Radiological Safety and Hazards Evaluation

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Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. State and Federal regulations concerning radioactive materials; radiation safety as applied to accelerators, nuclear reactors, medical therapy and diagnostic devices, and radioactive byproducts; rigorous methods of analysis applied to computation of biological radiation dose and dose rates from various sources and geometries; radiation effects on physical systems. Prerequisite: Graduate classification or approval of instructor.