Terminated in academic year 2023/2024

Environmental Aspects of Ionizing Radiation

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	480-4025/01
Abbreviation	IZZP
Course title	Environmental Aspects of Ionizing Radiation
Credits	6
Coordinating department	Department of Physics
Course coordinator	Doc. Dr. RNDr. Petr Alexa

Subject syllabus

- Natural sources of ionizing radiation.
- Anthropogenic sources of ionizing radiation.
- Radioactive decay chains. Measurement of natural gamma ray background.
- Radiation map of the Czech Republic. Radon measurement.
- Nuclear accidents. Radioisotope emission. 137Cs in environment.
- Nuclear waste. Gamma spectrum of uranium ore.
- Food radioactivity. Measurement.
- Biological effects of ionizing radiation.
- Fundamental of dosimetry. Measurement of dosimetric quantities. Calculation of the effective dose.
- Radiation risk management. Shielding.
- International and national legislation in radiation safety.
- Organization of radiation protection in the Czech Republic.

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

Advised literature

Copper W.J. a kol.: Environmental Applications of Ionizing Radiation, Wiley, 1998.
Jaderná legislativa (http://www.sujb.cz/legislativa/).

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