Reed Research Reactor

A Forty-Hour Course at The Reed Research Reactor

Radiation Safety Officer Training
June 18-22, 2012


Course Goal Course Content
Laboratory Sessions Who Should Attend?
What is Provided? Registration
Directions & Hotels

Reed College Reactor has been offering this class every year since 1996.

Course Goal

This course is designed to provide the technical and practical knowledge to prepare someone to be a Radiation Safety Officer (RSO). While documentation and regulation are covered, the emphasis is on the practical skills necessary to properly perform the duties of RSO. The course concludes with a final exam.
This course is designed to meet the forty-hour requirements of 10CFR33.15(b)(2).

The Reed facility includes an operating TRIGA® nuclear reactor, which will be used in some of the laboratory exercises.

Some classes are math based, and a scientific calculator will be given to each student to keep.


All students receive a copy of the lecture notes and The Chart of the Nuclides

College Credit
Three hours of college credit is available through Concordia University in Portland, Oregon for an additional fee of $250.

Course Content

Atomic Structure

Chart of the Nuclides

Radioactive Decay

Modes of Decay

Decay Formula
Calculations

Charged Particle Interactions

Alpha
Beta

Uncharged Particle Interactions

Gamma
Neutron

Shielding

Detectors

Gas Filled Detectors
Scintillation Detectors
Solid State Detectors

Survey Instruments

Applications
Calibration
Techniques
Source Geometry

Radiation Exposure

Units
Radiation Biology
Somatic Effects
Genetic Effects

Radiation Monitoring

Film Badges
TLDs
Dosimetry
Internal Dosimetry
Bioassay

Contamination Control

Radiopharmaceuticals

State and Federal Regulations

Regulatory Limits
Records
Labeling
Transportation

RSO Duties

Radioactive Waste

Emergency Procedures

Some of the Laboratory Sessions

Measuring Radioactive Half-life
Distance and Inverse Square Law
Comparison of Different Instruments
Practical Use of Portable Instruments
Contamination Detection
 Decontamination
Searching for Lost Source
Radiopharmaceuticals
Neutron Activation Analysis
Using Dosimetry
Survey Instrument Calibration


Who Should Attend?

Radiation Safety Officers, Assistant Radiation Safety Officers, and others who work with radioactive materials

What is Provided for Each Course?

Course Manual
Course Certificate
A copy of The Chart of the Nuclides

Registration

You are invited to register by email by sending the below information to: reactor@reed.edu
Or you can mail the information to: Reed College Reactor, 3203 Southeast Woodstock Blvd., Portland, Oregon 97202-8199

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Registration Fee: $1400
3 hours of credit from Concordia University is $250 additional
Each day runs from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

The registration form may be downloaded in doc or pdf.

Directions and Hotel Information

Directions to Reed College can be found at Getting to Reed.

Information about hotels near Reed College is available at the Admissions Page.