This standard establishes methods for performance testing, calibration, and usage of sodium iodide detector systems for the measurement of gamma-ray emission rates of radionuclides; the assay for radioactivity; and the determination of gamma-ray energies. It covers both energy calibration and efficiency calibration. The following three techniques are considered: (1) Total spectrum counting (see 5.1) employs a system that counts all events above a low-energy threshold (see 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3). (2) Single-channel analyzer counting (see 5.2) employs a system with a counting window which establishes upper and lower energy boundaries (see 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3). (3) Multichannel analyzer counting (see 5.3) employs a system in which multiple counting windows are utilized. This technique applies to measurements that do not involve overlapping peaks and those for which the continuum under the full-energy peak can be subtracted without introducing unacceptable error [4].