Radiation Protection

In this course radiation safety will be discussed in all its aspects. Special attention will be paid to radiation safety in hospitals. On successful completion of this course, the certificate Radiation Protection Expert (Stralingsdeskundige op het niveau van de coordinerend deskundige) will be awarded.

Short recap of content of radiation protection TMS-MT

Lectures and tutorials on:

- Radiation, radioactivity, decay.

- Radiation sources.

- Interaction of radiation with matter.

- Methods of radiation detection.

- Radiation dosimetry.

- Radiation shielding.

- Biological effects of ionizing radiation.

- Internal dosimetry.

- Natural and man-made sources/background radiation.

- Radiation protection philosophy (protection principles).

- Rules and regulations; organizational, procedural and administrative tasks.

- Safety measures; operational radiation protection.

- Radiation protection when handling open sources.

- Non-ionizing radiation

You are only allowed to take part in the exam after doing all the practical work and the mandatory sessions. The practical work is "valid" for a period of 2.5 years. After this period you would have to redo the practical work in order to take part in the exam.

The final grade consists of:

- part 1: Multiple Choice (written closed book exam), (max 33 points)

- part 2: 4 problems (essay type questions, written open book exam), (max 67 points)

Please Note: This exam is special in the sense that is a Dutch national exam, this means that the results are only available after the national exam committee has agreed on the results in a national meeting. In general this is 8-9 weeks after the exam.

Examinering wordt, in verband met de landelijke erkenning van het bijbehorende diploma tot stralingsbeschermingsdeskundige en in overleg met de studiecoördinator, als volgt: on campus-meerkeuze examen gevolgd door open boek examen. In het geval van onvoorziene omstandigheden of maatregelen als gevolg van bijvoorbeeld COVID-19, wordt de voorgeschreven wijze van toetsen: online tentamen, 15 korte vragen waarmee parate kennis wordt getoetst gevolgd door een open boek tentamen (2 vragen), het online tentamen zal niet leiden tot een landelijk erkend diploma tot stralingsbeschermingsdeskundige.

The preferred examination method is on-campus as described above. If this is not possible, due to COVID-19 or other measures, the exam will be replaced by an online exam. This exam will consist of 15 short ready knowledge questions, followed by 2 essay type questions (written open book). The online exam can not result in a Dutch diploma for a radiation protection expert.

All rules and regulations that apply can be found in the related documents via, https://www.tudelft.nl/studenten/me-studentenportal/onderwijs/gerelateerd/regelingen-reglementen