HP 6506 - Operational Health Physics
Offered Fall 2004

Credit Hours: 3-0-3
Prerequisites: HP 6403 and HP 6406
Catalog Description: Radiation sources, radiological safety practices and procedures for nuclear facilities and the impact of radiological safety on the design of such facilities.
Textbook: Joseph J. Bevelacqua, Contemporary Health Physics: Problems and Solutions, First Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 1995.
Instructor: Nolan Hertel
References: Patterson and Thomas, Accelerator Health Physics, Academic Press, 1973.
  R. C. McCall, et al., Health Physics Manual of Good Practices for Accelerator Facilities, SLAC-Report 327, 1988.
  H. Cember, Introduction to Health Physics, 3rd Edition, McGraw-Hill, 1996.
  Moe and Vallario, Operational Health Physics Training, ANL-88-26, 1988.
  National Council on Radiation Protection Reports
Objectives: To prepare the students to perform radiological safety analyses and designs.

 

Topics:
Hospital Health Physics
Medical Accelerators
Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine
Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine
Facility Design
Shield Design
Ventilation
 
University Health Physics
Radionuclides in Research
Research Reactors
Fusion Research
Other techniques using radiation generating instruments
 
Fuel Cycle Health Physics
Fuel Fabrication Facility Radiation Environment
Enrichment Facilities
Mining and Milling
Criticality Control and Safety
 
Power Reactor Health Physics
Reactor Components and Control Systems
Radiation from Reactors
Radiation Surveys and Fixed Monitors
Radiological Considerations during Reactor Accidents
Radioactive Waste
 
Accelerator Health Physics
Production of radiations at various energies
High-energy accelerators
Industrial accelerators
Interlocks and alarms
Radiation protection at high power accelerators (beam containment, induced radioactivity,
radioactive material control, component protection)
Measurements
Shielding
 
Enclosures and Contamination Control
Procedures and exposure control practices
Facility layout
Emergency procedures
Hot cells and gloveboxes
Ventilation
Design
Remote handling
Decontamination principles and approaches
Waste disposal
Transportation of radionuclides

Evaluation:

1. Midterm Exam
2. Projects (2)
3. Final Exam
4. Homework

Prepared by: Nolan Hertel
Date: April 10, 1997

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Revised July 2004