Revised Standard from Last Update.

NATIONAL FOREWORD

This Indian Standard (Part 2) (First Revision) which is identical with ISO 12749-2 : 2022 ‘Nuclear energy, nuclear technologies and radiological protection - Vocabulary - Part 2: Radiological protection’ issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on the recommendation of the Nuclear Energy for Peaceful Applications Sectional Committee and approval of the Chemical Division Council.

This part of IS 16902 provides terms and definitions for general nuclear energy concepts dealing with radiological protection and other related concepts. These concepts include protection for human health and the environment; radiation measurement methods and instruments; and the prevision or direct determination of the effect of ionizing radiation on the body.