Labs om Detection and Dosimetry of Ionizing Radiation

Lecturer:

Petr Průša (gar.)

Tutor:

Petr Průša (gar.)

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:

16ZPRA, 16DETE, 16DET

Syllabus of lectures:

Syllabus of tutorials:

1)Attenuation of beta radiation (organic scintillation detector)

2)Scintillation spectrometry of gamma rays.

3)Semiconductor spectrometry of gamma rays.

4)Spectrometric detection effieciency HPGe for Marinelli geometry

5)X-ray fluorescent analysis using a proportional counter

6)X-ray fluorescent analysis using a planar Si(Li) detector

7)Dose measurement using TL detectors

8)Gel dosimetry

9)Quality Index measurement of HE photon beam (microtron)

10)Dose measurement in HE photon and electron beams in a water phantom (microtron)

11)Continual methods of radon measurement and growth curve analysis

12)Alpha spectroscopy using YAG:Ce scintillator

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

Media and tools:

dosimetry laboratory

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans: