CURE Institute of Health Physics

RADIATION SAFETY IN NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING

3 Days, $1,500.00

The course is designed for field technicians, supervisors and managers who use gamma cameras for non-destructive testing.  Topics include:

• General information
   
• Structure of matter
   
• Radiation and radioactivity
   
• Measurement of radiation
   
• Biological effects of ionizing radiation
   
• Control of radiation exposure
   
• Federal standards for radiation protection
   
• Radiographic equipment
   
• Emergencies
   
• Transportation
   
• Case histories of radiography incidents
   
• Appendix A - Tables including radioisotope data, half layer values, metric versus traditional units, radiation units
   
• Appendix B - Figures, decay schemes, decay tables
   
• Appendix C - Glossary
   

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