2020-08-24-2023 - Effective ALARA Programs - Technical Management Services ( 2020-08-24 - 2024-08-23 )

ID Number

2020-08-24-2023

Course Title

Effective ALARA Programs

Sponsor

Technical Management Services

Credits

16

Valid from/to

-

Description

This 2-day course was developed for Health Physicists and Engineers who have the responsibility for designing, implementing, appraising and improving dose reduction (ALARA) programs at operating nuclear facilities. The course will focus on methods for reducing employee dose and minimizing contamination spread through: improved operating procedures and work control methods, use of traditional dose-reduction techniques, consideration of state-of-the-art methodology (robotics, protective clothing, remote dosimetry, etc.), use of engineered controls (ventilation, decontamination, contamination containments), ALARA goal setting and evaluation, and appraisal of program design and implementation. Classroom exercises and a discussion of case histories in a variety of nuclear environments will help attendees gain a broad understanding of “lessons learned” from other nuclear facilities, with an emphasis on improving the current ALARA program.

CEU credit type

Group A-Formal Educational Activities

CEU credit sub-type

A - Short course related to the practice of health physics