Course offered by the Irradiation PANEL 12-14 October 2010 to be held at Aérial CRT, Rue Laurent Fries, Parc d'innovation,F67412 Strasbourg Illkirch, France. This three day course will provide training in both the theory and practical implementation of dosimetry for radiation processing. Particular emphasis will be placed on medical device sterilization and the requirements of standard EN/ISO 11137, but the course will also be applicable to dosimetry for other radiation processing applications.

Provisional programme:

Day 1: Radiation and Dosimetry Fundamentals; Reference Dosimetry Systems; Routine Dosimetry Systems
Practical session on dosimetry measurements

Day 2: Uncertainties; Methods of Calibration; Influence Quantities; Practical session on calibrations; Course dinner

Day 3: Process Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ); Statistical Process Control (SPC); Practical session on SPC

Speakers:

• Mark Bailey National Physical Laboratory, UK

• Roger Bett Harwell Dosimeters Ltd., UK

• Florent Kuntz Aérial CRT, France

• Arne Miller Risø DTU, Denmark

• Peter Sharpe National Physical Laboratory, UK

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