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radioprotection
SAFETY
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RADIOPROTECTION TRAINING
Radioprotection
of medical and paramedical staffs in order to protect patients and workers The French Institute of Radioprotection and Nuclear
Safety (IRSN) organises inter company and intra company training sessions
about the radioprotection of medical and paramedical staffs in order to
protect patients and workers. Regulatory references: pursuant the French article R 231-89 « the workers subject to
step in a supervised or controlled zone benefit from training for
radioprotection organised by the person in charge of the company». Besides that, pursuant the articles L 1333-11 and R
1333-74 of the French Health Code and of the decree of May 18th,
2004, medical and paramedical staffs have to benefit from a specific training related to the radioprotection of patients exposed to ionizing radiations. Pursuant to the regulation, the training
program is composed by the following subjects
:
This training course, which lasts one or two days
depending on the speciality possibly separable for the training courses of two
days in the IRSN premises is part of the medico-technical improvement of
professionals working in the field of labour health or industry, and has an
impact on doctors, radiologists, radio operators, dentist surgeons, labour
nurses, vets, people exposed, people skilled in radioprotection and exposed
staffs. The training course is organised for almost 15 people.
More Informations about this training, contact jean-pierre.vidal@irsn.fr or genevieve.laborde@irsn.fr Studies
of the work positions exposed to ionizing radiations The French Institute of Radioprotection and Nuclear
Safety (IRSN) organises inter company or intra company training sessions for
the practical training for the evaluation of the nuclear and radiological
risks and for the studies of the work positions exposed to ionizing radiations
(French decree of March 31st, 2003). The person in charge has to evaluate the risks for the
health and security of his employees (the only document of the establishment
of the French decree of November 5th, 2001) and the periodic
studies of the workstations exposed to ionizing radiations (French decree of
March 31st, 2003). Who is interested? In the industrial, medical (public or private),
research firms, in which ionizing radiations are used: persons in charge,
labour doctors, people skilled for radioprotection (PCR), biomedical
engineers, security engineers, people who intervenes for the prevention of
professional risks (IPRP), the members of the Committees of hygiene, security
and working environment (CHST). Objectives
and contents
Radioprotection
of staffs exposed in the industry The French Institute of Radioprotection and Nuclear
Safety (IRSN) organises intra company training sessions about radioprotection
of people exposed in the industry. Regulatory
references :
Content of the training : This training is a training for security following the
article L 231-3-1 of the Labour code and is regulatory related to:
This training course which lasts two days possibly separable in our premises is part of the medico technical improvement of health professionals at work and is directed to doctors, radiologists, dentist surgeons, labour nurses and persons skilled in radioprotection.
More
Informations about this training, contact jean-pierre.vidal@irsn.fr
or genevieve.laborde@irsn.fr
Evaluation
of worker’s exposure to ionizing radiations, management of dosimetry and the
Information System of Supervising of the Exposure to Ionizing Radiations
(SISERI system) Since
2005, the French Institute of Radioprotection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN)
organises training sessions about the evaluation of exposures and measures of
workers exposed to ionizing radiations. This training will focus on the dispositions of
exploitation and management of dosimetry in companies and health
organizations, the training will also present the role of centralizing data,
assigned to the French Institute of Radioprotection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN)
through the Information System of Supervising of the Exposure to Ionizing
Radiations (SISERI). This training course is organised for almost 20 people
and is part of the medico-technical improvement of the labour health staffs
and doctors, labour nurses and people skilled in radioprotection. The
educational project which privileges the multidisciplinary approach of risk
management, consists of :
Concerning SISERI, access and exchange proceedings are privileged, the system functionalities and the request susceptible to be formed, in particular for the evaluation of the risks incurred by workers. More
Informations about this training, contact jean-pierre.vidal@irsn.fr
or genevieve.laborde@irsn.fr
Sensitisation
to radioprotection The French Institute of Radioprotection and Nuclear
safety (IRSN) organises intra company and inter company training sessions to
the sensitisation to radioprotection for staffs classified A or B which did
not follow any trainings, and for every people interested. Pursuant to the French decree n° 2003-296 of March
31st, 2003 concerning the protection of workers against the dangers of
ionizing radiations, the training concerns :
(Examples
of incidents and accidents will be processed.) Objectives and Contents Allow the staff to :
Professional
trainings about proceedings applicable to the porticos detecting
radioactivity. Measure and way of behaving in case of detections. The French Institute of Radioprotection and Nuclear
Safety (IRSN) organises intra company sessions of training to the Practical
training about proceedings applicable to porticos detecting radioactivity -
Measure and way of behaving in case of detections. Who is interested? Staffs operating in places of storage, warehousing or
burying… Objectives and contents
Radioprotection
of labour doctors The French Institute of Radioprotection and Nuclear
Safety (IRSN) organises inter company or intra company training sessions for
labour doctors. This training course uppermost aims at labour doctors in
charge of the medical support of employees exposed to ionizing radiations. Regulatory references: French Health Code, French
Labour Code: section VIII of the first chapter of the title III in the book 2
of the Labour Code. Training’s content on 2 days: The first day’s objective is to present the
scientific, technical, medical and sanitary bases of radio-protection, and to
address in a general way, the principals and rules that follow from it in
terms of prevention, privileging those enacted by the French Labour Code and
the different regulatory texts that derive from them. The second day refers more particularly to the role and
the specific activities of the labour doctor, to the technical aspects and
supports he can benefit from, and to his cooperation with other people acting
in prevention like for example skilled persons in radioprotection. Pursuant to the educational project of the IRSN but
also to the will of public authorities that want the interns to make good
practical use of the trainings, the last afternoon is almost entirely devoted
to the analysis of actual cases and the answers to the questions each of you
has been faced in the practise of their job. The trainers of this training course –in which a
labour doctor of the nuclear field- are employees of the IRSN, experts in
radioprotection and some of them have also taken part in the creation of the
currently effective regulation. This training course, lasting 2 days possibly separable
in the IRSN premises, is part of the medico-technical improvement of the
health professionals at work. More
Informations about this training, contact jean-pierre.vidal@irsn.fr
or genevieve.laborde@irsn.fr
Radioprotection
labour and control inspector The
French Institute of Radioprotection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) organises some
intra company training sessions about the prevention of the risk of exposure
to ionizing radiations: section VIII of the first chapter of the title III in
the second book of the French labour code. Who is interested? Labour inspectors and inspectors of radioprotection. Objectives and Contents This program allows inspectors to have a good knowledge
of radioprotection, regulation and the risks caused by the radiations. It
consists of the following subjects:
Users
of equipment for industrial [R]adiology The French Institute of Radioprotection and Nuclear
Safety (IRSN) organises inter company or intra company training sessions for
the use of equipment for industrial radiology. Pursuant the French article R 231-91, “the users or
manipulators of industrial radiology must have a Certificate of capability for
the handling of these equipments”. Who is interested? The users or manipulators of industrial radiographies,
notably gammagraphists. Objectives and Contents Preparation to the Certificate of ability for the
manipulation of equipments of industrial radiology. Besides an initiation to the physical phenomenons
playing a role in the production of ionizing radiations, the program of the
training includes an exposition about the regulation in operation, a
description of the equipments of industrial radiology, of the norms applicable
to them, of the dangers they can generate, and of methods to overcome the
dangers as much for the worker as for the public. More
Informations about this training, contact jean-pierre.vidal@irsn.fr
or genevieve.laborde@irsn.fr
Users
of X fluorescence equipment The French Institute of Radioprotection and Nuclear
Safety (IRSN) organises inter company and intra company training sessions for
the use of X fluorescence equipment notably utilised in the research of lead
in the paintings. This training lasts one day. The training results from the article R. 231-89 of the
French labour law which specifies that the exposed workers have to benefit
from a radioprotection training that must be periodically and at least each 3
years repeated. This training is different from that for the people proficient
in radioprotection (PCR) which modalities are decided in the firm of October
26th, 2005 (Official Journal of November 23rd, 2005). Who is interested? The users of X fluorescence equipments fit out with
radioactive sources or electrical generators of X radiations. Objectives and contents More
Informations about this training, contact jean-pierre.vidal@irsn.fr
or genevieve.laborde@irsn.fr
Metrology of
radon in the buildings Pursuant the article R
1333-15 of the French Code of Public Health (decree of April 4th, 2002),
measures of radon –radioactive natural gas- must be realised in Buildings
receiving Public, located in geographic areas where large concentrations of
gas might be observed. These measures are
realised by the French Institute of Radioprotection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN)
or by organisms registered by the Minister in charge of health (General
Direction of Nuclear Safety and Radioprotection), under conditions defined by
French decree of July 15th, 2003. To obtain the agreement,
the organisms have to show their diplomas, a skill due to the practice, or an
attestation of participation to a specialized training in the metrology of
radon. The recent evolution of the standardization in this field leads to the
necessity of this training. According to the regulation, the first
arrangements must be realized between 2004 and 2008. In this context, the
IRSN organises training courses for the operators of organisms that want to
start this approach of control of the radon in Buildings receiving Public. Each session takes place
in the site of the IRSN located in “the Vésinet” (French department
number 78) and is organised for 15 people. The objective is to
accustom interns to the different techniques of detection of the radon and to
the necessary investigations when the presence of this gas is found, pursuant
to the norms and the effect regulation. The training is composed
of two modules corresponding to the levels defined by the rules. At the end of the first
module (two days), the intern will be capable to realise a measure of
detection of the radon on buildings, according to the French norm NF M 60-771,
and to deliver a basic information about the radon (physical and radioactive
properties, sanitary aspect, measure). At the end of the second
module (one day), the intern will be capable to set an approach to determine
the term source, the ways of entry and transfer of the radon in the buildings.
Each of the two modules
is composed of manipulations and exercises of initiation to the redaction of
the reports. At the end of the training and after an evaluation of the
acquired skills, an attestation will be given to the participants More
Informations about this training, contact roselyne.ameon.@irsn.fr
Radiological
control of drinking water The French Institute of Radioprotection and Nuclear
Safety (IRSN) organises inter company and intra company training sessions
about the radiological control of drinking water. The advices given by the World Health Organization, the
Alimentarius Codex, the advices of the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA), the European regulation (guidelines of the European Economical
Community and the European Atomic Agency Community, regulations post
Tchernobyl) and the French regulation (French health code) modified these past
few years for a more important protection of consumers.
Who is interested? Every people who want to understand of what consist and
what is the purpose of these regulations, and who are involved in their
controls (agents of the French departmental direction of social and sanitary
affairs, the French regional direction of sanitary and social affairs, the
French general direction of the competition, the consumption and the fraud’s
repression, the French general direction of food…) Objectives and contents To gain basic skills about the natural and artificial
radioactive contamination of food or water, about the applicable law, about
the dispersion of the skills for control and checkout, about the rules for the
measure of radioactivity. … How does the training work? The training course is punctuated with the visit of the laboratories of the IRSN which makes in routine the measure of the food and consumption water’s radioactivity. More
Informations about this training, contact marie-christine.robe@irsn.fr
Metrology
of drinking water The French Institute of Radioprotection and Nuclear
Safety (IRSN) organises in your company’s premises sessions to train people
for drinking water metrology and intercomparison. The new regulations
(particularly the annex I-2.2 of the decree n° 2001-1220 of December 20th of
2001) were introduced by the legislator to permit a better protection of
consumers. Who is interested? The metrologists in charge of the radiological control
of drinking water as much in public organisms as in private ones, persons in
charge of laboratories of measure. Objectives and contents To acquire the skills for the radiological control of
water. Acceptance of laboratories.
The program is composed of a recap about radioactivity, magnitudes in
radioprotection, norms applicable for drinkablity, the norms and techniques of
measure of the different radioelements contained in drinking water, to
establish the measure report… How works this training? The theorical training of the training course is
followed through an exercise of inter comparison of the accreditation of
laboratories of measures. Strengths of this training This training course combines theory and technical and practical descriptions, and is taught by experts in radioprotection and metrology that will know how to transmit their experience of professionals and to meet your expectations and questions. More
Informations about this training, contact marie-christine.robe@irsn.fr Radioprotection,
governance and Citizenship The French Institute of Radioprotection and Nuclear
Safety (IRSN) organises in its premises training sessions about the evolution
of the regulation from 2001 to 2004 concerning radioactivity and
radioprotection. Who is interested? Every person interested by the current issues of the
utilisation of radiations in industry or medicine, notably the members of the
local commissions of information (CLI) around nuclear installations, members
of association and local elected members.
Objectives and contents Initiation to the major phenomenon of radioactivity, of
its sanitary impact, of the supervising of environment. How does work the training? Presentations about the different problems scientific,
technical and societal of radioprotection punctuated with talks with interns
or case studies. Strengths of the training Combining science and society, this training course
aims to teach to a non specialist of radioactivity the technical elements
proper to support its citizen judgment. More
Informations about this training, contact jean-pierre.vidal@irsn.fr
or genevieve.laborde@irsn.fr
SAFETY TRAINING
Training
for the use of the form CRISTAL The French Institute of Radioprotection and Nuclear
Safety (IRSN) organises an inter company training course for the form CRISTAL.
The form CRISTAL, elaborated and certified as part of a cooperation between
the IRSN (French
Institute of Radioprotection and Nuclear Safety),
COGEMA (French general society of nuclear substances) and the Direction of
nuclear energy (DEN) of the CEA (French Commissionership of the Atomic Energy),
meets the needs of industrialists and analysts to support safety authorities
for the application on the facilities of the cycle of the nuclear combustible
and of the transport of fissile substances. It is applied to studies of
criticity as part of the conception and the utilizing of a wide range of
nuclear facilities and qualifying studies. The new version, Cristal , with increased capacities
and a wider field of qualifier, integrates the new issue represented by the
take into consideration of “Burn Up credit” in the studies of
safety-criticity. The major point is to imitate the usury of the combustible
(destruction of the uranium and plutonium cores) and thus the appearance of
new actinide series and fission products, to evaluate the risk of criticity.
The take into consideration of the “Burn Up credit” in the studies of
safety-criticity needs to dispose of a calculation chain qualified for the
determination of abundances of the cores (actinide series and fission
products) in the rayed combustibles, and of the antireactivity
brought by these nucleides in diferent configurations. Cristal V1.0
enables the coupling between « César » and
« Cristal ». The César code, prior to the application of the form
Cristal enables to calculate the evolution of the physical magnitudes of
interest by taking into consideration the detailed historic of assembling (in
reactor and during the refrigeration), notably the abundance of each nucleide,
for the cycle of combustibles in whatever the line (Research Exploitation
Product, Boiling water reactor, Reactors with quick neutrons…). This training that lasts four days, is part of the
experimentation of the new possibilities offered by the version V1 of the form
Cristal (take into consideration of the combustion rate in studies of
criticity, new functionalities of the interface man-equipment and of codes,
new field of qualifications…) is planned for a fifteen people. Cooperation : French Institute of Radioprotection and
Nuclear Safety (IRSN) with the Universitarian Scientific Department, French
Commissionership of the Atomic Energy (CEA) and the French Direction of the
nuclear energy. More
Informations about this training, contact jean-michel.gomit@irsn.fr SEVERE
ACCIDENT MANAGEMENT EDUCATION In case of an accidental situation occurring on
a nuclear reactor with cumulative safeguards systems failures, core melt of
the reactor could happen. In this situation, the question is whether to have
the best knowledge in one hand of the complex and different physical
mechanisms, in the other hand of possible loss of the confinement during short
term or medium term with the aim to be able to suggest specific advices or
actions and to provide prognostic on potential consequences involving their
kinetic and associated radioactive releases. Management of this type of
situation has to be realized during a long duration. The main question is relative to the associated
knowledge of the personals needed to provide advices: are they by their usual
tasks educated to core melt situations and depending on the corresponding
answer, have they to be educated? To-day, only few engineers, every one in his
skill field, has contributed to the assessment of a core melt situation called
“Severe accident progression”. The situation is the same for the engineers
who have been involved in the level 2 probabilistic studies allowing
radioactive release probability after a core melt. Elsewhere, in the majority of the countries,
only accidental transients leading to beginning of core discovery have been
simulated. Consequently, the personals who could be involved in severe
accident progression situations are not trained to day with the specific
physical phenomenon and their kinetic. Consequently, an important stake is to educate
the personals having to intervene to provide advices and prognostic in case of
core melt situation on a nuclear reactor whatever its type (PWR, BWR, VVER,
CANDU, RBMK). Whatever
his position in the nuclear field management, safety authorities; technical
support to safety authorities or utilities, are concerned all personals
belonging to nuclear safety expert category having to intervene in case of
severe accident occurring on nuclear reactor with the aim to provide diagnosis
and prognostic on the accident evolution and consequently to allow the
authorities to take adapted measures to protect the populations?. This education
involves the following: • Knowledge on
the associated risks linked with core melt situations for the different types
of nuclear reactors; • Knowledge on
the deterioration mechanisms of the different safety barriers in case of
reactor core melt; • Knowledge on
the possible recovery actions. The main aim is to provide to the students a
large content of data’s (consequences, kinetics...) associated with the
different modes of deterioration of the confinement barrier of a reactor after
its core melt. This
education will allow the different students to catch the order-rate of
physical phenomenon occurring during core melt on a reactor of different types
(PWR, BWR, VVER, CANDU, RBMK). More
Informations about this training, contact jean-marie.mattei@irsn.fr
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