Standard Guide to In-Plant Performance Evaluation of Hand-Held SNM Monitors
Hand-held SNM monitors are an effective and unobtrusive means to search pedestrians or vehicles for concealed SNM when automatic SNM monitors are not available or have sounded an alarm. Facility security plans apply SNM monitors as one means to prevent theft or unauthorized removal of SNM from designated areas. Functional testing of monitors on a daily basis with radioactive sources can assure they are in good working order. The significance of a less frequent, in-plant evaluation of an SNM monitor is to verify that the monitor achieves an expected probability of detection for an SNM or alternative test source. The evaluation verifies acceptable performance or discloses faults in hardware or calibration.
