Radiation Instruments

5-day workshop, US$ 1,895

This workshop provides practical hands-on experience with a variety of portable and laboratory radiation instruments. The course will cover portable instruments including ion chambers, proportional counters, GM meters, and a variety of NaI, plastic, and ZnS scintillation detectors.

The course will also cover laboratory instruments including proportional counters, NaI and solid state detectors, and liquid scintillation counters. We will emphasize how to choose the best instruments for your needs, how to set up and assure that instruments are working properly, how to properly use each instrument, and how to calibrate each instrument. The course also provides instruction on how to interpret radiation measurements, quality assurance, and how to troubleshoot instruments.

Half of each day will be devoted to practical hands-on exercises which will cover instrument calibration collection of survey and dosimetry measurements.

Participants will receive an extensive Radiation Instruments Manual, a certificate of training, and free refresher training (you may attend this class again free). The primary instructors are Ray Johnson, CHP; Dr. Alan Fellman, CHP; and Sean Austin, CHP.

Training Dates

2008
September 29 - October 3
(registration deadline is August 29, 2008
 minimum course registration applies)

*** call 1.800.871.7930***

Course Credits

AAHP - 32 CE Credits
ABIH - 4.5 CM Points

Free refresher training
(you may take this workshop again for free)

Radiation Instruments Course Content

Course Topics

This 5-day course will cover the following topics:

• Radiation fundamentals (2 hours)

• Introduction to Principles of Radiation Measurements - Portable Instruments, Gas Ionization, Scintillation, NaI, ZnS, plastic (5 hours)

• Choosing the right instrument, operational checks, detector troubleshooting, Hands-on exposure measurements (2 hours)

• Gamma spectrometry, hands-on laboratory, calibration, energy alignment, resolution, spectral analysis, actual measurements (6 hours)

• Gas Proportional Detectors, theory and practical exercise (2 hours)

• Principles of Liquid Scintillation counting, laboratory practices, Sample preparation and analysis practical exercise (8 hours)

• Interpreting radiation measurements and Quality Assurance (4 hours)

• Survey design and choice of instrument (3 hours)

• Calibration of Radiation Detection instruments, laboratory exercise, (2 hours)

• Decommissioning & MARSSIM instrumentation and survey measurement documentation (2 hours)

• Situational Problems - Emergency response, laboratory and industrial uses, security issues (2 hours)

The normal daily schedule will involve instruction from 8:00a to 5:00p with a 1-hour lunch break. The class will end at 12:00n on Friday.