Oak Ridge Associated Universities
Welcome to me, the newly redesigned orau.org.
As you’ll see, my redesign features a clean, sleek, modern look that uses common language to communicate about often difficult to understand subjects, like workplace safety culture and nuclear cleanup verification. I am packed with videos, photos, infographics and other features, all in an effort to help tell the ORAU story in a way that is relevant and focused on developing new business.
“In early testing, we heard from users who wanted to know about ORAU beyond just our capabilities. They wanted to know how we do what we do, and how what we do impacts our customers,” said Andy Page, president and CEO of ORAU.
My navigation is based primarily on our areas of expertise, including STEM workforce solutions, peer review, worker heath, health communication, emergency preparedness, environmental assessments, and K-12 STEM education for teachers and students. Top level navigation also includes a focus on the impact of our work for our customers, as well as our 120+ member university consortium.
“Our website is updated for the work we’re doing today and will continue to be updated with new content to deliver a truly informative and relevant user experience for years to come,” Page said.
Now that you know a little more about me, go take a look around. Thanks for visiting.
Winning students of ORAU’s 2018 Extreme Classroom Makeover pay it forward
Last spring, ORAU surprised West View Elementary School teacher Patrick Pollock with a $25,000 technology makeover. In July, we revisited Mr. Pollock's classroom to take a look at the new technology and recognize his former students who helped win the technology not for themselves, but for the students who will follow them.
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ORAU research identifies challenges in communicating opioid dangers to rural Appalachia
On behalf of the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, ORAU conducted research with communities and experts across Appalachia to identify best practices for communicating about opioids.
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Radiation safety & health physics training
ORAU also offers some of the best radiation safety and health physics training available in the United States at our Oak Ridge, Tenn., facility. Whether you are just starting your career in the health physics field and want to learn in a hands-on, classroom environment, or are a seasoned professional who needs a refresher or way to develop new skills, Professional Training Programs has a course for you! Browse our course listing:
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Applied Health Physics
The use of radiation in industry, medicine, and education has created a need for persons trained in the principles of radiation safety and health physics. To meet this need, ORAU conducts a five-week training course—Applied Health Physics. The American Academy of Health Physics grants 40 Continuing Education Credits for completion of this course.
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Air Sampling for Radioactive Materials
This five-day, laboratory-oriented course introduces participants to the basic theories and mechanics of air sampling for radionuclides. Approximately 40% of the time is spent collecting and analyzing air samples; the remaining time is devoted to lectures.
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Environmental Monitoring
This five-day, laboratory-oriented course introduces participants to the basic theories and mechanics of environmental monitoring for radioactivity. Approximately 50% of the time is spent collecting and analyzing samples; the remaining time is devoted to lectures.
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Gamma Spectroscopy
This five-day, laboratory-oriented course covers the basics of radionuclide identification and quantification by gamma spectroscopy. Approximately 50% of the time will be spent in the laboratory.
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Health Physics Statistics
This five-day course introduces participants to the use of statistics in operational health physics. The course is divided between lectures and practical laboratory activities designed to reinforce important principles. Core concepts such as probability distributions, descriptive statistics and hypothesis testing are included to support more detailed discussions on uncertainty propagation and statistical tests.
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Introduction to Radiation Safety
This five-day lecture/laboratory course is an introduction to the basic science behind radiation safety and to common applications of radiation safety principles. Lectures include a description of common radiation sources, interactions of radiation with matter, biological effects, detection and measurement. Laboratory exercises emphasize radiation detection and measurement techniques using both fixed and portable instrumentation.
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Medical Radiation Safety Officer
This five-day lecture/laboratory course introduces course participants to current issues and technologies in the medical applications of radiation. The issues and technologies are discussed in the context of improving and developing an institution’s radiation safety program.
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MARSAME
This four-day training course focuses on the methodology and practical application of the MARSAME standard. This standard supplements the MARSSIM manual that has become the basis for real property final status surveys. The objective of the course is to provide attendees with a solid understanding of the MARSAME standard, practice through exercise and provide practical information related to its implementation.
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MARSSIM
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.
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Occupational Internal Dosimetry
This five-day course is designed to provide course participants with a thorough understanding of current methods for determining radiation doses resulting from intakes of radioactive materials by workers. The course covers the basic concepts and principles of internal dose assessments, and describes the ICRP internal dosimetry systems and models currently in use in the United States and internationally.
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Radiation Safety Officer Training
This five-day lecture/laboratory course introduces course participants to relevant issues that influence the effectiveness of a radiation safety program. The course emphasizes a variety of administrative and technical issues that a radiation safety officer has to address. An interactive format offers the opportunity for instructor/group discussions to facilitate the learning process.
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Site Characterization in Support of Decommissioning
This five-day course emphasizes site evaluation, data planning, survey implementation and tools, data interpretation, and decision-making processes involved in the historical site assessment, scoping survey and characterization survey phases of decommissioning. Topics include: site assessment, surveys for radiological and chemical contaminants, data quality objectives and assessments, safety evaluations, planning and budgeting.
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Come talk to us in Atlanta
Find us at the ORAU booth at the National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing, and Media to be held September 11-13, 2018, in Atlanta.
This annual conference brings together individuals representing academia, public health researchers and practitioners from federal and state government and the private sector, and provides a forum for collegial dialogue within and across these disciplines.
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Come talk to us about public health and healthcare preparedness capabilities
Come talk to us about public health and healthcare preparednes at the ORAU booth at the 2019 NACCHO Preparedness Summit March 26-29, 2019 in St. Louis.
The Preparedness Summit is the first and longest running national conference on public health preparedness. The Summit convenes a wide array of partners; presenting new research findings, sharing tools and resources and providing a variety of opportunities for attendees to learn how to implement model practices that enhance the nation’s capabilities to prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters and other emergencies.
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