[ RadSafe ] ANSI Standard N43.2-2001 to Be Revised - writing committee members sought (IGNORE) Redundant info!!

[Sander Perle]

Ignore my response to Ted!

Regards,

Sandy
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> On Jan 16, 2019, at 13:19, Sander Perle <sandyfl at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> This is the current status:
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> Radiation Safety for X-Ray Diffraction and Fluorescence Analysis Equipment 
> (HPS website as ANSI/HPS N43.2-2001. Reaffirmed 2010)    Jeffery Leavey
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> WG Chair
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> Regards,
> 
> Sandy
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jan 16, 2019, at 12:43, Ted de Castro <tdc at xrayted.com> wrote:
>> 
>> This was posted in the January Health Physics Newsletter and hasn't had a lot of response so far - so I am "casting the net further". ANSI standards are "consensus standards" so I am hoping for a broad base on the writing committee and would like to see not just users and/or regulators but manufacturers or system fabricators as well.
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>> ANSI Standard N43.2-2001 to Be Revised
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>> The ANSI-Standard, Radiation Safety for X-ray Diffraction and Fluorescence Analysis Equipment, (N43.2- 1991) is due for revision, or withdrawal under ANSI policies. This standard was reviewed and reaffirmed in 2010 and has as its scope the following :
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>> This standard provides guidelines specific to the radiation safety aspects of the design and operation of x-ray diffraction and
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>> fluorescence analysis equipment. It does not include electrical
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>> safety guidelines or other safety considerations outside the realm of radiation safety.
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>> Much of this standard remains relevant and useful, however, technologies just emerging in 1991 and completely new technologies have come into common application in analytical x-ray machines and have proceeded without standards guidance. This standard needs to address these elements and consequential operational changes.
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>> The subcommittee responsible for this standard is soliciting members to form the Writing Group (WG) to consider and prepare a revised standard. If you are interested in working on the revision of this standard, please send a letter of interest and a CV to:
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>> 
>> Ted de Castro
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>> Chair Ansi N43.2 WG
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>> Email: tdc at xrayted.com <mailto:tdc at xrayted.com>
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>> Submissions must be in a public domain or standard format – ie. PDF or RTF thank-you.
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