NORM Radiation Safety Officer
Date | New dates will be published soon |
Cost |
$4,060 plus GST
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Venue | ANSTO New Illawarra Road Lucas Heights NSW 2234 |
Register: 2 - 6 June 2025 | |
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Course Objective
Develop sufficient radiation protection knowledge and skills to be able to:
- recognise the need for an operational and management framework for the safety and security of radioactive substances and radiation apparatus
- formulate and implement a radiation protection program
- comply with regulations, standards and requirements
Audience
Personnel that have operational or management responsibilities for NORM (naturally occurring radioactive material) as part of their work:
- as a Radiation Safety Officer in industries such as mining or oil and gas
- in a role that requires a detailed understanding of the science of ionising radiation, radiation safety and security, and emergency response in an industrial settings that is affected by NORM
Course Content
- Radiation in the Environment
- Scientific Background
- Workshop: Scientific Background
- Biological Effects of Radiation
- Radiation Protection Principles
- External Radiation Hazards
- Internal Radiation Hazards
- Instrumentation & Personal Dosimetry
- Monitoring
- Workshop: Derived Air Concentration
- NORM in Industry
- Workshop: Specific Activity
- Lecture & Workshop: The Chart of Nuclides
- NORM Exposure Pathways
- Dealing with Dust
- Dealing with Radon
- Radionuclide Deportment in Processing
- Legislation and Codes of Practice
- Responsibilities
- Role of a Radiation Safety Officer
- Workshop: Radiation Protection Calculations
- Industrial Gauges
- Practical: Dose Rate Survey
- Workshop: Workplace Monitoring Scenarios
- Lecture & Workshop: Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials
- Workshop: Developing a Radiation Management Plan
- Practical: Surface Contamination Survey
- Incident Preparedness and Response
- Workshop: Incident Scenarios
- Risk Assessment
- Workshop: Radiological Risk Assessment
- Radioactive Waste Management
- Source Security
Tours
- Instrument Calibration Facility
- OPAL (Open Pool Australian Lightwater) reactor
- Minerals Facility
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