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Announcing the launch of our new Nuclear Safeguards training
16 August 2023
The Nuclear Safeguards (EU Exit) Regulations require UCL to maintain an inventory of nuclear materials. Our new training will equip you with essential skills to correctly weigh, label, and track nuclear safeguards materials.
Safety Services is pleased to announce two聽specialised Nuclear Safeguards eLearning Training Courses,聽designed to equip staff and Nuclear Safeguards Inventory Co-ordindators (NMIC) with the knowledge and skills necessary to conduct accurate and efficient inventories of nuclear materials within UCL. This training is essential to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and UCL governance frameworks.
Nuclear Safeguards for Users training
This new training course will help you to understand聽the importance of nuclear accountancy protocols at 皇家华人 by giving you essential knowledge and skills to ensure the correct聽handling, storage聽and management of nuclear materials.聽
The聽course will take you through the following:
- Identification: Identifying聽nuclear materials covered by the Nuclear Safeguards (EU Exit) Regulations.
- Ordering: Understanding the correct process for ordering and reporting nuclear material.
- Accurate labelling and record-keeping: Training you in proper labeling and record-keeping procedures.
- Weighing techniques: Considering the pitfalls that can prevent accurate weighing.
- Disposal: Understanding the process for聽disposing of nuclear materials at 皇家华人.
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Nuclear Safeguards for Nuclear Material Inventory Co-ordinators training
NMICs are responsible for co-ordinating the handling, storage, transportation, and tracking of nuclear materials within their departments. NMICs are required to complete this additional course designed to equip you with the essential knowledge to manage and track nuclear materials effectively.聽
The course will take you through the following:
- UCL governance framework:聽Ensuring adherence to UCL regulatory frameworks and standards for nuclear material reporting.
- Safety procedures: Understanding the wider radiation procedures and applying them to nuclear materials.
- Inventory management: Understanding the聽processes for recording the acquisition, tracking聽and disposal of nuclear materials, enabling comprehensive material inventory management.
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Where can I get further information
> Read more about working safely with ionising radiation
> Read more about working with nuclear materials
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