Welcome to Radiation Protection Advice Plus

We are dedicated Chartered Radiation Professionals recognised by the HSE. We believe in providing excellent customer centred services.

• RPA Plus only provides Protection Advice from a Radiation Protection Adviser (RPA) certificated under the Ionising Radiation Regulations (1999). We are not an RPA body using unqualified staff.
• Engineering services for measurements, characterisation and decommissioning.
• Training Services; RPA Plus can provide bespoke training for your requirements and can include practical exercises.

 

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WORKING SAFELY WITH UNSEALED AND SEALED RADIOACTIVE SOURCES

-A COURSE FOR RADIATION WORKERS

30th April; 1:00PM to 5:00PM

The University of East London

Dockland Campus

East Building, Ground Floor EBG07

£95 (Inc) per delegate

The course is designed to enable radiation workers to be aware of the hazards from radioactive sources unsealed sources and sealed sources and the knowledge of  how to protect themselves. We pride ourselves on a lively approach that is as interactive as possible. This leads into the controls to prevent radiation accidents and to lower exposure to As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP).  The controls may be physical or procedural. We show the importance of following local rules.

We will have contamination monitors and dose rate instruments, as typically used in the pharmaceutical industry, on the course and where numbers permit, allow delegates to practice monitoring. 

We cannot escape the law and the Legal Requirements: IRR99 and EPR 2010 are covered.

We have an  open book assessment to help consolidate the course and we issue a certificate of attendance. 

Places on this course are strictly limited, so why not secure your place today?

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Course Programme

 

Timings	WHAT IS THE NATURE OF THE HAZARD? REDUCING DOSE AS LOW AS REASONABLY PRACTICABLE.
13:00 - 13:15   13:15 - 13:40	Introduction. Delegates’ Experience and work requirements   Scientific Background: Radioactivity. Units. Decay. Radiation Properties. Beta Particles, (range and energy) and Bremsstrahlung. Gamma emitters.
13:40 - 14.05	Properties and Hazards: External and Internal Hazards. Activity. Dose concepts: Absorbed dose, Equivalent dose, Effective Dose and Committed Dose. Chemical nature of reagents. The Hazard in Perspective.
14:05 -   14:30	Radiation Controls: Practical Measures: to minimise dose and prevent or meliorate radiation accidents. Measures to prevent the spread of contamination. Storage.
14:30 - 14:45	Demonstration: Monitoring for contamination and dose.  Choice of monitor and dosimeter, interpretation of results. Shielding. Monitoring. Setting up and aliquot dispensing.
14:45 - 15:00	COFFEE
15:00 - 16:00	WHAT THE LAW REQUIRES OF US Legal Requirements: IRR99 and EPR 2010  - What’s new? Risk Assessments. Local Rules. Transport. Inspectors and Licenses. Record keeping. Revision of Exemption Orders.
16:00 - 16:15	Contingency Plans: Incidents. Actions.
16:15 - 16.30	Discussion- Practical Aspects
16:30 – 17:00	Summary, Assessment
17:00	Close
Lecturer(s)	Mr Niall Higbee BSc MSc CRadP MSRP

 

 

 

 

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Whether you are a small or large business, school, college, university or other institution, let our extensive RPA experience offers reassurance for your radiation protection concerns.