MARSSIM Training Courses

(Updated August 2009)

Oak Ridge Institute for Science Education

Course Title: MARSSIM

Course Dates: 

October 26-30, 2009
May 17-21, 2010
October 25-29, 2010

Course Description:  This five-day course emphasizes the decision-making processes involved in the design and implementation of a MARSSIM-based decommissioning survey. Topics include an overview of radiological survey types, the data quality objectives process, selection and application of DCGLs, background reference area selection, survey instrument detection sensitivity, area classification, statistical design of surveys, measurement uncertainty, and performing statistical tests.

Who Should Attend:  This course is designed for those individuals who will be responsible for designing the decommissioning radiological survey plans, overseeing the implementation of these plans, and evaluating the collected data. It is not designed for the technicians who will actually be performing the surveys.

Cost :  A tuition of  $1,895 includes the full cost of training and instructional materials.