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The UKHSA Radiological Protection Training Scheme: Instrumentation

Are you required to make decisions and provide advice on the selection, use and testing of radiation monitoring equipment? If so, take a look at our RPTS "Selection, Use and Testing of Radiological Protection Instrumentation" course.

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Selection, Use and Testing of Radiological Protection Instrumentation course

Are you required to make decisions and provide advice on the selection, use and testing of radiation monitoring equipment? Our "Selection, Use and Testing of Radiological Protection Instrumentation" course is aimed at everyone with responsibility for advising on the selection of radiation monitoring equipment, for ensuring that instruments are examined and tested in accordance with statutory requirements, and for advising on the use of that equipment.
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The course provides:

  • Students with sufficient knowledge to help them select appropriate instrumentation as well as give sound advice on its use for any given monitoring task.
  • An awareness of the regulatory requirements as well as national and international standards relating to radiological protection instrumentation.
  • An understanding of the operation and limitations of radiation protection instrumentation.

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Custom training courses


Training courses can be created individually and delivered to meet your schedule. This approach is particularly effective for a large number of students or where discussion on company-specific issues or where onsite training is required. All custom courses are certificated and include short exams where needed.

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Consultancy services

We have significant experience in contributing to bespoke monitoring system design for industrial applications and new instrumentation development.

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Lead equivalence testing

We can provide X-ray testing, such as specified in IEC 61331, to determine the lead equivalence properties of various shielding materials such as lead equivalent glass, plasterboard or rubber.

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Passive dose-meter irradiations including photon, beta and neutron doses

Our radiation facilities are one of very few in the UK able to accurately deliver photon, beta and neutron doses to passive dosemeters at a variety of doses, energies and angles.

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Independent final site-surveys of areas to be de-licensed

We act as specialist consultants to UK regulators and perform independent analysis of final site surveys for areas to be de-licensed. We examine the licensee's methodology and provide analysis of the licence holder's data. We also conduct our own independent confirmatory surveys.

We were involved in the process that enabled the first site in the United Kingdom to be granted a variation in license based upon the Data Quality Objective (DQO) methodology. The validation of the assumptions made using these methods were analysed, as were the conclusions drawn by the license holder. We presented our independent sample and measurement results to the UK regulators along with comparisons with the license holder's results.

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