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Principles of Dosimetry and Radiation Protection

Class at Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové |
GAF214

Syllabus

Introduction to radiation protection

Radiation dose and units

Sources of radiation and radiation background

Ionizing and non-ionizing radiation

Organizations in radiation protection

Physical basis of radiation

Elements, atomic and mass number

Law of radioactive decay

Half-life of radioactive decay

Specific activity 

α, β and γ decay

Decay schemes

Interaction of radiation with matter

Directly and indirectly ionizing radiation 

Process and consequences of interaction of α and β particles with matter

Process and consequences of interaction of γ and X-rays with matter

Process and consequences of interaction of neutrons with matter

Dosimetric definitions and units

Absorbed dose

Equivalent dose

Effective dose

Collective effective dose

Biological effects of radiation

Linear energy transfer

Direct and indirect effects of radiation

Biological effects of radiation

Influence of radiation on the cell cycle

Radiosensitivity

Acute and delayed deterministic effect of radiation

Stochastic effects of radiation

Principles of radiation protection

Internal and external radiation hazard

Main principles of radiation protection (distance, time and shielding)

Half-value layer

Effective half-life

Dose limits

Personal dosimeters

Basic principles of radiation protection in laboratory

Detection and measurement of radiation

Principle and utilization of gas-filled detectors (ionization chamber and Geiger-Müller counter)

Principle and usage of scintillation detectors

Nuclear reactions

Process of fission reactions

Nuclear reactors and nuclear power plants

Linear particle accelerators and cyclotrons

Radionuclide generators  

Annotation

During the lectures of Principles of Dosimetry and Radiation Protection students will get to know with basic characteristics of different types of ionizing radiation and different ways of its measurement . The subject is also focused on interactions of ionizing radiation with matter and its biological effects.

Themes: Sources of radioactivity, Physical basis of radiation, Interaction of radiation with matter, Units and definitions used in dosimetry, Biological effects of ionizing radiation, Principles of radiation protection, Detection and measurement of radiation, Nuclear reactions.