Abstract
Abstract‘The purpose of these regulations is to establish standards of safety which provide an acceptable level of control of the radiation hazards that are associated with the transport of radioactive material’. This quote from paragraph 101 of Safety Series No 6 highlights the need for adequate methods of measuring radiation and contamination in order to comply with the transport regulations. However Radiation Protection Instruments are unlike other measuring devices in that they are usually not very accurate and the quality of measurement is very much dependent on the skill of the operator. This paper reviews why Radiation Protection Instrumentation (RPI) is different from other measuring devices, discusses the problems that can arise in the use of RPI, and gives some guidance in the selection of suitable RPI for the measurement of radiation and contamination.
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