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