Industrial Radiation Safety

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Audience:
All employees who work around non-isotope radiation sources (sealed radioactive materials)

Average
Training Time:

30 to 45 minutes NOTE

US Code of Federal Regulation Reference:
Title 29, Part 1910,
Section 1096
Title 10, Part 20

Format/
Product Code:
CD-ROM (MPEG Video)/ MMAXRADI

Produced by:
Multimedia Access, Inc.

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OVERVIEW
Radiation sources are present in many industrial machines today. When properly understood and handled safely radiation is a high technology tool that helps make us more productive and helps protect us from other hazards. When radiation is not understood or not handled with the care and respect it deserves, it can pose a serious health hazard. This program asks the learner to express their opinion about radiation facts as well as common misconceptions about radiation. Through this “Science Fact or Science Fiction” challenge, your workers remain actively involved in the instruction. Twenty one interactions make certain that your workers stay attentive to the training and demonstrate their mastery of the course’s key learning objectives.

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TOPICS
The course presents interactive instruction covering the following topical areas:

Basic Radiation Safety

Need for radiation training
Unit of dose measurement
Radiation exposure

Radiation Source Handling

Working in front of a source
Emergencies involving a radioactive source
Equipment that poses no radiation hazard
Moving a source

ALARA

Factors in controlling radiation exposure
Maintenance can cause radiation exposure
Distance reduces exposure
Necessary RSO notification

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PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
This course will measure mastery on each of the following performance objectives. Upon completion, workers will be able to...

Demonstrate a basic understanding of radiation

Cite the governmental and corporate policy requirement for radiation safety training.
Identify the unit of dose measurement.
Agree that radiation exposure does not make a person radioactive.
Agree that some exposures to radiation are safe.
Recognize some common sources of exposure to radiation whose normal doses are safe.

Use safe work procedures near radiation sources

Identify the correct procedure for clearing a machine stoppage when a radiation source is involved.
Cite the procedures for responding to an emergency involving a radiation source.
Differentiate between equipment that requires an electrical source to generate radiation versus equipment that contains a radiation source that does not require suppy of electrical power.
Describe the requirements regarding movement of equipment that contains a radiation source.
Identify the personnel authorized to move equipment containing a radiation source.
Agree that radiation sources can be checked for harmful leakage.

Comply with the ALARA standard

Identify the four factors controlling radiation exposure.
Agree that maintenance activities pose a risk of radiation exposure.
Explain how distance reduces exposure.
Identify the situations and condition which require notification of the RSO.

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