On Thu, 9 Nov 2000 09:32:19 -0000, John Crabb <[email protected]> wrote: >In the latest edition of EN 60950:2000, Safety of IT Equipment, >Annex H, Ionizing Radiation, you will find the following changed >text : - >"At any point 10cm from the surface of the OPERATOR ACCESS >AREA, the dose rate shall not exceed 1uSv/h (0.1 mR/h) (see note). >Account is taken of the background level. >NOTE - These values appear in Directive 96/29/Euratom." <snip>
The unit of ionizing radiation mentioned (uSv/h) looked unusual - not surprising, since I don't work in that field. I looked it up on the web, and found some interesting background on that unit of measurement: http://www.ki.se/onkpat/radfys/sievert/Sievert.html ---- Patrick Lawler [email protected] ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: [email protected] Michael Garretson: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected]
