Non-ionizing emissions cover about everything from DC to daylight. It refers to emissions with insufficient energy to ionize atoms by stripping away electrons. Ionizing radiation, such as X rays and gamma rays, have enough energy to ionize atoms. Bad stuff in large enough doses.
Ghery Pettit Intel -----Original Message----- From: Patrick Lawler [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 8:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: LVD Essential Requirement for Radiation Protection What does 'non-ioniozing emissions' cover? Is it in the category of personnel safety and low-frequency EMF, or does it encompass simple product emissions like those specified in CISPR 11? On Wed, 12 Jan 2000 11:33:02 -0500, [email protected] wrote: >An interesting thing has happened to the LVD. Until now, the radiation >essential requirement of the LVD has been interpreted as referring to >ionizing radiation and there are harmonized standards addressing that >requirement, for example, EN 60950. That interpretation has now changed. > >In a draft mandate to CENELEC, CEN and ETSI, the Commission is now >interpreting the radiation essential requirement of the LVD to include >non-ionizing emissions and that the limits for the general public are to be >per the Council's EMF Recommendation. The standards bodies are mandated to >produce basic and product standards that would apply to the LV and R&TTE >Directives. > >There are no worker limits promulgated at the EU level. > >Which leads me to my question. When would this new interpretation of the >essential requirement take effect - now or the DOW of the associated >standard? -- Patrick Lawler [email protected] --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] (the list administrators). --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] (the list administrators).
