Basic Gamma Spectrometry

This two day course delivers a practical and theoretical knowledge of high resolution gamma spectrometry using germanium detectors.

Course Description

This course is aimed at those working in the nuclear industry and in any industrial sector where there is a requirement for radiation detection. Delegates are likely to be early career and seeking progression. Topics covered on the course include. Raioactive decay, Origins of gamma and X-radiation and their interaction with matter, sources od radionuclides, features of a gamma spectrum and germanium detctors - their machanisms and types.