Venue:  Prince Salman Auditorium, Tour of radiation protection facilities and devices Coordinator: Fareed Mahyoub, MSc, Biomedical Physics Department, KFSH&RC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Faculty: Fareed Mahyoub, Mohamed Ahmad, Ibrahim Al-Gain, Celestino Lagarde, Arwa Helmi, Huda Mosally, Huda Alghamdi Prerequisite Course: CEC14 entitled “Radiobiology & Radiation Safety/Protection”

Target Audience:

Professionals, Students, Trainees and Technologists in Radiology, Oncology, Radiotherapy, Nuclear Medicine, Physicists, Dosimetrists, Scientists, Teachers, Radiographers, Radiotherapists and radiation workers who need practical knowledge in radiation protection

Learning Objectives:

Familiarize attendees with biological and health effect of radiation with hands-on demonstrations of techniques of Radiation Safety/Protection. It will also bring attendees up-to-date with the developments in this field.

Workshop Description:

Familiarize attendees with biological and health effect of radiation with hands-on demonstrations of techniques of radiobiology, radiation protection and biodosimetry. It will also bring attendees up-to-date with the developments in this field. The practical show-and-tell part consists of 2 workshops:

• Thermo-Luminescence Dosimeter (TLD) Laboratory and monitoring  of radiation workers
• Bioassay: thyroid uptake measurement
• Survey of radiation-producing equipment and efficiency of shielding
• Radiation leak test: gamma and beta radiations counting
• Management, storage and disposal of radioactive waste
• Gamma Source Shielding Design