Course: Radiation protection

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Course title Radiation protection
Course code FZS/ROCHR
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Landa Jiří, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Beran Tomáš, MUDr.
Course content
Lectures: 1) Selected concepts from nuclear physics, atoms and atomic nuclei, periodic table, basic types of chemical bonds and their energies, table of nuclides, meaning of the terms radioactivity and ionizing radiation 2) Basic concepts in radiation protection, legislation, regulations and recommendations in radiation protection, SÚJB, ICRP, SÚRO, IAEA 3) Radioactivity, causes of radioactivity, beta minus transformation, positron transformation, electron capture, alpha transformation, spontaneous fission, gamma transformation and internal conversion, description of radioactive transformation, nuclear reactions, annihilation 4) Types and properties of ionizing radiation; alpha radiation, beta radiation, electromagnetic radiation, gamma radiation, X-ray radiation, annihilation radiation, neutron radiation 5) Quantities and units used in radiation protection 6) Interaction of radiation with matter in terms of energy transfer and absorption 7) Natural and artificial sources of radiation exposure of the population; external radiation from natural sources, concentrations of natural radionuclides in the environment including water and food, quantification of the contributions of external radiation and internal contamination to the total effective dose; open and closed source 8) Effects of ionizing radiation, principles of justification, optimization and limitation in radiation protection 9) Monitoring program (of people and working environment), dose limits, categorization of workplaces, contribution from external radiation and internal contamination, control of releases of radioactive substances into the environment 10) Quantification of contributions of external radiation and internal contamination to the total effective dose 11) Control of exposure of workers, relevant dose limits, requirements for monitoring of people and working environment 12) Control of exposure of the population, relevant dose limits, contribution from external radiation and internal contamination, control of releases of radioactive substances into the environment 13) Control of medical exposure (patients, persons assisting in diagnostic examinations, volunteers involved in research) 14) Procedures for prevention and mitigation of consequences of radiation accidents, minimization of radiological consequences, emergency preparedness of workplaces, monitoring of emergency situations Exercises: 1) Derivation of relationships between half-life and conversion constant, calculations of conversion constants and activities 2) Activity balance, calculations of volumetric and specific activities 3) Units used in radiation protection, current and former, relationships between them and conversions of values ??given in older literature 4) Calculations of doses from various types of contamination: from ingestion, inhalation and external irradiation

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Practicum, Students' self-study
  • Contacts hours - 42 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the principles and tasks of radiation protection, without which no application of IR and use of radionuclides can be done without. The main variables and units needed to quantify the exposure of persons are summarized. Questions related to the determination of the contribution of individual components of the irradiation (external and internal component) to the total effective dose are discussed in detail. Special attention is paid to the control of exposure of workers, residents and patients. Appropriate dose limits and their interpretation in terms of applicable legislative requirements are given. Emergency situations related to nuclear and radiation accidents are also discussed. Finally, the main documents and recommendations concerning radiation protection are presented.
Students will gain knowledge about the principles and tasks of radiation protection and about the quantification of personal exposure.
Prerequisites
Preconditions are frased in the annotation of the course and in the curriculum of the studying programme.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Test

Exam: - self-study, - oral exam - the exam will include a radiation protection test
Recommended literature
  • Vyhláška č. 422/2016 Sb. Vyhláška o radiační ochraně a zabezpečení radionuklidového zdroje.
  • Vyhláška č. 55/2011 Sb., o činnostech zdravotnických pracovníků a jiných odborných pracovníků..
  • FILIP, Jiří. Radiační ochrana ve stomatologii. Černá Hora: VF, 2013. ISBN 978-80-260-4888-6.
  • FILIPOVÁ, A. et al. Radiační ochrana při radiační mimořádné události. Hradec Králové: Univerzita obrany, 2016. ISBN 978-80-7231-366-2.
  • HUŠÁK, Václav. Radiační ochrana pro radiologické asistenty. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2009. ISBN 978-80-244-2350-0.
  • SABOL, Jozef a Petr VLČEK. Radiační ochrana v radioterapii. Praha: České vysoké učení technické, 2011. ISBN 978-80-01-04757-6.
  • SÚKUPOVÁ, Lucie. Radiační ochrana při rentgenových výkonech - to nejdůležitější pro praxi. Praha: Grada, 2018. ISBN 978-80-271-0709-4.
  • ŠVEC, Jiří. Radiační ochrana: skriptum. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7464-571-6.
  • ULLMANN, Vojtěch. Jaderná a radiační fyzika. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7368-669-7.


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