RCNET ACAD 08-006 Crosswalk: 3.2.3 Radiological Protection Technicians - Radiological Survey and Analysis Instruments

Program Description:
This material was published by the Regional Center for Nuclear Education and Training (RCNET) as part of a comprehensive crosswalk that links objectives of ACAD 08-006 with GP Strategies ABC Material, NUCP Surveyed Material, NANTeL resources, EPRI resources, web resources, and published material available to all RCNET partners. These accredited utility training programs are based off training and qualification guidelines (ACADs) published by the National Academy for Nuclear Training. 

ACAD 08-006 is the Uniform Curriculum Guide for Nuclear Power Plant Technician, Maintenance, and Nonlicensed Operations Personnel Associate Degree Programs and includes five main curriculum areas: Core Curriculum, Discipline-Specific Curriculum for Nonlicensed Operators, Discipline-Specific Curriculum for Radiological Protection Technicians, Discipline-Specific for Chemistry Technicians, and Discipline Specific for Maintenance Personnel. 
 
Contents: 
This section of Radiological Protection Technicians (ACAD 08-006 3.2.3) covers radiological survey and analysis instruments.

Documents associated with ACAD 08-006 3.2.3 include six documents of curriculum information, lesson plans, and instructor notes, and twelve PowerPoint presentations.

This material covers, more specifically: operating characteristics and basic electrical circuitry of each survey instrument; operational checks on survey instruments, such as battery, zero, source, response, and background and calibration; conditions that might affect survey instrument response, including the following: atmospheric pressure, extreme temperatures, geotropism, high humidity, mixed radiation fields, noble gas atmospheres, off-scale reading, and radio frequency interference; the instruments available for performing radiation surveys; plant requirements for documentation of radiation surveys, including the use of survey maps, the review of completed surveys, and the retention of records and the updating of area maps and postings (plant specific); actions taken if radiation levels are off scale on the instrument in use (plant specific); the instruments available for performing contamination surveys such as the following: alpha scintillation detectors, Geiger-Mueller tubes, plastic scintillation detectors, and proportional counters; and much more.  

For orientation purposes the ContaminationControlLessonPlan.pdf is included as a separate attachment and offers a sample of the type of material included in this curriculum. 

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

ACAD 08-006 3.2.3 Radiological Protection Technicians - Radiological Survey and Analysis Instruments (21 files, 42.4 MB)

• Documents
  • Contamination Control Lesson Plan (ContaminationControlLessonPlan.doc 458 KB)
  • Counting Statistics Instructor Notes (CountingStatistics_InstructorNotes.doc 514 KB)
  • Environmental Sample Proportional Counters (Environmental_Sample_Counting_Using_Proportional_Counters.doc 277 KB)
  • Radiation Detection Principles (Rad_Measurements_Instrument_Instructor_Notes.docx 307 KB
  • Rad Measurements Laboratory Counting Instruments (Rad_Measurements_Laboratory_Counting_Instruments.doc 478 KB)
  • Radiation Detection and Measurement (Radiation_Detection_and_Measurement.docx 657 KB)
• Presentations
  • Contamination Control, Decontamination and Respiratory Protection (Contamination_Control,_Decontamination_Respiratory_Protection.pptx 1.7 MB)
  • Contamination Control (ContaminationControl.ppt 8.3 MB)
  • Counting Statistics (CountingStatistics.ppt 988 KB)
  • Detector Efficiency (DetectorEfficiency.pptx 166 KB)
  • Type of Material: Instrumentation Review (Instrumentation_Review.pptx 4.4 MB)
  • Laboratory Instrumentation (Laboratory_Instrumentation.ppt 542 KB)
  • Personnel Monitoring (Personnel_Monitoring.ppt 2.1 MB)
  • Portable Radiation Survey Instruments (Portable_Radiation_Survey_Instruments.ppt 5 BM)
  • Protection Against Radiation (Protection_Against_Radiation.ppt 8.2 MB)
  • Radiation Detection Principles and Instruments (Radiaton_Detection_Principles_and_Instruments.ppt 6.7 MB)
  • Radiation Detection, Measurements and Instruments (RadMeasurementsInstruments.ppt 1.1 MB)
  • Statistics: Dealing With Uncertainty (Statistics_Dealing_with_Uncertainty.ppt 415 KB)