Radiation Protection and Safety

Técnico MSc graduates in Radiological Protection and Safety are qualified to perform activities in institutions and companies in the sectors of Health, Industry, Environment, Energy, Safety, Regulation and Research as:

• Calculation, assessment and measurement of doses to professionals, patients and users, members of the public and the environment, arising from the use of ionizing radiation and radiological practices;

• Provision of services (dosimetry, shielding calculations, radioactive waste management, determination of radioactivity in food, water and other consumer goods, etc.) to hospitals and companies;

• Advice and consulting on topics associated to the use of ionizing radiation beams and sources, radioactive materials, etc;

• Evaluation of technologies involving ionizing radiation;

• Research and development, in Radiological Protection, Dosimetry, Radiobiology, Radioactive Waste, Radioecology, Environmental Radioactivity;

• Epidemiological studies in populations exposed to ionizing radiation in medical and environmental exposures (radon, NORM, others);

• Radiological inspection;

• Regulatory activities (Ionizing Radiation Regulatory Authority, competent authorities);

• Communication of the radiological risk arising from radiological practices and use of ionizing radiation;

• Outreach and dissemination.

In some of these activities, further training and recognition of specific competences may be required by the regulatory authorities and/or competent authorities.