Practicum in Detection and Dosimetry of Ionizing Radiation

Garant předmětu:

Jiří Martinčík, Petr Průša

Lecturer:

Tutor:

David Chvátil, Jiří Martinčík, Radim Možnar, Pavel Novotný, Petr Průša, Zdeněk Zelenka

Supervisor:

Department of Dosimetry and Application of Ionizing Radiation

Synopsis:

Subject consists of practical exercises. They should learn students to operate nuclear instrumentation common in praxis, and also to do measurements, which may be part of their future jobs.

Requirements:

Required prerequisities are 16ZPRA, 16DETE.

Syllabus of lectures:

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Film dosimetry

2. High resolution spectrometry of gamma rays

3. Detector spectrometric detection effieciency measurement

4. X-ray tube filtration measurement

5. Radionuclide X-ray fluorescent analysis

6. Gel dosimetry

7. Properties of photon beam (microtron)

8. Dose measurement in HE photon and electron beams in water (microtron)

9. Radon volume activity growth curve analysis measured by RADIM-3 detector

10. Alpha spectroscopy using YAG:Ce scintillator

11. Dose profiles analysis of therapeutic 137Cs irradiator

Study Objective:

Knowledge:

Practical knowledge of nuclear equipment, instrumentation and detection systems used for routine calibration and measurement.

Abilities:

Individual work with a variety of nuclear instrumentation devices, processing, presentation and interpretation of measured data.

Study materials:

Key references:

[1]Gerndt J., Průša P., Detektory ionizujícího záření, 2. přepracované vydání, Vydavatelství ČVUT, Praha, 2011.

Recommended references:

[2] Knoll G.F., Radiation Detection and Measurement, John Wiley & Sons, 4th edition, 2010

[3] S.N. Ahmed: Physics & Engineering of Radiation Detection, Elsevier, 2nd edition, 2015

Media and tools:

dosimetry laboratory

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2023/2024:

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Time-table for summer semester 2023/2024:

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The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Radiologická technika (compulsory course in the program)