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."
The previous limit was 0.5 mR/h at 5cm, taken from ICRP 15. I had noted that it is surprising a) that nobody requested this change until now - shows you how (un)important it is, and b) that nobody objected to the Euratom Directive when it was proposed, as the new limit is different from that found in IEC 60950 and in 21CFR, Subchapter J. Which brings me on to a long-standing "beef" of mine : Given that the X-ray requirements for monitors in UL1950 and 21CFR are to all intent and purposes the same, can CDRH not be persuaded to drop all their paperwork that has to be gone thru to get an Accession number for a monitor, if it is already UL Listed or Recognized ? Regards. John Crabb, Development Excellence (Product Safety) , NCR Financial Solutions Group Ltd., Kingsway West, Dundee, Scotland. DD2 3XX E-Mail :[email protected] Tel: +44 (0)1382-592289 (direct ). Fax +44 (0)1382-622243. VoicePlus 6-341-2289. > -----Original Message----- > From: Chaplis, Bob [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: 08 November 2000 21:21 > To: '[email protected]' > Subject: Directive 96/29/euratom > > > Hello, > > Can anyone tell me when directive 96/29/EURATOM of 13 May 96 was > published > in the European Journal and would anybody have a copy of the directive > that > they would be willing to send me. I would also like to know what the > standard is ( if one ) that the EU has published as acceptable to show > compliance to that directive. Any help would be appreciated. > > > Thank You > > Bob Chaplis > > Genrad. > ------------------------------------------- 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]
