Nuclear Monitoring Technicians

<ul><li>Brief workers on radiation levels in work areas.</li><li>Calculate safe radiation exposure times for personnel using plant contamination readings and prescribed safe levels of radiation.</li><li>Monitor personnel to determine the amounts and intensities of radiation exposure.</li><li>Provide initial response to abnormal events or to alarms from radiation monitoring equipment.</li><li>Inform supervisors when individual exposures or area radiation levels approach maximum permissible limits.</li><li>Determine intensities and types of radiation in work areas, equipment, or materials, using radiation detectors or other instruments.</li><li>Instruct personnel in radiation safety procedures and demonstrate use of protective clothing and equipment.</li><li>Collect samples of air, water, gases, or solids to determine radioactivity levels of contamination.</li><li>Analyze samples, such as air or water samples, for contaminants or other elements.</li><li>Set up equipment that automatically detects area radiation deviations and test detection equipment to ensure its accuracy.</li><li>Determine or recommend radioactive decontamination procedures, according to the size and nature of equipment and the degree of contamination.</li><li>Prepare reports describing contamination tests, material or equipment decontaminated, or methods used in decontamination processes.</li><li>Place radioactive waste, such as sweepings or broken sample bottles, into containers for shipping or disposal.</li><li>Decontaminate objects by cleaning with soap or solvents or by abrading with wire brushes, buffing wheels, or sandblasting machines.</li></ul>