Course overview
Radiation Protection Expert
The overarching radiation protection training.
- Locatie
- Petten
- Salaris
- € 8.645,00
- Start
- Next available startdate: 1/20/2026
Radiation Protection Expert
The RPE course (formerly known as Level 3), educates you to be a radiation protection expert at the level of coordinating expert. After this course you are well-equipped to:- Estimate radiation risks and communicate those
- Apply for Dutch nuclear licenses and to comply with them
- Draft and assess radiation risk assessment (RRA)
- Adequately respond in case of an incident with radiation
- And more!
The diploma is mandatory for:
- Radiation protection experts
- Managers of, or those who are responsible for, radionuclide laboratories
- Clinical physicists
- Radiation physicians
Are you a reactor plant operator? A specialised expert? Or do you want to deepen your knowledge of this field? Then this course is very suitable for you!
3-in-1 Training
After this training you will also fulfil the requirements for:
- Radiation protection officer (RPO) dispersible radioactive substances level B
- Radiation protection officer (RPO) accelerator level B
Required prior knowledge
NRG recommends a preliminary education at HBO level (bachelor level), preferably in a technical field. You will also need a good basic knowledge of mathematics and physics. Besides contact hours, you will spend about 20 days on self-study.
Program
- Atomic and nuclear physics
- Radioactive decay and types of ionising radiation
- Interaction of ionising radiation with matter
- Detection
- Biological effects
- Dosimetry and dosimetric quantities
- Laws and regulations
- Practical radiation protection
- Communication
- Radiation Risk Assessment and Nuclear Energy Act license application
- Ethics
Refresher course mathematics
The following mathematical skills are required for this course:
- Logarithmic arithmetic
- Integrating exponentials
- Differential calculus
- Statistics
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