RP Assist app – perform radioactive decay calculations for 1252 radionuclides

Our Radiation Protection Assist (RP Assist) app that we announced recently is coming very soon. We have been enjoying testing the iOS and Android versions.

One feature that we have built into the RP Assist app is a calculator to do radioactive decay calculations. 

RP Assist contains half-life data for 1252 radionuclides. Half-life data from ICRP Publication 107 is used with permission from the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP).

Most Radiation Protection Supervisor (RPS) and Radiation Protection Officer (RPO) training courses that cover radioactivity also discuss radioactive decay and some show the formula to be used to calculate the quantity of a substance present after a period of time. RP Assist will help you do these decay calculations quickly and reduce the potential for errors.

We will announce more features soon.

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RP Assist app – contains inverse square law calculator for point sources

Our Radiation Protection Assist (RP Assist) app that we announced last week is coming soon.

Testing and calculation verification is underway at the moment on the iOS and Android platforms. We want to ensure that our app functions as planned and designed whilst ensuring the output answers are correct.

One feature that we have built into the RP Assist app is a calculator to do inverse square law calculations for point sources. This is a useful equation for practical radiation protection purposes but it is not suitable for all situations. We will discuss this further in a future post.

Most Radiation Protection Supervisor (RPS) and Radiation Protection Officer (RPO) training courses discuss the inverse square law but not everyone can do these calculations in their head or remember the formula when they need to use it.

RP Assist will help you do these point source inverse square law calculations quickly and reduce the potential for errors.

We will announce more features soon.

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Radiation Protection Assist (RP Assist) app COMING SOON

Blue radiation trefoil symbol inside a blue circle with a white background and the letter R, P and A inside the three segments of the trefoil.
RP Assist app logo

We are excited to announce that in the next couple of months, we will be releasing a brand new app called “RP Assist” for smart phone users.

This app is designed to help RPSs, RPOs and others in the radiation protection community with common calculations they need to do on a routine basis.

We will share more information in the coming weeks about what is inside the app.

The great news this week is that we received a permission letter from the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) to use their Publication 107 data for radionuclide half-life data that will be used in the app

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International Women in Engineering Day

Today, 23rd June 2020, is International Women in Engineering Day.

Careers in radiological protection often involve advising on engineering controls, checking that engineering controls are working properly and often seeing/creating some pretty cool engineered solutions to protect workers, members of the public and non-human species from the harmful effects of radiation or to use radiation beneficially (e.g. dental X-rays, CT scanning patients, cancer treatments, generating power, etc).

There are many career paths for people interested in radiological protection. A few years ago we contributed to this video compiled by the Society for Radiological Protection (SRP).

We work with many interesting and fully competent engineers of all genders. If you are looking for a new career path involving exciting engineering then consider radiological protection: https://srp-uk.org/careers/overview

National Diagnostic Reference Levels (NRDLs) updated

National Diagnostic Reference Levels (NRDLs) should be considered by employers when setting their local Diagnostic Reference Levels (DRLs) as required by the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2017 (as amended).

Updated information has informed the determination of new NDRLs for dental radiography.

The updated tables giving the national diagnostic reference levels for common X-ray examinations for patients can be found here.

REPPIR 2019 consequence assessment methodology

Public Health England (PHE) have published their recommended consequence assessment methodology to meet the requirements of the Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2019 requirements.

The report, PHE-CRCE-050, can be downloaded here.