Radiation safety

The target audience for this course is professionals involved in the handling of packaged and unpackaged radioactive materials during their acceptance, loading, storage, unloading and transportation. Such workers should receive appropriate training in nuclear and radiation safety related to their activities and the precautions to be taken to ensure that their exposure and exposure of others is restricted.

The scope of the study program "Radiation Safety Fundamentals" is 24 ac. hours. The courses are recommended to enterprises that produce, process, store and transport radioactive materials, as well as to the relevant regulatory authorities.

During the course, students study the main provisions of international conventions, agreements, recommendations and national regulatory documents in the field of radiation safety, in particular the UN Model Regulations for the Transport of Dangerous Goods, the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG Code), the Agreement on the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR), European Agreement on the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (ADN), Appendix 2 of "Regulations for the Transport of Dangerous Goods" to the Agreement on International Goods Transport by Rail (SMGS), Federal Law "On Radiation Safety of the Population" dated January 09, 1996 № 3-FZ, Federal Law "On the sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population" № 52-FZ dated 1999, etc.

Candidates for training must have higher or secondary specialized education, or at the time of training they must be trained in programs of higher or secondary specialized education. Upon completion of training, course graduates who have successfully passed the exam receive certificates of advanced training of the established form.