NRC-Compliant Radiation Safety Officer Training

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Get the training you need to qualify as a Radiation Safety Officer with our 40-Hour RSO Training Course. This self-paced program covers essential radiation physics and safety practices for those managing radioactive materials — and fulfills a key component of the NRC’s required training.

Join hospitals, universities, manufacturers, and labs across the U.S. and abroad who rely on our trusted instruction.

Requirements vary by state. Please contact your radiation control division to confirm local licensing guidelines.

RSO Course Details

  • Cost: $725 (materials available for 1 year)
  • Location: Online via Zoom, self-paced
  • Length: 1-month at 10 hours/week
  • Instructors: Meet Faculty
  • FAQs: Course Questions
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Radiation Safety Officer Training is for:

  • Radiation safety officers
  • Health and medical physicists
  • Nuclear medicine and medical imaging professionals
  • Radiologic technologists and radiologists
  • Environmental health and safety and industrial hygiene professionals
  • Biologists, chemists, and pharmacists using radionuclides
  • Facilities managers at laboratories utilizing radioactive materials

Radiation Safety Officer Course Outline

Part I - Radiation Essentials

This section provides an introduction and review of essential radiation principles, including reviews of radioactive decay, equilibrium, and doses.

In addition to background information, it covers details relevant to radiation dosage and radiation safety in the workplace, the effects of radiation, and internal dosimetry.

Case studies examining high radiation doses are examined, and the principles of radiobiology are introduced. Lastly, radiation induced teratogenesis is presented and explained.

  • Module 101 – Introduction to Radiation
  • Module 102 – Background Radiation
  • Module 104 – Radioactive Decay
  • Module 105 – Equilibrium, Special Activity and Radiation ‘Dose’
  • Module 106 – Radiation Dose from External Sources
  • Module 107 – Shielding and Minimizing Radiation Doses to Workers
  • Module 108 – Internal Dosimetry
  • Module 109 – Acute Effects of Ionizing Radiation
  • Module 110 – Acute High Radiation Doses: Case Studies
  • Module 111 – Radiobiology
  • Module 112 – Radiation Induced Teratogenesis

Part II – Radiation Regulations and Radiobiology

This section explores the regulations relating to radiation protection and provides a basic review of radiobiology.

  • Module 207 – Regulations and Radiation Protection
  • Module 210 – Radiobiology Review

Part III – Radiation Detection

This section presents an overview of the principles of radiation detection and measurement, and examines the use of ionization and scintillation detectors for this purpose.

  • Module 301 – General Principles of Radiation Detection and Measurement
  • Module 302 – Ionization Detectors: Principles and Applications
  • Module 303 – Scintillation Detectors: Principles and Applications

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