Radiation protection course

• Introduction
• Target audience
• Programme
• Prior knowledge & preparation
• Registration & fee
• Course material
• Contact
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Introduction

Radioactivity and ionising radiation are not specific products of the nuclear industry. Radioactive uranium, which can be found everywhere in the soil and in seawater, and the isotope potassium-40, which emits hundreds of gamma rays per second in our body, are only two echoes of the origin of the universe and the earth, and also testify to the fact that radioactivity was (and is) a crucial phenomenon in the evolution and development of nature.

From the end of the 19th century it became clear that radioactivity could also be used as a scientific application in society and its force when used "improperly" also became apparent. The contributions of Pierre and Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Heisenberg and many others have ensured that radioactivity is now a manageable and calculable matter. What has been investigated since, and what was -and is- learned from it, will be included in this course, which treats the following topics:

• Radioactivity, nuclear physics and radioactive phenomena
• Interaction of radiation with matter
• Radiation and dose measurements: introduction, dosimetry, contamination and the practical use of measurement devices
• Gamma spectrometry
• Biological effects of ionising radiation
• Legislation in theory and practice
• Practice of the ALARA philosophy
• Applications of ionising radiation / nuclear installations
• Radon and increased natural radioactivity
• Organisation of off-site emergency planning
• Ethical aspects of radiological risks