NORM Radiation Safety Officer

Course Objective

Develop sufficient radiation protection knowledge and skills to be able to:

• recognise the need for an operational and management framework for the safety and security of radioactive substances and radiation apparatus
• formulate and implement a radiation protection program
• comply with regulations, standards and requirements

Audience

Personnel that have operational or management responsibilities for NORM (naturally occurring radioactive material) as part of their work:

• as a Radiation Safety Officer in industries such as mining or oil and gas
• in a role that requires a detailed understanding of the science of ionising radiation, radiation safety and security, and emergency response in an industrial settings that is affected by NORM

Course Content

• Radiation in the Environment
• Scientific Background
• Workshop: Scientific Background
• Biological Effects of Radiation
• Radiation Protection Principles
• External Radiation Hazards
• Internal Radiation Hazards
• Instrumentation & Personal Dosimetry
• Monitoring
• Workshop: Derived Air Concentration
• NORM in Industry
• Workshop: Specific Activity
• Lecture & Workshop: The Chart of Nuclides
• NORM Exposure Pathways
• Dealing with Dust
• Dealing with Radon
• Radionuclide Deportment in Processing
• Legislation and Codes of Practice
• Responsibilities
• Role of a Radiation Safety Officer
• Workshop: Radiation Protection Calculations
• Industrial Gauges
• Practical: Dose Rate Survey
• Workshop: Workplace Monitoring Scenarios
• Lecture & Workshop: Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials
• Workshop: Developing a Radiation Management Plan
• Practical: Surface Contamination Survey
• Incident Preparedness and Response
• Workshop: Incident Scenarios
• Risk Assessment
• Workshop: Radiological Risk Assessment
• Radioactive Waste Management
• Source Security

Tours

• Instrument Calibration Facility
• OPAL (Open Pool Australian Lightwater) reactor
• Minerals Facility