Content

Chapter 1: Physical base:
• 1.1 Origin of the radioactivity
• 1.2 The radioactive source
• 1.3 The radioactive radiation
• 14. Other types of nuclear radiation
• 1.5. Radiation interaction

Chapter II: Biological base:
• 2.1 Deterministic effects
• 2.2 Stochastic effects

Chapter III: Dosimetric quantities:
• 3.1 The (absorbed) Dose
• 3.2 The equivalent dose

Chapter IV: The icrp, the euratom, the belgian legislation:
• 4.1 Recommendations of the ICRP
• 4.2 The EURATOM guidelines
• 4.3 The Belgian legislation

Chapter V: Radioprotection with external radiation:
• 5.1 General principles of dose reduction
• 5.2 Radioprotection of external radiation with photons
• 5.3 Radioprotection of external radiation with b-particles
• 5.4 Radioprotection of external radiation with a-particles

Chapter VI: Radioprotection of internal infections:
• 6.1 General principles of dose reduction
• 6.2 Classes of laboratories
• 6.3 Precautions
• 6.4 Policy with contamination within a laboratory
• 6.5 Monitoring of contamination and personne
• 6.6 The followdose HT,50
• 6.7 Determination of the recorded activity

Course material

Syllabus
Slides, transparencies, courseware
Toledo / e-platform
Articles and literature
The students also get a task on which they have to report.
 

Is also included in other courses

• G0S41A : Stralingsbescherming
• E02R9B : Aanvullingen in radioprotectie

Content

• Chapter I: International Institutions
UNSCEAR
ICRP
Other international institutions: ICRU, IAEA, IRPA, BVS

• Appendix:
Survey of nuclear nuclear tests
The ICRP lung model and its applications to decay products of radon
New ICRP model Digestive system

• Chapter II: European Union
Guidelines basic standards
Medical guidelines

• Chapter III: Organisation and regulation in Belgium
Administrative organization of radiation protection:
- Survey of the involved institutions: FANC-Recognized institutions
- Practical organization of radiation protection: Physical and medical control
- Regulation: ARBIS
Exposure to ionizing radiation in Belgium
Other national institutions:
- NIRAS
- Fund for occupational desease
NNuclear emergency/disaster plan

• Appendix:
NORM in the Belgian phosphate industry
The Chernobyl accident
 

Course material

Syllabus
Slides, transparencies, courseware
Toledo / e-platform
Articles and literature