Annex (1)
 Updated on: 2006-12-19
 To The Accreditation Certificate No. JAS Test - 020 Dated 2004-08-01
 For Radiation Measurements and Calibration Laboratory
in the Mechanical Design and Technology Center
at the Royal Scientific Society / Amman

 

Scope of Accreditation

In the Field of Radioactivity Measurement Using
Gamma-Ray Spectrometry

Tested Parameter / Type of Test / Measured Quantity
Test Methods/Standards 

Materials of density range 0.74 g cm-3 to 1.7 g cm-3 including:

Aqueous solutions, leachates, biota, ash, soils/sediments, geological materials, water & foodstuffs.

Spectral analysis of gamma-ray using high purity germanium detector.

-Energy Range:

 46.0 keV to 2.650 MeV.

-Activity Range:

1.0 Bq/kg to 3.7 MBq/kg.

§         In-house methods:

·   WI342A/01 [Issue No.: (4); Date: 2006-01-17] – Set up of a high resolution gamma-ray spectroscopy system.

·   WI342A/02 [Issue No.: (4); Date: 2006-09-28] – Calibration of high resolution gamma-ray spectroscopy system.

·   WI342A/03 [Issue No.: (2); Date: 2003-08-27] – Sample preparation for radionuclide concentration measurement using high resolution gamma-ray spectroscopy.

·   WI342A/04 [Issue No.: (2); Date: 2003-08-27] – Measurement of radionuclide concentration using high resolution gamma-ray spectrometry.

·   WI342A/05 [Issue No.: (2); Date: 2004-09-06] – Computerized analysis of high resolution gamma-ray spectra.

·   WI342A/06 [Issue No.: (2); Date: 2003-08-27] – Final disposal of tested samples.

·   WI342A/07 [Issue No.: (1); Date: 2003-08-27] – Setting up and operating a quality control for gamma-ray spectrometry.

Ø   Based on:

1.      American Standard ASTM E181:1998(2003) – Standard test methods for detector calibration and analysis of radionuclides.

2.      International Standard ISO 10703:1997 – Water quality - Determination of the activity concentration of radionuclides by high resolution gamma-ray spectrometry.
 

 

List of employees in the laboratory who are technically responsible for issuing the test reports in the scope of accreditation:

1- Head of Non-Destructive Testing & Radiation Protection Division / Eng. Saed Barakat.
 

2- Head of Lab/ Mr. Samer Al- Kharouf.