Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
3 credits
20.0 h + 10.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Clapuyt Philippe; Dupont Michaël; Jamar François (coordinator);
Language
French
Main themes
Elaboration process of norms in radioprotection : actors, the role of the expert, ethical and epistemological aspects.
Hereditary effects of radiation : advanced discussion.
Irradiation accidents : consequences, including Chernobyl aftermaths.
Long-term deterministic effects : presentation and discussion, including recent data from Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The Belgian law: detailed presentation.
Emergency actions in case of accidents (including bone marrow transplantation).
Radiation carcinogenesis : advanced discussion.
Operational radioprotection : sealed and unsealed sources, contamination, elements of effective and committed dose, their computation and the derived action levels ;
In-utero irradiation and its consequences.
Radon exposure : health issues and approach in radioprotection.
Faculty or entity
CRPR
