H*(10) rate (mSv/h)) and the corresponding integrated values

(exposure, air kerma and ambient dose equivalent) for survey

instruments with internal timers

Capability

Utilising 662 keV γ-rays in the air kerma rate range of

8 x 10-8 to 1.2 x 10-2 Gy/h using 137Cs sources of activity

with Calibration and Measurement Capability of -

33% using a 370 MBq source,

6% using a 3.7 GBq source,

5% using a 41 GBq source,

5% using a 145 GBq source

Dosimeters Personal dose equivalent and cumulative effective dose Direct measurement against a reference standard In-house procedure CA 010

Capability

Calibration of electronic personal dosemeters for personal dose equivalent Hp(10) (mSv)
 and quartz fibre electrometer dosemeters for exposure (mR)
 Utilising 662 keV γ-rays in the personal dose equivalent range of 2.5 x 10-5 to 1.6 x 10-4 Sv using 137Cs sources of activity 370 MBq, 3.7 GBq, 41 GBq and 145 GBq,
with Calibration and Measurement Capability of -
 8% for electronic dosimeters
 9% for quartz fibre electrometer dosimeters

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Manufactured Goods

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
Ionising radiation - Dosimetry Radiation contamination monitoring instruments Response evaluation Not applicable In-house procedure CA 018
Ionising radiation - Source characterisation Isotopes and other sources of ionising radiation Radionuclide source identification 133Ba gamma ray point source; 137Cs gamma ray point source; 226Ra gamma ray point source; 232Th gamma ray point source; 241Am gamma ray point source; 60Co gamma ray point source In-house procedure CA 018

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