Practicum in Dosimetry of Ionizing Radiation

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Department of Dosimetry and Application of Ionizing Radiation

Synopsis:

The curriculum enables students to familiarize with physical parameters and constants, supports competency in measuring dosimetric parameters and provides information concerning preferred methods for ionizing radiation measurement results processing. It is a tool for introducing students to the practical aspects of scientific research work.

The duration of each single task is 4 hours, followed by results processing. Active participation in selection of alternative solution methods, requiring complex application of theoretical knowledge.

Requirements:

Active participation on data acquisition and exercises, standalone data analysis and postprocessing into specified outputs (data file, image, map).

Syllabus of lectures:

Syllabus of tutorials:

Non-destructive characterization of spent nuclear fuel assemblies

Scintillation materials measurement of afterglow (decay) curves

X-ray fluorescence analysis

Nuclear medicine, radiation protection and dosimetry

Biological effects of radiation laboratory practice

Measurement of cosmic radiation

Radiocarbon dating AMS Milea facility

Measurement of radon and thoron by grab sampling and continuous monitoring; radon diagnostics

SÚJCHBO: Emergency preparedness

Field gamma spectrometry

Geographic Information Systems data processing

Laboratory gamma spectrometry

Study Objective:

Knowledge:

Awareness expansion of measurement methods, measured parameters, processing and interpretation of measurement results, calibration procedures in radiation protection.

Skills:

Manipulation with ionization radiation sources, test equipment and devices for measuring ionizing radiation.

Study materials:

Key references:

[1] Gerndt, J.: Detectors of ionizing radiation. ČVUT 1995. (in Czech)

[2] IAEA (2003): Guidelines for radioelement mapping using gamma-ray spectrometry data. IAEA-TECDOC-1363, IAEA, Vienna.

[3] Knoll, G.F.: Radiation Detection and Measurement. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Third edition. USA 1999.

Recommneded references:

[1] Meloun, M., Militký, J.: Statistical process of the experimntal data.ARS Magna 1998.

(in Czech)

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Jaderné inženýrství - Aplikovaná fyzika ionizujícího záření (elective course)