Handling Radioactive Materials (Gated)

Increase your safety awareness surrounding exposure to radioactive materials. In this course, you will learn how to handle radioactive materials safely and follow standard decontamination and emergency procedures.

To begin, you will learn how to minimize hazards while you are procuring, storing, securing and transporting radioactive materials. Then, you will learn how to manage liquid radioactive waste, as well as other dangerous items like contaminated sharps and vials. In the next section, we will discuss how to decontaminate your space when you are done working and how to respond to emergencies such as spills, fires and personal injuries.

By the end of the course, you will have a better understanding of the steps you can take at each stage of working with radioactive materials to keep yourself and others safe.
Gated version.