RCNET ACAD 08-006 Crosswalk: 1.1.8 Core Curriculum - Radiation Protection and Detection

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 trainingprograms 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: 
The Core Curriculum is divided into three sections: Fundamentals, Basic Systems Knowledge, and Basic Components Knowledge. This Radiation Protection and Detection section of Fundamentals (ACAD 08-006 1.1.8) covers "... the principles and operation of radiation detection and monitors, exposure control, radiation effects, and perform[ing] calculations that involve radioactive dose and matter."

Documents associated with ACAD 08-006 1.1.8 include four documents of instructor notes, one document of lesson plans, and twenty PowerPoint presentations.

This material covers, more specifically: area radiation monitors; electronic dosimeter (self-reading pocket dosimeters); gas-filled detectors; personnel dosimetry (for example, thermoluminescent detectors); personnel monitors, whole body monitors; process radiation monitors (liquid and gaseous); and scintillation detectors. The material also covers the conversion of units (grays, Sieverts, Becquerel, curies, roentgen, rems, rads), and exposure control including contamination, decontamination, exposure reduction methods, protecting clothing and respirators, provisions of 10CFR20, radiologically controlled areas, and site administrative controls and limits (margin from regulatory limits). 

For orientation purposes Contamination Control_Lesson Plan.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 1.1.8 Radiation Protection and Detection (29 files 124 MB)

• Instructor Notes
  • Radiation Measurements (Rad Measurements Instrument Instructor Notes.docx 307 KB)
  • Radiation Detection Principles and Instruments (Radiation Detection Principles.docx 260 KB)
  • Radiation Detection Principles (Radiation Detection Principles and Instruments_Instructor Notes.doc 2.5 MB)
  • Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program (Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program.doc 1.6 MB)
• Lesson Plans
  • Contamination Control Lesson Plan (Contamination Control_Lesson Plan.doc 315 KB)
• Presentations
  • Biological Effects of Radiation at the Cellular Level (Biological effects at the cellular level.ppt 18.7 MB)
  • Biological Effect of Radiation (BiologicalEffectsOfRadiation.ppt 3.8 MB)
  • Chemistry and Radcon (Chemistry and Radcon.ppt 2.5 MB)
  • Contamination Control, Decontamination, Respiratory Protection (Contamination Control, Decontamination, Respiratory Protection.pptx 1.7 MB)
  • Contamination Control (Contamination Control.ppt 8.3 MB)
  • Dose Equivalent (Dose Equivalent.pptx 142 KB)
  • External Exposure Control (External Exposure Control.pptx 1.3 MB)
  • Gaseous Radwaste and Explosive Gas Monitor (Gaseous Radwaste.ppt 39.9 MB)
  • Instrumentation Review (Instrumentation Review.pptx 4.4 MB)
  • Key 10CFR Parts for the Nuclear Industry (Key 10CFR Parts for the Nuclear Industry.ppt 1 MB)
  • Laboratory Instrumentation (Laboratory Instrumentation.ppt 542 KB)
  • Plant Chemistry Overview (Plant Chemistry Overview.ppt 3.1 MB)
  • Plant Chemistry (Plant Chemistry.ppt 805 KB)
  • Portable Radiation Survey Instruments (Portable Radiation Survey Instruments.ppt 5 MB)
  • Protection Against Radiation (Protection_Against_Radiation.ppt 8.2 MB)
  • Radiation Detection, Measurements and Instruments (Rad Measurements Instruments.ppt 1.1 MB)
  • Radiation Detection Principles and Instruments (Radiation Detection Principles and Instruments.ppt 6.7 MB)
  • Radiographic Testing (Radiographic Testing.ppt 779 KB)
  • Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program (REMP) (Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program.ppt 9.4 MB)
  • Radiological Controls (RadiologicalControls.pptx 1.5 MB)