This college level major/program is specifically designed to prepare students, under the supervision of occupational safety and health specialists, health physicists, and public health officials, to monitor and control radiation exposure and implement preventive measures in health care, occupational, medical and natural environments. This program frequently includes advanced training and instruction in radiation physics, radiological instrumentation, radioactive waste management, environmental radioactivity, and control, electronics of radiation detection equipment, safety and handling procedures, decontamination procedures, radioactivity testing, analysis, and communications skills.
Below are and universities providing majors, degrees, and training programs in Radiation Protection Technology.
- Lewis University Romeoville, IL
- Thomas Edison State College Trenton, NJ
- University of Cincinnati: Raymond Walters College Cincinnati, OH