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Course participants will acquire knowledge to exercise safe handling of radioactive materials and/or irradiating apparatus when they perform radiation work. Course Synopsis To ensure the safe use of ionizing radiation for employees engaged in performing diagnostic industrial radiography using gamma-ray projectors and/or X-ray machines. This course is designed for those with little or no knowledge of radiation, to handle radioactive materials and/or irradiating apparatus safely at work. • Radioactivity, properties of gamma and other particulate emissions • Quantities and units: radioactivity, half-life, dose and dose rate, energy • Production of x-rays: atomic and bremsstrahlung • Interaction of radiation with matter, ionization, Compton Scattering. • Biological effects of radiation • Shielding calculations, calculate dose from dose-rate, inverse square law • Radiation instruments for detection and measurement – personal dosimeter, survey meters, area monitors • Practical aspects of NDT Radiography – types of gamma and x-radiography equipment, walled enclosures, site radiography. • Dose limits, personal monitoring, responsibilities of the licensee • Labeling of radiation areas and radiation sources, storage of radioactive sources, source movement records, transportation of sources, safety and security of sources. • Accidents. Possible accident scenarios, SOP, Emergency Procedures. Contingency plans, Accident reporting.

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