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1 ~ The plan of instruction for radiological.safety monitors will be practical in nature and$ prinmrily, consist of field exercises atxiproblers of monitoring in radiologlcally contaminated areas~ These exercisca and problems will be conducted over a 3 day period at the Nevada Proving monitors atterrling the course will be a reading knowledge of the fw.damentals of radiological safety~ 2. These fundamentals shotM include: 1) Concept of radioactivity resultirx fnxn atoric detonations 2) Definition of tenzs: z%diation, ‘alphaparticle, beta nsrticle, gamma radiation, decay, fission$ curie, roentgen, 3) Range ard energy relationships L? fission product be Biological effects 1) Concept of icmizaticm 2) External and internal radiation hazards b) Probable early effects of acute radiation dosage over whole c ) Local effects, beta ray burns d) Symptoms of radiation sickness Recognition of radiation hazards 1) Methods of detection of nuclear radiation: film, crystal, ionizations L) Photographic fi.lmbadges I STATUS VERIFIED UNCLASSIFIED I d. bPmt ection of personnel fmm radiation haz 9 I 1) Shielding characteristics of materials 2) Control of radiation dosage AUIH__~RNA~ DATE 3) Clothing and equipmnt —......-..___.-— 3. Scnumea of information for this fundamental knowledge will be found in Appendix 1 of this program. 4. An informational quiz on the fundamental knowledge of the monitors will be held $ust prior to the practical exercises of the instructional progr~ -
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1. Qeneral nature of opmtiom - This period will be a pmsentatim of the salientfeatures of the forward area operations. Concept of operations to include number, Iooatfon, and type of nuclear detonationS~ Pertinent items of Task Force ad Task Group operattins plans will be discussed along with the general mlans for evacuation and m-entry. Sfety responsiMlities of project officezw and monitors will be defined. Inetruxswts of mmftoring General procedures for operations in contaminated areas: survemg, Evaluation of Survey Instrment calibration - This emroiae will consist of a review of the operational characterletics of the ionization chamber survey meter; a demmstration of the methods of calibration and the calculations involved in the use & mdiation standards. The demonstration will be followed by tidividual a@icato~ exercises in whioh tlm students wi31 oalibrate ionisation chamber meters. Radiological monitoring - These exercises will.consist of a review of mnltoring procedures; a demonstration of the methods of radiation amnltorirg and calculations of exposure Waes. The demonst~tion ~ be followed by practical exercises in which each individual VU use a portable ionization chamber ard a GM counter in location of radioactive areas ah uill calculate exposure times at definite points in the areas of radioaot$vity. Actual recovery missions will be slmula ed uith maximum realism Radiation problems - These problems @l act as a final review of the mdiologic~ safety instruction and will be of a practIcal nature so as to emphasize the salient features of the responsibilities of monitors. Situatims that will probably be mcountered in the field will be written into the problems to test students~ individual & Review - TMs period will.be utillzed to rsview fundamental deficiencies that may have becane apparent frcm the results of the radiation pmbl=m.
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co Starrlardsof Profitiency It is expected that project members selected for nwnitor training will have the confidence and respect of the ~rsonnel of the task units and projects of which they are members. Satisfacto~ completion of the radiological safety monitors~ course will provide the Task Unit Conm.anderand Project Leader with trained monitors of YAnited expe~en ce who can recognize “ radiation hazards and who can prescribe means of minimizing radiation exposure and methods of field decmtamtnation ~
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FUNDAMENTALS OF RADIOLOGICAL SAFEXY Atomic Wearmnd, bs Alamos Scientific Laboratory (U.so Ckmo Chapter 1, FMnciples of an Ato~ic Explosion Chapter 7, Initial Nuclear Radiations Chapter 8, Residual Nuclear Radiation and Contamination Chapter 2, The Atomic Explosion Chapter 4$ Characteristics of Subsurface and Surface Bursts Chapter 11, Effects on Personnel Chapter 7, Effects of Ator.ic hplosims cm personnel 3. Recognition of Radiation Hazards Chapter 9, Measurement of Nuclear Radiations Chapter 8, Recognition of Radiation Hasamla Chapter 12, Protection of Personnel sections 10.05- 10.20, 10.6J - 10.89, Chapter 10, Protection of Personnel