ANSTO training activities in nuclear science and radiation protection
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1994-05-01
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The Institution of Engineers Australia
Abstract
The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) has many responsibilities in the training area. Not least among these responsibilities is the training of staff at the Lucas Heights Research Laboratories in nuclear science and radiation safety disciplines. ANSTO Training was constituted to fill this training need as well as the wider needs of the Australian community who use radioactive materials and devices emitting ionising radiation in industry, medicine, research and education. Staff training activities centre around the requirements of running a research reactor, a radioisotope reduction facility, research laboratories, waste management facilities and a host of ancillary activities. In some cases training is undertaken by the local group in an "on the job" approach and in other cases both formal and "on the job" training is provided. Radiation protection is of fundamental importance and most of the nuclear science courses run by ANSTO Training centre around radiation protection to back up the application training given locally in the work Groups. In the larger community, radiation protection also takes the foremost position but ANSTO Training can and does co-ordinate courses in applications of nuclear technology as well as radiation protection. The demand for our involvement in these activities is on the increase as stricter laws and more stringent quality assurance programs are enacted throughout Australian industry backup facilities such as analytical laboratories. Some states in Australia now require the user to attend an appropriate training course as a mandatory part of gaining a licence to use radioactive materials or devices which emit ionising radiation. ANSTO Training has developed a range of standard short courses, of l to 10 days duration, which cover the needs of the majority of institutional and corporate users of radioactive materials in Australia. The development of suitable successful short courses has been driven by the corporate customers expectations of short down time for staff and reduced training costs. ANSTO Training is and intends to remain, the foremost provider of commercially available training of its kind in Australia with an eye to extending coverage to regional countries. The ANSTO Training Poster and Video display provides an indication of the style of presentation used throughout the range of courses.
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Physical copy held by ANSTO Library at DDC 621.48/91
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ANSTO, Educational tools, Radiation protection, Reactor technology, Technology transfer, Training
Citation
Barber, A. (1994). ANSTO training activities in nuclear science and radiation protection. Paper presented to the 9th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference : Nuclear energy, science and technology Pacific partnership, Sydney, Australia, May 1-6 1994. In McDonald, N. R. (ed), Proceedings, 9th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference: Nuclear energy, science & technology Pacific partnership, (pp. 479). Australia: The Institution of Engineers Australia.