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Answer to Question #1371 Submitted to "Ask the Experts"

Category: Policy, Guidelines, and Regulations — Policy and Cost-Benefit Issues

The following question was answered by an expert in the appropriate field:

Q
I am trying to find a location to download the new HPS/ANSI N12.12 standard on Surface and Volume Radioactivity Standards for Unconditional Clearance. Please identify a Web site or if possible send it to my email address.
A
We have a standard, ANSI/HPS N13.12-1999, "Surface and Volume Radioactivity Standards for Clearance," posted on our Web site under the Standards Section. It is under Members Only. If you are not a member of the Health Physics Society you can order a printed version of that standard by contacting the Society Secretariat.
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