for the Radiation Protection Specialist
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
Decommissioning Certification Program
Purpose
To provide a formal means to document that an individual has achieved a baseline level of training in the subject of facility/site decommissioning.
General Requirements
To complete the certificate program, participants must attend two requisite core courses and one additional elective course. They do not need to be taken in any specific order. After the training requirements have been met, it is the responsibility of the participant to contact the ORAU Registrar and request the Decommissioning Certificate. When it has been confirmed by the ORAU Registrar that the requirements have been completed, the individual will be awarded the Decommissioning Certificate.
At this time, no administrative fees are being imposed for the certificate. The sole expense to the participant is that associated with attending the courses.
Requisite Courses
Participants must attend the following two core courses:
Elective Courses
Participants must attend one elective course from the following:
Issuance of Decommissioning Certificate
For the Decommissioning Certificate to be issued, the participant must provide the ORAU Registrar with documentation that the training requirements have been met. This documentation could consist of copies of the certificates of completion from the core and elective courses. If a certificate of completion for one of the ANL courses is unavailable, it would be acceptable to provide the ORAU Registrar with a letter or e-mail from Argonne National Laboratory confirming that the individual attended the course(s). Without a certificate of completion for one of the ORAU courses, the participant must be able to provide the Registrar with the specific dates that the course(s) was attended and the attendance must be confirmed by the Registrar.
Continuing Education Credits
All of the requisite and elective courses have been assigned at least 16 Continuing Education Credits (CECs) by the American Academy of Health Physics.
Contact: registrar@orau.org
Web site:
http://www.orau.org/environmental-assessments-health-physics/capabilities/health-physics-training/course-descriptions-and-schedules.aspx
Argonne National Laboratory
Course Title:
Decontamination and Decommissioning Training Course
Course Description:
This
5-day course serves to introduce the topic of decontamination and
decommissioning (D&D) to those new to the area, as well as serving as a refresher and
an update
to those who have previously worked in the D&D area. Topics covered include: an
overview of
and the regulatory basis of D&D, resources available to support D&D planning and
project
implementation, details of each phase of the D&D process, and many D&D case
studies including
both NRC and DOE regulated facilities. Lecturers include ANL and non-ANL staff in
order to
present a variety of perspectives. Tours are included of on-going D&D and
technology
demonstrations as work schedules allow. Exhibitor space is available for vendors and
for others
interested in presenting displays. Course content is split with about 60% of the
material focusing
on D&D fundamentals and the other 40% of the material focusing on D&D case
studies. Ample
opportunities are available to network and speak with presenters off-line. This
training course
draws on speakers who have actually done the hard part of decommissioning – the field
work.
For more information contact
Course Director – Lawrence E. Boing, phone 630.252.6729, fax
630.252.5287, e-mail:
lboing@anl.gov,
Web page: http://www.td.anl.gov/D&D
Course Title: RESRAD
Family of Codes Training Workshops
Course Description: The
RESRAD family of computer codes were developed at Argonne National
Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy to calculate site-specific RESidual
RADioactive
material guidelines as well as radiation dose and excess lifetime cancer risk to
individual and/or
collective receptors. The RESRAD code focuses on radioactive contaminants in soil and
their
transport in air, water, and biological media to a single receptor. RESRAD-Build is
designed to
perform residual radioactive material dose assessments in buildings for one or more
individuals.
RESRAD-Recycle is designed to perform residual radioactive material dose assessments to
recycle industry workers and the consumers of recycled products made from radioactively
contaminated materials.
RESRAD
- RESRAD is the only code designated
by DOE in Order 5400.5 for the evaluation of radioactively contaminated sites.
- NRC has approved the use of RESRAD
for dose evaluation by licensees involved in decommissioning, NRC staff evaluation of
waste disposal requests and dose evaluation of sites being reviewed by NRC staff.
- The EPA Science Advisory Board
reviewed the RESRAD model as part of their rulemaking on radiation site cleanup
regulations.
- RESRAD has been applied to over
300 sites in the U.S. and other countries.
- RESRAD code has been verified and
has undergone several benchmarking analyses, and has been included in the IAEA's VAMP and
BIOMOVS II projects to compare environmental transport models.
- RESRAD has been used by several
universities as a teaching tool.
- RESRAD training workshops have
been held at DOE, NRC, and EPA headquarters and Regional offices; over 1000 people have
been trained at these workshops.
RESRAD-Build
- RESRAD-Build allows up to three
rooms, ten sources, ten receptors, and multiple radionuclides to be modeled in a single
run.
- Both individual and collective
doses can be calculated from seven potential exposure pathways.
- Considers external exposure,
inhalation of dust and radon, and ingestion of soil/dust.
- Sources geometry can be point,
line, plane, or volume.
- Radioactive contamination can be
on surface or in building material.
- Exposure scenarios considered
include, but are not limited to, building occupancy (residential use and office worker)
and building remediation (decontamination worker and building renovation worker).
RESRAD-Recycle
- RESRAD-Recycle is a model for
assessing radiological doses resulting from recycle of contaminated material and reuse of
contaminated equipment.
- It considers external exposure,
inhalation, and ingestion pathways.
- It includes 24 worker scenarios,
15 consumer products scenarios, and 2 reuse scenarios.
- The recycle processes considered
are initial transportation, remelting, transportation to fabrication plants, product
fabrication, product distribution, and use of consumer products.
- Tabulations of individual,
collective, and cumulative committed effective dose equivalents are provided by scenario,
pathways, and radionuclides.
- A user-friendly code facilitates
the evaluation of issues related to recycle and reuse of radiocatively contaminated
material and equipment.
All RESRAD Family of Codes
workshops provide technical personnel (including DOE,
contractor, and regulatory agency personnel) with an overview and history of the codes,
the
calculation methodologies used, special features of the codes, their application to site
cleanups,
and code verification and validation. Interactive computer demonstrations guide the
participants
through data input and output steps. Instructor support helps the students complete
the hands-on
problem solving sessions throughout the workshop. At the completion of each
workshop,
attendees receive copies of the software, documentation, and a certificate of attendance.
The workshops will be held in
Room J-01 of Argonne National Laboratory’s Building 900,
located on 1200 International Parkway, Woodridge, Illinois. Please note that this
building is
located one mile southwest of the main Argonne site. The cost to attend these three
workshops is
$300 per person, and the check should be made payable to Argonne National Laboratory and
addressed to Lee Northcutt, RESRAD Workshop Coordinator, Argonne National Laboratory,
Building 900, 9700 South Cass Ave, Argonne, IL 60439. For reservations, please send
an e-mail
message to RESRAD@anl.gov or by calling (630) 252-7500.
Los
Alamos National Laboratory
Course Title: Emergency
Responder Radiological Training
Course Description: Units 1-7 are based on
standard DOE RadWorker, adapted as appropriate, and with lots of graphics, self assessment
questions, crossword puzzles, etc. Unit 8, Rad Emergencies, is entirely new. It begins
with an overview of Los Alamos National Lab, continues
with discussions of alarms, transportation, and spills, and ends with specific, detailed
procedures on:
1. rescue of contaminated victims,
2. rescue of victims in High Radiation Areas, and
3. Mass casualty response in High Contamination and Very-High-Radiation Areas.
For example, the procedures distinguishes between radiation levels:
a. < 1 rem/h
b. > 1 rem/h and < 200 rad/h
c. > 200 rad/h
The training ends with a class exercise asking:
"what would you have done at
Chernobyl?" If a comparable accident happened in the US, and if the
emergency responders had this training, I believe the response would be much more
effective than at Chernobyl, and probably none of the responders would die.
If you are interested, please contact Mike McNaughton as
follows:
email: mcnaught@LANL.gov
phone: 505-665-5207
Technical Management Services, Groton, CT
Call for next course schedule
Course Title: Decontamination and Decommissioning
of DOE & NRC Regulated Facilities
Course Description: The United States has rapidly
become a leader in the decontamination and dismantlement of commercial and government
nuclear facilities. There are a myriad of regulatory and other issues that an
owner/operator encounters once the decision is made to shut down the facility. This course
focuses on the requirements, planning and processes, and the decision to be made when
pursuing the decontamination and decommissioning of a nuclear facility. The course begins
with the planning and decisions associated with the decommissioning planning
phase, then the facility closure and transition phase, and concludes with the programs and
processes associated with the implementation phase. Although the course has obvious
application to those employed at commercial power reactors, it's also applicable to
facilities under the
jurisdiction of DOE. Comparisons will be made between case histories associated with the
decommissioning of DOE and NRC regulated facilities. Lessons learned from actual industry
experience will be discussed and audience participation will be encouraged.
Technical Management Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 226
New Hartford, CT 06057
PHONE: (860) 738-2440
FAX: (860) 738-2440
EMAIL: tmsinc@earthlink.net
Tuition: $1,150
Risk Assessment Corporation
Course Title: Calculating and Understanding Risk
from Chemicals Released to the Environment
Course available on request
What this course offers . . .
- A review of state-of-the-art methodologies for estimating
risk from chemicals in the environment
- An opportunity to learn how risk estimates are calculated
and interpreted at a variety of other sites
- A case study demonstration of a practical approach to
corrective action
Course Description: This course will focus on the practical application of risk
assessment techniques and risk-based decisions for corrective action being used today. A
case study will be introduced on Monday and instructors will use the case study throughout
the week to illustrate their topics. Emphasis will be placed on the fundamentals of risk
calculations and critical data that should be collected and applied. Attendees will be
provided with insight into the future of chemical risk assessment and an opportunity to
learn about the state-of-the-art methodologies for estimating risk.
Who should attend: This course will provide an
overview of chemical risk assessment for individuals who are learning risk estimation
methods, managers who are responsible for corrective action and risk management, those who
want to expand their professional knowledge about chemical risk assessment, and
individuals who are responsible for conveying risk information to the public. Some
background in chemical or radiological risk assessment of preferred but not required.
Cost: The Registration Fee is $1,495 - Register
before January 1, 1999 and receive a $100
Discount
For more information, please call 312-988-7667 or FAX
312-649-9383 OR visit our course
Web Page at www.racteam.com
Course Title: Calculating and Understanding Risk
from Radionuclides Released to the
Environment
What this course offers:
- An opportunity to learn about state-of-the-art
methodologies for estimating risk
- Hands-on training in risk estimate software and where to
go to obtain it
- A look at risk assessment from the perspective of the
NCRP and the ICRP
- An opportunity to learn how risk estimates are calculated
and interpreted at other sites
- An update on what's new in environmental regulations
- A look at risk assessment and public policy in the future
Course Description: This course will stress the practical application of risk
assessment methods. Faculty members will instruct attendees on where to go to obtain
site-specific information for their facilities and how to perform a dose assessment.
Emphasis will be given to problem solving and application of the latest
methods for risk assessment. Students will be updated on the recently released
environmental standards, current dose conversion factors, and recommended risk values for
conversion of dose to risk. Software that will be used for problem solving during
the course will include the multimedia radiological assessment software GENII, GENII-S,
and RESRAD; the
model building, sensitivity analysis, and uncertainty analysis software TIME-ZERO; the
risk
assessment software MEPAS; the atmospheric radiological assessment software MIROAIRDOS,
CAP88-PC, and AIRDOS-PC; the sensitivity and uncertainty analysis software CRYSTAL
BALL; the cancer risk estimation software SURVRAD; and others.
For more information, please call 312-988-7667 or FAX
312-649-9383 OR visit our course
Web Page at www.racteam.com
Nevada Technical Associates
Course Title: Decontamination and Decommissioning
Description: D&D becomes a more complex
task each year as new regulations and many new
faces enter the industry. This course will provide a detailed introduction to the
decontamination
and decommissioning process. The description of a decommissioning project, what is
required for
a decommissioning plan, the latest techniques and equipment for decontamination, and the
requirements for a final D&D package will all be discussed. A complete discussion of a
D&D
project from start to finish with specific examples will be presented.
The course includes exercises with decontamination
equipment, and radiation detection
equipment. Participants are invited to present their situations to the instructor
ahead of time for
possible problem resolutions to be discussed in class. Each class session includes
discussions of
experiences at D&D sites and a “How To Do It” teaching method is provided
throughout the
course.
Who Should Attend: This course is designed for
individuals who are at facilities preparing for decommissioning activities, people who are
currently working on D&D projects, and people responsible for management of
decommissioning projects.
Recent Course Participants: Recent course
attendees include personnel from the Defense Logistics Agency, Los Alamos National
Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, DOE Subcontractors and Commercial Enterprises.
Cost: Tuition of $1,100 includes the full cost of
training, books, and instructional materials.
Nevada Technical
Associates presents many courses with radiation safety content presented by experienced
professionals. For more information, please call 702-564-2798 or FAX 702-558-7672 or
visit our Web Site at http://www.ntanet.net/
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