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The American National Standards Institute (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:

This standard provides guidelines specific to the radiation safety aspects of the design and operation of x-ray diffraction and fluorescence analysis equipment. It does not include electrical safety guidelines or other safety considerations outside the realm of radiation safety.

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.

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 ANSI N43.2 WG Chair Ted de Castro.

Submissions must be in a public domain or standard format—i.e., PDF or RTF. Thank you.