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Job Description
Collect and test samples to monitor results of nuclear experiments and contamination of humans, facilities, and environment.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-4051.02
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Nuclear Monitoring Technicians”.
Also Known As…
- Nuclear Monitoring Technicians
- Senior Radiation Protection Technician
- Senior Health Physics Technician
- Radiochemical Technician
- Radiation Technician
- Radiation Protection Technician (RP Technician)
- Radiation Protection Specialist (RP Specialist)
- Radiation Control Technician (Radcon Technician)
- Nuclear Chemistry Technician
- Health Physics Technician (HP Technician)
- Chemistry Technician
- Systems Protection Technician
- Scanner
- Radiation Protection Technician (RPT)
- Radiation Protection Technician (RP Tech)
- Radiation Monitor
- Radiation Control Specialist
- Radiation / Chemistry Technician
- Nuclear Worker Technician
- Nuclear Technician Research and Development
- Metallographic Technician
- Decontaminator
- Chemical Radiation Technician
- Cathodic Protection Technician
Tasks for “Nuclear Technician”
- Inform supervisors when individual exposures or area radiation levels approach maximum permissible limits.
- Monitor personnel to determine the amounts and intensities of radiation exposure.
- Prepare reports describing contamination tests, material or equipment decontaminated, or methods used in decontamination processes.
- Place radioactive waste, such as sweepings or broken sample bottles, into containers for shipping or disposal.
- Confer with scientists directing projects to determine significant events to monitor during tests.
- Determine or recommend radioactive decontamination procedures, according to the size and nature of equipment and the degree of contamination.
- Brief workers on radiation levels in work areas.
- Instruct personnel in radiation safety procedures and demonstrate use of protective clothing and equipment.
- Determine intensities and types of radiation in work areas, equipment, or materials, using radiation detectors or other instruments.
- Set up equipment that automatically detects area radiation deviations and test detection equipment to ensure its accuracy.
- Enter data into computers to record characteristics of nuclear events or to locate coordinates of particles.
- Calibrate and maintain chemical instrumentation sensing elements and sampling system equipment, using calibration instruments and hand tools.
- Analyze samples, such as air or water samples, for contaminants or other elements.
- Collect samples of air, water, gases, or solids to determine radioactivity levels of contamination.
- Decontaminate objects by cleaning with soap or solvents or by abrading with wire brushes, buffing wheels, or sandblasting machines.
- Calculate safe radiation exposure times for personnel using plant contamination readings and prescribed safe levels of radiation.
- Immerse samples in chemical compounds to prepare them for testing.
- Provide initial response to abnormal events or to alarms from radiation monitoring equipment.
- Operate manipulators from outside cells to move specimens into or out of shielded containers, to remove specimens from cells, or to place specimens on benches or equipment work stations.
Related Technology & Tools
- Neutron dose-rate meters
- Multichannel analyzers
- Radiological detectors
- Alpha/beta surface contamination monitors
- Geiger-Muller counters
- Nuclear moisture/density gauges
- Protective gloves
- Digital signal analyzers
- Air purifying respirators
- Sodium Iodide NaI scintillation detectors
- Electron microscopes
- Ionization chambers
- Atmosphere supplying respirators
- Portable data collectors
- Pressure demand respirators
- Digital spectrum analyzers
- Self-contained breathing apparatus
- Gamma ray detectors
- Desktop computers
- Cryogenic microcalorimeters
- Alpha/beta counting systems
- Thermoluminescent dosimeters
- Dose rate monitors
- Gamma ray spectrometers
- Protective coveralls
- Airline respirators
- Neutron spectrometers
- Area gamma monitors
- Contamination probes
- Digital ratemeters
- Alpha air monitors
- Portable spectroscopes
- Air sampling devices
- Portal monitors
- Protective shoe covers
- Cryostats
- Neutron detectors
- Whole body counters
- Liquid scintillation counters
- Tritium/Noble gas monitors
- Proportional counters
- Portable survey radiation meters
- Personal computers
- Gamma waste assay system GWAS
- Radiological assessment display and control system RADACS
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- RESRAD
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Excel