NUF Cram Notes: Rennhack's Concise Study Guide for the Contract Radiation Protection Technician Nuclear Utilities Fundamentals (NUF) Exam - Softcover

Rennhack, Michael D

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1517410401 ISBN 13: 9781517410407

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

Rennhack's Concise Study Guide for the Contract Radiation Protection Technician Nuclear Utilities Fundamentals (NUF) Exam
The NUF Cram Notes brilliance isn't just that it tells you exactly what you need to know to pass the NUF test, it tells you what you don't need to know, so you don't waste valuable time studying material that isn't testable.

Topics covered in the NUF Cram Notes include:

1. Radiation, Ionization & Interactions with Matter
   
2. Radiation & Contamination Sources
   
3. Radiation Detection & Instrumentation
   
4. Surveys & Job Coverage
   
5. Air Sampling
   
6. ALARA & Shielding
   
7. Decay Modes, Decay Rates, Half-Lives, and the Curie
   
8. Alpha Monitoring & Control
   

Additional information that is 'not NUF testable material', but still good to know include:

• Meter Reading Practice
  
• Information about the NUF such as the question database, taking the exam, test security, and other requirements
  
• Resume Tips, including the 15 skills power plants look for on contract RP resumes
  
• Acceptable experience & training for RP Techs to qualify as '18.1' and '3.1' seniors
  
• History of the old North East Utilities RP Exam
  
• NUF Governing Bodies such as NANTeL, INPO, NEI, PADS
  
• Other RP tests available such as the NRRPT and CHP tests
  
• NukeWorker.com's origin story
  

About this title

About the Author

Michael Rennhack started his nuclear career in 1989, founded NukeWorker.com ten years later in 1999 and has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer since its inception. Under his leadership, NukeWorker.com has experienced phenomenal growth and has become the nation's leading provider of nuclear job site services and the nuclear industry's most popular community.
 
Mr. Rennhack has been a member of the local and national Health Physics Societies since 1996. In 2000, Brookhaven National Lab honored Mr. Rennhack for his participation in their Ambassador Program for his work with the Boy Scouts, helping them earn their Atomic Energy Merit Badge. In 2008, Michael was elected Council Member of the East Tennessee Chapter of the Health Physics Society. In addition to founding NukeWorker.com, Mr. Rennhack has held radiological engineering, radiological management, and project management positions, and has worked at more than 50 nuclear facilities around the country.
 
In 2014 Mr. Rennhack was nominated for the prestigious Charles D. (Bama) McKnight Memorial Award, which is awarded by the NRRPT Board of Directors to persons who have given outstanding efforts in the radiation protection training field leading to increased knowledge and professionalism among Radiation Protection Technologists.

Born February 14th, 1971 in Michigan to Jerry and Betty Rennhack, Michael's love of computers began at age 11 when he programmed his first electronic community (BBS). Michael was the youngest board member of the local computer users group at age 14, and at age 18 he began his nuclear career as a decontamination technician. In 1999, Michael merged his passion for computers and the nuclear industry with the creation of NukeWorker.com, the first website dedicated to enriching nuclear workers lives.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1517410401
• ISBN 13: 9781517410407
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 152