Health physics personnel: a need unfulfilled
For the past decade, the demand for health physics personnel, at both the professional and technical levels, has been increasing, and indeed has become quite acute in recent years. The need for health physics personnel is demonstrated by a summary of projected requirements and potential candidates by the year 1991. Suggestions made for ensuring the availability of qualified health physics personnel includes: 1) a characterization study of health physicists should be conducted, with emphasis on industry, to determine qualifications, job satisfaction factors, and other data pertinent to entry and retention in the field; 2) the curricula currently offered by post-secondary schools should be evaluated for quality and relevance; and 3) an industry standard or protocol for qualification and training of health physics should be developed and implemented.
- Research Organization:
- Battelle, Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA
- OSTI ID:
- 6351041
- Journal Information:
- Nucl. News (La Grange Park, Ill.); (United States), Journal Name: Nucl. News (La Grange Park, Ill.); (United States) Vol. 26:13; ISSN NUNWA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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