Radiation Safety - Safely Working with Radioactive Materials

Introduction

This highly-interactive training course will provide you with all the necessary information and abilities to successfully understand both ionising and non-ionising types of radiation materials and, how to effectively manage these radiation materials safely and with confidence to ensure personnel health and safety and/or to prevent potential environmental impacts.

Most business sector (industry, commercial and service) organisations use, store and dispose of radioactive materials within their normal day-to-day business activities, these business sectors include:

• Oil and gas industry (offshore and onshore facilities)
• Medical facilities (hospitals and clinics)
• Service industries (laboratories, etc,.)
• Manufacturing companies
• Plus, many other business sectors
• Personnel need to be fully informed, trained and monitored to ensure they are not exposed to radiation materials during their work activities and/or when using, storing or disposing of radioactive sources.

This course will highlight:

• The various types and harmful properties of ionising and non-ionising radiation
• The importance and how to effectively carry out radiation exposure assessments
• Understanding key radiation safety management and protection principles
• The biological effects of radiation exposure to the human body

Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will learn to:

• How to carry out radiation exposure assessments
• How to define the two types of radiation
• How to determine the effects of radiation exposure on personnel
• How to develop and implement radiation control procedures
• How to transport, transfer and dispose of radiation materials

The Course Contents

Fundamentals of Radiation Safety

• What is radiation?
• Types of radiation sources (ionising & non-ionising)
• Understanding risk from radiation
• Man-Made radiation materials
• Radiation materials used in industry

Effects of Radiation on the Human Body

• Units of radiation exposure and dose concentrations
• Radiation effects on Human Body
• Categorising radiation exposure effects
• Exposure to radiation (acute & delayed)
• Dose Limits of acceptable radiation exposure

Radiation Exposure Risk Assessment

• Key exposure assessment elements
• Determining potential radiation exposure pathways
• Identifying radiation exposure and short and long term effects
• Evaluating exposure durations and concentrations
• Estimating radioactive chemical and/or particulate impacts

Radiation Management & Control Procedures

• Security of radioactive materials
• Radiation exposure monitoring and detection methods
• Radiation protection solutions (time, distance & shielding)
• Laboratory radiation safety processes
• Radiation precautions and safety procedures

Radiation Management Principles

• Waste disposal of radioactive materials
• Transport and transfer of radioactive materials
• Safe procurement and quarantine of radiation materials