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Transport and Environmental Safety, including Radiation Protection

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
Transport and Environmental Safety, including Radiation Protection
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
Security and Safety Management, Master, ASPO 01.10.2013
Module code: MSSM 130
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for Übung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
60VS (60 hours)
ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
6
Semester: 1
Mandatory course: yes
Language of instruction:
German
Assessment:
Written exam (90 minutes)

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Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
The total student study time for this course is 180 hours.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
MSSM 120


[updated 24.05.2016]
Recommended as prerequisite for:
Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Folkerts
Lecturer:
Dipl.-Ing. Bernd Jakobs
Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Folkerts


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Learning outcomes:
After successfully completing this module students be able to identify safety-related aspects in various areas of transport for hazardous goods (focus: road transport) and basic areas of environmental protection (emission control, waste and water law), understand how these aspects are interrelated in the framework of German environmental law, and apply this knowledge. Thanks to their in-depth knowledge of environmental management systems, they will be able to identify potential hazards in good time, minimize risks and, if necessary, implement incident management procedures.
 
- Students will have mastered the physical and legal principles of practical radiation protection and will thus be able to correctly assess situations that lead to radiation exposure in terms of their risk potential and, if necessary, initiate appropriate protective measures.

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Module content:
- Risks associated with the transport of dangerous goods
- Structure of German environmental law
- Interrelationships between different environmental protection regulations
- Environmental management according to EN 14001:2004 and EMAS
- Exercises
- Radiation protection
   - Physical principles: Radiation physics, nuclear radiation, X-rays,
     Interaction of radiation with matter, shielding
   - Fundamentals of radiation dosimetry: physical dose quantities, dose quantities  
     for radiation protection
   - Basic principles of the biological effects of radiation: Radiation effects at   
     the microscopic level, deterministic and stochastic radiation damage,
     radiation risk, derivation of limit values in radiation protection
   - Human exposure to radiation: natural, civilizational, and  
     occupational exposure
   - Radiation protection measurement technology
   - Legal foundations of radiation protection: Atomic Energy Act, Radiation   
     Protection and X-ray Ordinance

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Teaching methods/Media:
Lectures with electronic aids, e-learning tools (discussion forum, virtual classroom), discussions between students and lecturers

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Recommended or required reading:
- Monika Krautwurst; ADRIRID; 2009; Verkehrs-Verlag Fischer GmbH & Co. KG  
  Düsseldorf, ISBN 978-3-87841-386-8
 
- dtv Beck Texte 5533; Umweltrecht: Wichtige Gesetze und Verord­nungen zum  
  Schutz der Umwelt; aktuellste Auflage; ISBN 978-3-306-60185-9
 
- dtv Beck Texte 5575; Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetz mit  
  Durchführungsverordnungen, Emissionshandelsrecht, TA Luft und TA Lärm;  
  aktuellste Auflage; ISBN 978-3-406-60144
 
- dtv Beck Texte 5569; Abfallrecht: Kreislaufwirtschafts- und Abfallgesetz mit  
  Verordnungen, Abfallverbringungsrecht; aktuellste Auflage; ISBN  
  978-3-406-59482
 
- UWS Umweltmanagement GmbH; www.umwelt-online.de; online-Datenbank für Vorschriften
 
- DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V.; DIN EN ISO 14001 Umweltmanagementsysteme; November 2009; Beuth Verlag GmbH Berlin
 
- Krieger, H.: Grundlagen der Strahlungsphysik und des Strahlenschut­zes, Teubner, ISBN 3-519-00487-9, neueste Auflage
 
- Vogt, H.G., Schultz, H.: Grundzüge des praktischen Strahlenschut­zes, 3. Auflage, Hanser Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-446-22850-0
 
- Strahlenschutzverordnung (StralSchV) vom 20.07.2001, Bundesge­setzblatt I Nr. 28, Seite 1714
 
- Röntgenverordnung (RÖV) vom 30.04.2003, Bundesgesetzblatt I, Seite 605


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