RCNET Radiation Protection Toolkit: Columbia Basin College

Toolkit Description:
RCNET Radiation Protection Toolkit: Columbia Basin College is from the RCNET Comprehensive Teaching Toolkit: Radiation Protection which is drawn from curriculum taught in the Associate in Applied Science with a Major in Radiation Protection Technology program at Aiken Technical College, the Radiation Protection concentration at Chattanooga State Community College, the Nuclear Technology program at Columbia Basin College, the Radiation Protection Curriculum Project at the University of Missouri, and the program in Radiation Protection Technology at Texas State Technical College. This RCNET Toolkit is organized into five sections: Aiken Technical College, Chattanooga State Community College, Columbia Basin College, University of Missouri, and Texas State Technical College.  

Toolkit Course Contents: 
RCNET Radiation Protection Toolkit: Columbia Basin College includes materials from a Radiation Fundamentals course. The course provides an overview of radioactivity, radioactive decay, and sources of radiation, as well as plant safety, radioactivity containment, and radiological hazards.

Materials available as part of the Teaching Toolkit include a syllabus, fifteen handouts, five PowerPoint presentations, quizzes with answer keys, ten supplemental materials, and related course materials.

The 5-page syllabus includes a course description; learning, course, and program outcomes; a course outline; and related Columbia Basin College information.

Handouts include diagrams, tables, images, course project information, a mid-term study guide, and related course materials. 

Five PowerPoint presentations are included and each covers a different topic. Topics include radiological assessment, internal and external exposure control, operational health physics, a course overview, and radioactivity and radioactive decay. 

Three PDF quiz and answer key collections are included. The collections vary from 4-47 pages in length. 

Supplemental materials include fact sheets and reports and vary from 4-205 pages in length. These materials cover a variety of topics related to radiological health risks and nuclear power plant risks and accidents. 

For orientation purposes RPT 111 syllabus Rev 1.pdf is included as a separate attachment and offers a sample of the type of material included in this course. 

Below is a list of the files contained within the .zip attachment. The size of each file is included in parenthesis. 

Columbia Basin College (44 files 49.1 MB)

• RPT111 Handouts
  • In115, In116 (22.jpg 83 KB)
  • Cl38 (23-1.jpg 626 KB)
  • Cd105 (23-2.jpg 29 KB)
  • Pm146, Rb84, Sn117 (24.jpg 605 KB)
  • Cs137, Cs138, N17, Si25 (25.jpg 1.3 MB)
  • Relative Locations of the Products of Various Nuclear Processes (44.jpg 147 KB)
  • Color Legend (45.jpg 283 KB)
  • Course Project (Course Project.pdf 40 KB)
  • Mid-Term Exam Study Guide (Mid-Term Exam Study Guide.docx 326 KB)
  • Neptunium Decay Chain (Neptunium Decay Chain.png 193 KB)
  • Radiation Fundamentals Syllabus (Radiation Fundamentals Syllabus (Feb 2012).pdf 216 KB)
  • Radioactive Properties Table (Radioactive Properties Table.docx 186 KB)
  • Thorium Decay Chain (Thorium Decay Chain.png 152 KB)
  • Tritium Radiation Fact Sheet (Tritium Radiation Fact Sheet.pdf 367 KB)
  • Uranium Decay Chain (Uranium Decay Chain.png 269 KB)
• RPT111 PowerPoints
  • Radiological Assessment (AMS_Data_for_USDoS__March22_1530_JLC.pptx 1.4 MB)
  • Internal and External Exposure Control (Internal and External Exposure Control.pptx 495 KB)
  • Operational Health Physics (Operational Health Physics.pptx 1.5 MB)
  • Course Overview (Radiation Fundamentals_Course Overview.pptx 97 KB)
  • Radioactivity and Radioactive Decay (Radioactivity and Radioactive Decay.pptx 5.8 MB)
• RPT111 Quizzes Tests
  • External Exposure Control Quiz and Key (External Exposure Worksheet with Key.pdf
  • ​Radioactivity Radioactive Decay Quiz with Key (Radioactivity_Radioactive Decay Worksheet with Key.pdf 135 KB)
  • Basic Mathematics and Algebra Quizzes and Key (Unit of Measurement Analysis Worksheet with Keys.pdf 322 KB)​​
• RPT111 Reactor Pulses
  • Reactor Pulses (Reactor Pulses.wmv 2.2 MB)
• RPT111 Reading Assignments
  • Reading Assignments (RPT-111 Reading Assignments.docx 246 KB)
• RPT111 Supplementary Materials
  • Radiological and Chemical Fact Sheets to Support Health Risk Analyses for Contaminated Areas (ANL_ContaminantFactSheets_All_070418.pdf 2.5 MB)
  • Biological Effects of Radiation (Biological Effects of Radiation.pdf 258 KB)
  • Chromium - 51 (Chromium_51.pdf 11 KB)
  • Natural Decay Series: Uranium, Radium, and Thorium (natural-decay-series.pdf 91 KB)
  • Occupational Radiation Exposure at Commercial Nuclear Power Reactors and Other Facilities 2008 (NUREG-0713.pdf 8.9 MB)
  • Shutdown and Low-power Operation at Commercial Nuclear Power Plants in the United States (NUREG-1449.pdf 12 MB)
  • Accident Source Terms for Light-Water Nuclear Power Plants (NUREG-1465.pdf 2.4 MB)
  • Radiological Surveys for Controlling Release of Solid Materials (NUREG-1761.pdf 1.3 MB)
  • Radiation Sources at Nuclear Plants (Rad Sources at Nuc Plants.pdf 2.7 MB)
  • Gaseous Waste (Rx Gaseous Waste Production.pdf 1.2 MB)
• RPT111 Syllabus
  • Radiation Fundamentals Syllabus (RPT 111 syllabus Rev 1.docx 201 KB)