2020-01-01-985 - PACKAGING AND SHIPPING CLASS 7 (RADIOACTIVE) MATERIAL - Sean Austin, CHP ( 2020-01-01 - 2023-12-31 )

ID Number

2020-01-01-985

Course Title

PACKAGING AND SHIPPING CLASS 7 (RADIOACTIVE) MATERIAL

Sponsor

Sean Austin, CHP

Credits

9

Valid from/to

-

Description

This course provides training on packaging and shipping Class 7 (radioactive) material. Topics include reviewing regulatory requirements of the U.S. Department of Transportation, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and various Agreement States that regulate the use of certain types of radioactive material in research, medicine, manufacturing, construction, and other industries. Topics covered Include:
• Hazardous Materials General Awareness,
• Function Specific Requirements, which includes
o Determination of Proper Packaging
 Type A
 Type B
 Excepted
 Industrial
o Conducting Radiation Surveys on Packages and Instrument Choice
 Dose rate limits for packages, vehicles
 Contamination limits (alpha, beta, gamma)
o Labeling, Marking, Shipping Papers, and Placarding
• Safety and Emergency Response
• Excepted Package Shipments
• Low Specific Activity (LSA) and Surface Contaminated Objects (SCO) Shipments
• Shipping Low-Level Radioactive Waste

CEU credit type

Group A-Formal Educational Activities

CEU credit sub-type

A - Short course related to the practice of health physics