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ST 5.1
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Cultura de la protección radiológica y percepción del riesgo y
Educación y entrenamiento en protección radiológica
AVOIDING RADIATION EXPOSURE WHILE TRAINING TO
LOCATE A RADIOACTIVE SOURCE
Marins, Eugenio
1
*; Cotelli, André
1
; Cunha, Gerson
2
;
Landau, Luiz
2
; Mól, Antônio
1
1
Instituto de Engenharia Nuclear. Brasil.
2
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Brasil.
* Responsible author, email: eugenio@ien.gov.br
A technician undergoing radioprotection training must learn to use radiation detectors. Practical
exercises involve being near to radiation sources. The programme here presented reduces the
exposure to individuals using a virtual environment to achieve preliminary apprenticeship prior
using real radioactive sources.