Collect and test samples to monitor results of nuclear experiments and contamination of humans, facilities, and environment.

Other names for Nuclear Monitoring Technicians: Chemical Radiation Technician, Decontaminator, Health Physics Technician, Nuclear Chemistry Technician, Nuclear Technician Research and Development, Radiation / Chemistry Technician, Radiation Monitor, Radiation Protection Specialist, Radiation Protection Technician (RPT), Radiation Technician, Radiochemical Technician, Radiological Control Specialist, Radiological Control Technician (RadCon Technician), Scanner,

• Calculate safe radiation exposure times for personnel, using plant contamination readings and prescribed safe levels of radiation.
• Provide initial response to abnormal events and to alarms from radiation monitoring equipment.
• Monitor personnel in order to determine the amounts and intensities of radiation exposure.
• Inform supervisors when individual exposures or area radiation levels approach maximum permissible limits.
• Instruct personnel in radiation safety procedures, and demonstrate use of protective clothing and equipment.
• Determine intensities and types of radiation in work areas, equipment, and materials, using radiation detectors and other instruments.
• Collect samples of air, water, gases, and solids in order to determine radioactivity levels of contamination.
• Set up equipment that automatically detects area radiation deviations, and test detection equipment in order to ensure its accuracy.
• Determine or recommend radioactive decontamination procedures, according to the size and nature of equipment and the degree of contamination.
• Decontaminate objects by cleaning with soap or solvents or by abrading with wire brushes, buffing wheels, or sandblasting machines.
• Place radioactive waste, such as sweepings and broken sample bottles, into containers for disposal.
• Calibrate and maintain chemical instrumentation sensing elements and sampling system equipment, using calibration instruments and hand tools.
• Place irradiated nuclear fuel materials in environmental chambers for testing, and observe reactions through cell windows.
• Enter data into computers in order to record characteristics of nuclear events and locating coordinates of particles.
• Operate manipulators from outside cells to move specimens into and out of shielded containers, to remove specimens from cells, or to place specimens on benches or equipment work stations.
• Prepare reports describing contamination tests, material and equipment decontaminated, and methods used in decontamination processes.
• Confer with scientists directing projects in order to determine significant events to monitor during tests.
• Immerse samples in chemical compounds in order to prepare them for testing.
• Weigh and mix decontamination chemical solutions in tanks, and immerse objects in solutions for specified times, using hoists.
• Test materials' physical, chemical, or metallurgical properties, using equipment such as tensile testers, hardness testers, metallographic units, micrometers, and gauges.

• Respirators
• Air samplers or collectors
• Respirators
• Radiation detectors
• Radiation detectors
• Radiation detectors
• Gamma counters
• Respirators
• Radiation detectors
• Calorimeters
• Cryostats
• Desktop computers
• Radiation detectors
• Frequency analyzers
• Frequency analyzers
• Dosimeters
• Electron microscopes
• Gamma counters
• Atomic absorption AA spectrometers
• Geiger counters
• Ionization chambers
• Liquid scintillation counters
• Spectrometers
• Radiation detectors
• Dosimeters
• Atomic absorption AA spectrometers
• Industrial nucleonic moisture measuring systems
• Personal computers
• Portable data input terminals
• Spectrometers
• Radiation detectors
• Radiation detectors
• Respirators
• Ion analyzers
• Protective coveralls
• Protective gloves
• Footwear covers
• Radiation detectors
• Respiration air supplying self contained breathing apparatus or accessories
• Gamma counters
• Radiation detectors
• Beta gauge measuring systems
• Dosimeters

Office suite software

Word processing software

Spreadsheet software

Analytical or scientific software

Electronic mail software