Radiation Protection and Regulations

3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4017602EER for all students in the 2nd semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.

Semester

2nd semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Possible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

Vooraleer je een inschrijving kan nemen voor 'stralingsbescherming en wetgeving' dien je geslaagd te zijn voor medical physics

Taught in

Dutch

Partnership Agreement

Under interuniversity agreement for degree program

Faculty

Faculty of Engineering

Department

Electrical Engineering and Power Electronics

Educational team

Michel Sonck (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

30 contact hours Lecture

Course Content

Historic overview; interaction ionising radiation with matter; effects of ionising radiation; risk perception; radiation risk; radiation protection principles; national and international context; European regulations; national regulations; practical radiation protection (medical & industrial applications - dose calculations and shielding calculations)

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : Radiation Protection and Regulations, -, M. Sonck, -, -

Additional info

None

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

The objective of this course is to allow the student to understand and interprete the general health risks related to the different uses ionising radiation. Upon completion of this course, the student shall be able to estimate the general radiation risk related to an activity or given manipulation and to report on this risk, to identify the parts of the activity that are critical for the exposure and to propose the necessary means for protection. Furthermore, the student shall understand how the international regulations on radiation protection are created and shall know and understand the general content of the international (European) and national (Belgian) regulation.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Note: Oral exam with written preparation; course notes cannot be used during the examen

Additional info regarding evaluation

None

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context