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Courses in Radiation Safety

Courses in radiation safety and programs devoted to this subject are essential for anyone who wants to work with or may come in contact with any radioactive substance. It's common for people working with HAZMAT and people working in scientific fields to need radiation safety training. Radioactive material is dangerous and should only be handled by trained professionals, as overexposure to it can lead to cancer and other health hazards.

  1. Dade Moeller and Associates

    • Dade Moeller and Associates offers the Radiation Safety Academy, which provides comprehensive radiation safety courses, Web-based courses and customized courses. The academy has three radiation training centers, with two located in Las Vegas and Acton, Nevada, and the third in Gaithersburg, Maryland. If you can't make it to their training centers, the academy may be able to come to you with a customizable course; these courses are great for industries that need specialized radiation training, like nursing.

    Nevada Technical Associates, Inc.

    • Nevada Technical Associates, Inc. offers many courses in radiation training. While they give instruction at their Las Vegas, Nevada, location, they also offer courses in Columbus, Ohio; Atlanta, Georgia; Orlando, Florida; Arlington, Texas; San Antonio, Texas; Shreveport, Louisiana; Dulles, Virginia; Stony Brook, New York; and San Diego, California. They offer radiation safety courses including radiation safety officer training, radiation safety officer refresher, transportation of radioactive materials, environmental radio-chemistry, decommissioning, decontamination, National Registry of Radiation Protection Technologists (NRRPT) exam review and American Association of Homeopathic Pharmacists (AAHP) exam reviews, among other classes. The technical associates also have the ability to bring their classes and courses to your site to fit your needs if you are unable to go to one of their many facilities.

    Office of Research Services

    • The Office of Research Services (ORS) is a department of the Division of Radiation Safety (DRS) that specializes in providing radiation safety courses. The DRS offers a variety of courses and programs for radiation safety in a number of fields, including police and fire departments, occupational medical services staff, and construction workers. DRS also offers courses for nurses' orientation, and maintenance and engineering staff radiation training. If you are in a field of work that does not directly handle radioactive material, the DRS offers the radiation safety for clinical center employees, which is an introductory radiation safety course, available online. The DRS has five main radiation safety courses: radiation safety orientation, radiation safety in the laboratory, radiation safety for authorized users, radiation safety for irradiator users and annual refresher radiation safety courses.

    North Carolina State

    • North Carolina State University (NCSU) offers radiation safety training courses. NCSU's radiation safety courses include principals for radiation safety, radiation safety refresher, analytical X-ray safety, analytical X-ray refresher, moisture density gauge training, as well as specialty radiation safety courses. NCSU's principals for radiation safety course includes radiation-related topics such as biological effects, as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA), dosimetry, dose limits, waste procedures and emergency procedures. Participants in NCSU's principles for radiation safety course will also receive a certificate upon completion of the course.

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