Radiation Protection Technician

This course provides future radiological protection technicians with an overview of radioactivity, sources of radiation, and radioactive decay. Emphasis is placed on plant safety, radiological hazards, and radioactivity containment.

Principles of radiation detection and measurement principles. Application of radiological survey and analysis instruments, sample collection equipment, and calibration sources and equipment.

Radiation biology, radiation effects on simple chemical systems, biological molecules, cells, organisms, and humans. Stochastic vs. deterministic effects, units of exposure, dose and dose equivalent, external dosimetry, internal dosimetry, control of external and internal exposure, detector and instrumentation systems for measuring dose.

Radioactive material control and methods to minimize and control external exposure and airborne radioactivity.

This course focuses on contamination control and appropriate responses to radiological events.

Practical applications and demonstrations of radiation protection and health physics. Radiological protection standards, contamination control, radiological incident evaluation and control, decontamination, and environmental monitoring.