Content

• Radiation protection concepts, guidelines and regulations:
o ICRP 103
o International Basic Safety Standards
• Risk models for biologic effects of ionizing radiation:
o UNSCEAR, ICRP and BEIR VII data
o Lifetime attributible risk
• Monte Carlo model calculations
o Principles of Monte Carlo calculations
o Monte Carlo calculations in internal dosimetry
o Monte Carlo calculations in external dosimetry
o Monte Carlo calculations in shielding calculations
• Local atmospheric dispersion calculations for radiological impact assessments (seminars from Dr. Johan Camps, SCK•CEN)
o The planetary boundary layer
o Gaussian models for routine releases and for accidental releases
o Parameterization of models, determination of atmospheric stability
o Plume rise, topography
o From atmospheric dispersion results towards radiological assessments
• Environmental radiation protection (seminars from Dr. Hildegarde Vandenhove, SCK•CEN)
o Assessment of radiation exposure to the environment and non-human biota: global approach
o Overview of methodologies/approaches to derive benchmarks for environmental risk assessment
o Radiation dosimetry methods for non-human biota

Lab sessions
• ALARA calculations
• Environmental radiation protection: ERICA Tiered impact assessment
• Local atmospheric dispersion calculations for radiological impact assessments

Course material

• Fontana, M.G., Corrosion Engineering, 3rd Ed., McGraw-Hill, 1986.
• Bogaerts, W.F., Active Library on Corrosion (CD-ROM), 2nd Ed., Elsevier, 1998.
• Benjamin, M., Nuclear Reactor Materials and Applications, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1983.
• Glasstone, S. & A. Sesonske, Nuclear Reactor Engineering, 4-th Ed, Vol 1, Chapman & Hall, New York, 1994  (Chapter 7: Reactor Materials, pp 406-462).
• Cahn, R.W., Haasen, P., Kramer, E.J., Materials Science and Technology, Volume 10 B, Volume editor Frost B.R.T. , Chapters 7-9