It is our great pleasure to invite you to a Hands-on Training Course on the Metrology and Calibration in Radiation Protection, to be held at PTB in Braunschweig, Germany. The two-day training is offered at 3 possible dates:

• 25^th to 26^th March 2019   or
• 27^th to 28^th March 2019   or
• 1^st to 2^nd April 2019

A limited number of places is available that are assigned on a first-come, first-serve basis.

This Training Course takes part in the DOSEtrace (17RPT01) project “Research capabilities for radiation protection dosimeters”, funded by EMPIR.

This hands-on training will be organized by PTB together with IMBiH, IRB in the laboratory at PTB within WP1 of the DOSEtrace project.

The aim of the first work package is to improve the skills of the staff that will calibrate and/or verify radiation protection devices and to improve the measurement capabilities of the participating laboratories. This will ensure that each partner is able to perform calibrations for the radiation protection quantities H_p(0.07), H_p(3), H_p(10), H’(0.07), H’(3) and H*(10), with an uncertainty of 5 % (k = 2).

The aim of this task is to improve the technical/practical skills of the staff from the partner organisations by providing them with hands‑on training in the laboratory and to deepen the knowledge that they gained in Task 1.2 related to e.g. radiation qualities, quantities, type testing, uncertainty estimation, quality assurance, the quality system and accreditation. The overall aim of the hands-on training is to provide the practical skills for achieving an uncertainty of 5 % (k=2) for calibrations in the radiation protection quantities H_p(0.07), H_p(3), H_p(10), H’(0.07), H’(3), H*(10), operational quantities in the photon energy range from 5 keV to 7000 keV and in the dose rate range from 0.05 μSv/h to 100 Sv/h.

Intended audience:
The course is intended for the staff of NMIs, DIs and SSDLs.

We are looking forward to seeing you in Braunschweig in March or April 2019.

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) is the National Metrology Institute of Germany with scientific and technical service tasks. PTB measures with the highest accuracy and reliability – metrology as the core competence. PTB stands for progress and reliability in metrology for the benefit of society, trade and industry, and science.

PTB Braunschweig
Bothe-Bau
Bundesallee 100
D-38116 Braunschweig

Program Committee

• Oliver Hupe, PTB, Germany
• Amra Šabeta, IMBiH, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Maja Vojnic Kortmis, IRB, Croatia

Local Organization

• Oliver Hupe, PTB, Germany
• Simone Janßen, PTB, Germany

• Calibration
  • Receiving of instruments,
  • Practical aspects for calibration / handling
  • Preparation the certificates

• QA & QC at PTB laboratory
  • Overview about QA structure of PTB
  • formal aspects
  • QA measurements, time intervals

• Reference fields
  • HVL measurements
  • establishing new qualities
  • Low energy fields
  • Pulsed fields

• Conference fee
  For DOSEtrace participants: no fee
  For non-participants: 50 €¹
  
  A limited number of places is available that are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.
  
  ¹The registration fee will cover lunches, coffee breaks, a social dinner.
  
  
• Deadlines
  Registration:   1^st March 2019
  Payment     : 15^th March 2019
  
  
• Social events
• details will be provided later
  
  
• Useful hints
  • At the end of the course a certificate of attendance will be presented.