RCNET ACAD 08-006 Crosswalk: 4.11 Chemistry Technicians - Interactions of Radiation with Matter

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 Discipline-Specific Curriculum for Chemistry Technicians (ACAD 08-006 4.11) focuses on explaining various interactions of radiation with matter.

Documents associated with ACAD 08-006 4.11 include two curriculum resources and eleven PowerPoint presentations.

Curriculum resources include Radiation Detection Principles and Instruments Instructor Notes and Shielding and Buildup Factor Explained. The 15-page instructor notes provide "an outline and notes for providing a lecture on the principles of radiation detection and the instruments used in radiation detection."

This material covers, more specifically: the processes and characteristics of heavy charged particle interaction with matter including energy transfer by ionization and excitation, range-energy relationship, specific ionization as a function of distance; the processes and characteristics of beta particle interactions with matter; the processes and characteristics of gamma and x-ray interaction with matter, including exponential attenuation, interaction by Compton scattering, photoelectric effect, pair production, and effect of atomic number of absorber on attenuation; linear absorption coefficient and mass absorption coefficient for gamma interactions; the processes and characteristics of neutron interaction with matter, elastic scattering, inelastic scattering, absorption, neutron activation, fission, and charged particle emission; and more. 

For orientation purposes InteractionswithMatter.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. 

4.11 Interactions of Radiation with Matter (16 files, 61.8 MB)

• Documents
  • Radiation Detection Principles and Instruments (Radiation_Detection_Principles_and_Instruments_Instructor_Notes.doc 260 KB)
  • Shielding Equations and Buildup Factors Explained (Shielding and Buildup Factor.pdf 87 KB)
• Presentations
  • ALARA for Engineers (ALARAforEngineers.ppt 28.2 MB)
  • Chemistry and Radcon (ChemistryandRadcon.ppt 2.5 MB)
  • External Exposure Control (ExternalExposureControl.pptx 1.3 MB)
  • Type of Material: Instrumentation Review (Instrumentation_Review.pptx  4.4 MB)
  • Interactions of Radiation with Matter (INTERACTIONS OF RADIATION WITH MATTER.pptx 110 KB)
  • Interactions with Matter (InteractionswithMatter.pptx 1.5 MB)
  • Plant Chemistry (PlantChemistry.ppt 807 KB)
  • 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 (Radiation_Detection_Principles_and_Instruments.ppt 6.7 MB)
  • Radioactive Material Handling (RadioactiveMaterialHandlingandInterpersonalSkills.ppt 2.8 MB)