Welcome

Syllabus

Fundamental principles and theory of radiation protection including:
- Regulatory agencies
- Dose units
- Sources of radiation
- Biological effects and risk
- Dose limits
- Applications of external and internal dosimetry
- Shielding and atmospheric dispersion

Textbook

Cember - Introduction to Health Physics, 3rd Ed

Course Material

Site includes
- Presentation material
- Links to streaming video (e-campus students)
- Calendar
- Homework
- Quizzes
- Grades

Learning Objectives

Expand students’ (both nuclear engineers and radiation health physicists) understanding of concepts and applications of radiation protection
Students will be able to state and illustrate fundamental precepts of radiation protection including:
- Components of radiation dosimetry,
- Techniques of internal and external radiation dose calculations,
- Radiation dose limits, and,
- Radiation safety guides
Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding and capability for thoughtful discussion related to radiation shielding including:
- interactions of radiation with matter
- gamma ray shielding

the point kernal methods
calculations of radiation doses from external radiation sources
apply computer software to shielding problems
neutron shielding and
Monte Carlo methods and techniques

Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding and capability for thoughtful discussion related to:
- atmospheric dispersion of contaminant materials including the meteorology of dispersion, the diffusion of effluents, deposition and fallout,
- calculation of radiation doses from dispersed contaminants (both internal and external doses), and
- applications of computer software to atmospheric dispersion problems

Grading

Homework
- 25%
Group Project
- 25%
Exams
- 50%
Graduate students will have additional:
- Homework
- Responsibilities
- Exam questions

Lecture Order

Topic	Reading Chapter(s) in Cember
1. History of Radiation Protection	Course Notes
2. Regulatory Agencies	Course Notes, Ch 8
3. Review of Fundamentals	Ch 1-5
4. Sources of Radiation	Course Notes, Ch 4
5. Dose Units	Ch 6
6. Biological Effects and Risk	Ch 7
7. Dose Limits	Ch 8
8. External Dosimetry	Ch 10
9. Internal Dosimetry	Ch 11
10. Shielding	Ch 10
11. Atmospheric Dispersion	Ch 11

Key Dates

First – Check weekly calendar on Blackboard for postings
Oct 7 – 9: No lectures
Nov 4: No lecture
Thanksgiving Nov 27-28
Finals week – Dec 8-12

Project

Perform an assessment on a radiological threat.
Present results in writing and in visual media.
- Production Tutorials
  - Text-only files How to make a .txt file from any word processing software.
  - Optimize Images How to optimize images for word processing, presentations, or web pages to be sent via the Internet.
  - Acrobat Reader files How to make an Acrobat Reader (.pfd) file.
  - Presentation files How to Make a PowerPoint Presentation.
  - Web Pages How to convert at Word .doc file to a web page .htm file and other methods.
Project Content & Goals.
- Describe type of threat .
- Analyze credibility of threat.
- Present countermeasures.
- Describe potential consequences & protective actions.
- Discuss remedial actions.
- Other aspects as appropriate.

Important Information

Course Evaluation

In week 10, the opportunity to evaluate this course is provided with instructions. Please help our teaching staff improve the quality of this course by filling in the evaluation in the Online Student Services area of the OSU web site. Thank you.