Radiation Safety Program - Algonquin College Pembroke

This one-year Ontario College certificate program prepares individuals, under the supervision and direction of subject matter experts, to monitor and control radiation exposure and implement preventive measures in the nuclear industry and natural environments. The program includes instruction in radiation physics, environmental radioactivity, radiological instrumentation and techniques, electronics/physics of radiation detection equipment, radioactive waste management and control, contamination control, decontamination procedures, radioactivity sampling, testing and analysis, basic nuclear operations fundamentals, radiological incident assessment, human performance, and communication skills. Students will be trained to understand Canadian Deuterium Uranium (CANDU) plant system and component knowledge, reactor safety design, and science applicable to radiation and nuclear facilities.

The curriculum has been designed to align with the Nuclear Energy Institutes (NEI) training program which is accepted throughout North America and tailored to those wanting to work in the Canadian Nuclear Industry.

Graduates of the program may find employment in nuclear power plants (Radiation Protection Technician and Nuclear Operations – Canada and possibility of U.S.), nuclear based research and development facilities (Radiation Protection Technician and Nuclear Operator), decontamination/waste storage facilities, uranium mines/mills, radiation protection contract companies, isotope production/refinement facilities, hospitals that utilize radioisotopes, universities with radiological labs, and the oil and gas industry concerned with naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORMs) management.