Title: Health Physics The Practice of Radiation Safety
1Health Physics - The Practice of Radiation Safety
2HEALTH PHYSICISTSPECIALIST IN RADIATION SAFETY
- Protect People and the Environment
- From unnecessary exposure
- From contamination
- Minimize Exposures to Occupational Workers and
the Public ALARA- - Comply with federal and state regulations
- Certifications Available
- ABHP, NRRPT,
3HEALTH PHYSICISTSPECIALIST IN RADIATION SAFETY
- Understand Evaluate and Control Risks
- Evaluate relative risk to benefit
- Provide Training
- Safe use, methods, monitoring
- Dedicated to Radiation Safety
- Maintain Education
- Develop and apply safety programs
4THE ALARA PRINCIPLEAS LOW AS REASONABLY
ACHIEVABLE
- ALARA Philosophy
- Use every reasonable effort to minimize dose
- Basis of Health Physics Guidelines
- Has been incorporated into regulation
- Use of ALARA Provisions
- Facilitates proactive measures for radiation
safety and protection
5HEALTH PHYSICISTSPECIALIST IN RADIATION SAFETY
- Career Opportunities
- Medical facilities
- Industry
- Education
- Utilities
- Government
- Education and Research
- Two year technical associate degrees
- Bachelor degrees
- Master and doctoral degrees
6MEDICAL HEALTH PHYSICISTS
- Check Radiation Equipment
- Prevent unnecessary dose to patients
- Minimize dose to workers
- Control Radioactive Materials
- Train users to minimize dose to patients and
workers - Proper waste disposal
- Work with Oncologists
- Safely administer large doses to cancer patients
7INDUSTRIAL HEALTH PHYSICISTS
- Train Workers
- Proper handling
- Safety rules
- Prevent unnecessary dose
- Proper Disposal of Radioactive Waste
8HEALTH PHYSICISTS IN EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
- Training of Nuclear Technicians
- Provide Education for Professional Health
Physicists - Research
- Effects of radiation
- Develop better equipment to measure radiation
9UTILITY HEALTH PHYSICISTS
- Responsible for Radiation Safety of Nuclear Power
Plants - Workers
- Environment
- Public
- Develop Safety Procedures for Workers
10UTILITY HEALTH PHYSICISTS
- Monitor Radiation and Radioactivity
- Worker doses
- Plant emissions
- Radioactivity in air and water around plant
- Calculations of expected public doses
- Safe Handling of Radioactive Waste
- Low level waste
- High level waste (used fuel rods)
11GOVERNMENT REGULATORY HEALTH PHYSICISTS
- State and Federal
- State Bureaus of Radiation Protection
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Set and Enforce Regulations
- Issue licenses to radiation facilities
- Regular inspections of radiation facilities
- Impose fine or remove license if needed
- Assist Radiation Programs
- Offer suggestions on ways to comply with
regulations
12THE HEALTH PHYSICSBASICS
- Protect Workers
- Limit dose
- Monitoring
- Training programs
- Protect the Public
- Limit dose/releases
- Education
13HEALTH PHYSICSTHE PRACTICE OF RADIATION SAFETY
- Protect the Future
- Allow for continued safe use of radioactive
materials and radiation producing machines. - Research
- Therapy
- Industrial applications
- Protect the Environment
- Enforce regulations and programs to prevent
contamination and exposure