Nuclear Monitoring Technicians

Calculate safe radiation exposure times for personnel using plant contamination readings and prescribed safe levels of radiation.

Set up equipment that automatically detects area radiation deviations and test detection equipment to ensure its accuracy.

Monitor personnel to determine the amounts and intensities of radiation exposure.

Enter data into computers to record characteristics of nuclear events or to locate coordinates of particles.

Provide initial response to abnormal events or to alarms from radiation monitoring equipment.

Instruct personnel in radiation safety procedures and demonstrate use of protective clothing and equipment.

Brief workers on radiation levels in work areas.

Inform supervisors when individual exposures or area radiation levels approach maximum permissible limits.