480-4025/01 – Environmental Aspects of Ionizing Radiation (IZZP)
| Gurantor department | Department of Physics | Credits | 6 |
| Subject guarantor | Doc. Dr. RNDr. Petr Alexa | Subject version guarantor | Doc. Dr. RNDr. Petr Alexa |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2018/2019 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | FEI, USP | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Application of knowledge of nuclear physics.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Experimental work in labs
Summary
The course focuses on environmental aspects of ionizing radiation.
Compulsory literature:
Šeda J.: Dozimetrie ionizujícího záření, SNTL, Praha, 1983.
Gilmore G.: Practical Gamma-ray Spectrometry, Wiley, 2008.
Leo W.R.: Techniques for Nuclear and Particle Physics Experiments, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1994.
Doporučená
Recommended literature:
Copper W.J. a kol.: Environmental Applications of Ionizing Radiation, Wiley, 1998.
Jaderná legislativa (http://www.sujb.cz/legislativa/).
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Completing of selected tasks.
Combined exam.
E-learning
Other requirements
Systematic preparation for lectures
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Natural sources of ionizing radiation.
2. Anthropogenic sources of ionizing radiation.
3. Radioactive decay chains. Measurement of natural gamma ray background.
4. Radiation map of the Czech Republic. Radon measurement.
5. Nuclear accidents. Radioisotope emission. 137Cs in environment.
6. Nuclear waste. Gamma spectrum of uranium ore.
7. Food radioactivity. Measurement.
8. Biological effects of ionizing radiation.
9. Fundamental of dosimetry. Measurement of dosimetric quantities.
10. Calculation of the effective dose.
11. Radiation risk management. Shielding.
12. International and national legislation in radiation safety.
13. Organization of radiation protection in the Czech Republic.
14. The Atomic Act. Decrees of the State Office for Nuclear Safety.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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