Radioactivity: General properties of radioactive decay; specific decay processes;
artificial radiation sources; applications; radioisotopes; transmutation of radioactive
decay.
Radiation dosimetry: basic quantities; interaction between radiation fields and matter;
calculation of radiation doses; metrology.
Final competences:
1 Concepts: to have obtained basic knowledge on the general properties of radioactive
decay, specific decay processes and radiation sources, and the interaction betweenradiation fields and matter.
2 Insights:to have obtained insight in the basic mechanisms of radioactive decay, production of radiation and absorption of radiation.
3 Skills: to be able to calculate and measure activities and radiation doses.
4 Attitudes: to be convinced that radioactive substances and other radiation sources have to be handled with care.
