Ionactive blog

A radiographer working in the permanent shooting room at one of the licensee’s facilities received 82mSv whole body dose due to the radioactive source still being exposed during setting up the next shot.

A radiographer was taking several radiographic shots on pipework at night - receives >50 Gy to the fingers and 7 Gy whole body dose. From the Ionactive blog archive.

A laboratory worker was contaminated with I-131 in a radiopharmaceutical company on February 28th, 2013. The worker was wearing two pairs of gloves and, when changing gloves, had noticed a break in the right inner glove, but not any obvious break in the outer latex glove. Later it would emerge that a significant overexposure had occurred. From the Ionactive blog archive.

We have many delegates from the medical sector who attend our RPS training courses. Our non-medical delegates are amazed by the extent of ionising radiation use in diagnostic imaging and treatment.

A radiation protection blog post from Mark Ramsay, Radiation Protection Adviser (RPA) for Ionactive Consulting Limited. Explaining the problem you don't have to users of ionising radiation, thus allowing them to home in on more conventional areas of health and safety.

Who attends RPS Training Courses? An article exploring potential delegates who work in research and development. Are you looking for an RPS training course? If so, following this link to our RPS training pages.