Protection Against Ionizing Radiation

Major: Nuclear Power Engineering
Code of subject: 6.143.00.O.072
Credits: 5.00
Department: Heat Engineering and Thermal and Nuclear Power Plants
Lecturer: Associate Professor, Ph. D. Matiko Halyna Fedorivna
Semester: 7 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Learning outcomes: • knowledge of types and sources of ionizing radiation, its basic properties and characteristics; • knowledge of the basic laws that describe radiation, the interaction of ionizing radiation with substances; • knowledge of ionizing radiation doses, the objects, the tasks and the methods of dosimetry, basic technical characteristics of dosimetry; • ability to select reasonably and to apply varieties of dosimetric devices; • ability to apply the methods of protection against ionizing radiation and the other types of radiation; • ability to solve the problems of radiation safety and radiation protection.
Required prior and related subjects: • Atomic Physics • Nuclear and Neutron Physics • Nuclear Power Plants, Part 1, 2 • Operating Modes of Nuclear Power Plants • Heat Exchange of Nuclear Power Plants
Summary of the subject: Types and sources of ionizing radiation. Basic properties and characteristics of ionizing radiation. X-rays. Interaction of ionizing radiation with substances. Doses of ionizing radiation. Objects, tasks and methods of dosimetry. Types of dosimetric devices. Protection from ionizing radiation. Problems of radiation safety and features of radiation protection. The Law of Ukraine "About Protection of Man from the Effect of Ionizing Radiation".
Assessment methods and criteria: • oral questioning, written essay, presentation (30%) • final control (control measure - exam): written and oral form (70%)
Recommended books: 1. Lopushansky Ya. J, Semerak M. M. Radiation safety. Ionizing radiation. Tutorial. – Lviv, LSU BDZ, 2016. – 256 p. 2. Lopushansky Ya. J, Semerak M. M. Collection of problems and questions in radiation physics. Tutorial. – Lviv, LSU BDZ, 2011. – 304 p. 3. Kozyar M. M., Lopushansky Ya. Y., Semerak M. M. Radiation safety. Nuclear energy. Tutorial. – Lviv, League Press, 2014. – 288 p. 4. The Law of Ukraine “About Protection of Man from the Effect of Ionizing Radiation”. Official Bulletin of Ukraine, February 26, 1998 – 1998, No. 6, p. 55, Article 211, Act Code 4826/1998.